Job Description

Job Category:

Human Resources

Work Shift/Schedule:

8 Hr Morning - Afternoon

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

NGHS is seeking a dynamic Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our Allied Health/Professional recruiting operations and elevate how top talent discovers, experiences, and joins Northeast Georgia Health System. In this role, you will guide a team of recruiters, partner closely with business leaders, and oversee the daily operations that keep our talent engine running at peak performance.

This is a role for a strategic thinker who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, excels at managing multiple priorities, and is energized by developing people, improving processes, and delivering measurable results.

What you will lead and achieve:

• Team Leadership - Coach, mentor, and develop a team of recruiters to deliver exceptional performance, professional growth, and consistent execution
• Business Partnership - Build strong relationships with NGHS leaders, HR partners, and external vendors to understand workforce needs and deliver talent that drives organizational success
• Operational Excellence - Manage daily operations including resource planning, problem solving, and process optimization
• Strategic Recruitment - Develop and execute recruitment strategies that attract elite talent across all levels of the health system
• Continuous Improvement - Enhance recruiting metrics, reporting capabilities, employer branding, talent hiring events, and tools
• Multi-Project Management - Oversee multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining quality, consistency, and timely delivery.

Why join NGHS?

You’ll be part of a growing healthcare system with a strong reputation for serving our community with excellence. As NGHS continues to expand to meet the needs of the region, you’ll help attract the exceptional talent that fuels that growth. You’ll work alongside an amazing, dedicated team and play a key role in shaping how NGHS brings in the people who strengthen our mission and elevate the care we provide.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications:

• Educational Requirements: Bachelors Degree.

• Minimum Experience: Previous experience as a leader in Talent Acquisition, full-cycle recruiting, sourcing and employment branding is required. Additionally an understanding of all selection methods/techniques as well the use of social media and job boards. A minimum of three (3) years previous recruiting experience and three (3) years previous experience providing leadership, mentoring, and professional development to members of a team.

• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements:

• Preferred Experience: Healthcare recruiting experience.

• Other:

NGHS Core Competencies

1. I Show Vulnerability when I:

• trust others and assume positive intent.

• am emotionally accessible and transparent without hidden agendas.

• acknowledge weaknesses and accept responsibility for mistakes.

• am comfortable saying “I don’t know” and asking for help.

• seek and accept feedback in a non-defensive manner.

• forgive others and give the benefit of the doubt.

2. I Display Empathy when I:

• seek to know others on a deeper level.

• work to ensure others feel included.

• accept others for who they are without judgment.

• show concern for the well-being and challenges of others.

• consider the human impact before making decisions.

3. I Demonstrate Courage when I:

• do not hold back on anything that needs to be said.

• do the right thing even when that is difficult.

• speak my own truth, even when that means standing alone.

• address potential conflict quickly and directly.

• commit to seeing a difficult conversation through to the end.

4. I Demonstrate Radical Listening when I:

• seek to understand the other person’s viewpoint first, before expressing my own viewpoint.

• listen for the unsaid.

• ask questions to confirm understanding.

• accept others’ perceptions as their truth.

• take action to help others feel fully heard and seen.

• pursue as many different viewpoints as possible and embrace the bearer of bad news.

5. I Promote Teamwork when I:

• treat others in a respectful manner, regardless of their position, identity, and background.

• encourage and support my coworkers.

• value and acknowledge others for their contributions to the success of the team and NGHS.

• put the good of the team and NGHS first.

• strive to find common ground to solve problems for the good of NGHS.

• cut across boundaries to get things done.

6. I Hold Others Accountable when I:

• provide clear, consistent, and frequent communication about what is most important.

• clarify what is less important to establish clear priorities.

• help others see their blind spots.

• look for every opportunity to provide reinforcing feedback.

• provide immediate and actionable corrective feedback.

7. I Strive for Continuous Improvement when I:

• hold myself personally responsible to seek improvements every day.

• experiment regularly with new ideas and approaches.

• demonstrate initiative and perseverance to overcome obstacles and resistance to change.

• embrace mistakes and pivot quickly if a new approach fails.

• seek to always be better tomorrow than today.

Organization Expectations

• Quest: Demonstrates/utilizes Quest tools in department.

• Talent Development: Coaches and develops staff.

• Safety: Promotes patient, visitor and staff safety and effectively manages hazards that lead to injury or harm.

• Productivity: Meets productivity expectations.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensures department’s compliance with all regulatory, DNV, mandatory education, and similar requirements.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Identifies unit/department level goals that align with the organization's Key Performance Indicators.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

If, in the normal course of my duties and responsibilities, I am required to access protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (EPHI) for the purposes of treatment, payment and operations within Northeast Georgia Health System, I will limit such access to only the minimum necessary amount of PHI and EPHI necessary to perform the functions of my job. If access is not required in the normal course of my duties and responsibilities, I will not access PHI or EPHI.

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive analytical abilities coupled with strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Deep understanding of recruiting best practices/metrics and ability to use this data to optimize recruiting practices and performance.

• Skills and demonstrated experience in multiple desktop applications (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint).

• Strong people management skills, with experience hiring, onboarding, coaching, andmanaging performance.

• Excellent project management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.

• Strong analytics and planning skills; ability to identify root issues that impact the team's ability to recruit better and more efficiently.

• Great balance of strategic thinking and tactical execution.

• Proactive, results-oriented, and customer-oriented.

• Strong leadership, management, and negotiation skills.

• Strong process improvement skills with demonstrated ability to quantify results.

• Comfortable with data and making data driven decisions/proposals.

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Work with Director to manage key recruiting projects to meet current and forecasted business needs.

• Oversees the management of applicant tracking system’s (WORKDAY) optimization and development to support recruiting efforts.

• Organize and direct delivery efforts of recruiting team on a daily basis.

• Manage contractual relationships with vendors and other independent consultants.

• Continuous skills-building within recruiting team to enhance individual and team performance.

• Works collaboratively with Director and Workforce Development Manager to develop specific workforce planning methodology for forecasting recruiting needs.

• Determine, monitor and evaluate HR and recruiting KPI's

• Lead and inspire high performance from a team of recruiting professionals.

• Works in collaboration with Director to deliver a recruiting operating model that leverages best practices with robust processes, tools/systems, candidate development, and sourcing.

• Drive system enhancements and automation/electronic capabilities to improve NHGS's exposure to candidates and internal operational excellence.

• Cultivate, maintain, and enhance a working partnership with Administration, HR professionals, and Director/Managers to integrate into the business and facilitate workforce planning strategies, proactively managing the recruiting requirements of the business.

• Develop and deploy recruiting best practices and implement a model of continuous improvement.

• Drive creative improvements to recruitment process through available tools and automation.

• Identify and implement appropriate recruiting measures that demonstrates progress and value to the organization.

• Monitor compliance with employee-related legislation and internal policies and practices.

• Partners with the Director to ensure expenses operates within allotted department budget.

• Interviews, hires, coaches, evaluates staff, including progressive discipline if appropriate.

• Responsibility for goals of the department as they are cascaded and support the system goals.

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 20 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 20 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65%

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30%

• Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30%

• Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding, Driving

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

NGHS: Opportunities start here.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.