Talent & Acquisition Manager in Pembroke

The Talent & Acquisition Manager is responsible for leading and executing the organization’s talent acquisition strategy while providing direct leadership and supervision to HR Coordinators. This role serves as a strategic partner to senior leadership, ensuring the organization attracts, hires, and retains high-quality talent aligned with business goals, culture, and values. The Talent & Acquisition Manager ensures the delivery of efficient, compliant, and high-quality recruitment and HR support services while fostering team development, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Talent Acquisition Strategy & Leadership: Develop, implement and continuously improve the organization’s talent acquisition and performance strategy aligned with business objectives. Provide input into HR strategies, policies and practices with a focus on talent management and workforce planning and sustainability. Partner with leadership to understand workforce needs and strengthen organizational culture, productivity and retention through effective hiring. Champion organizational values and expected behaviors throughout the recruitment and hiring process.
• Performance Management: Oversee and administer the performance management process, including goal-setting cycles, evaluations, calibration support and continuous improvement of performance practices. Support leaders and employees in the effective application of performance management tools, timelines and expectations. Ensure performance management practices align with organizational values, policies and employment legislation.
• Recruitment Operations & Employer Branding: Lead and manage end-to-end recruitment activities including workforce needs analysis, recruitment coordination, onboarding and HR administrative tasks. Serve as a key point of contact for recruitment-related inquiries from hiring managers, candidates and external partners. Enhance the organization’s employer brand and recruitment-related messaging across sourcing channels. Ensure a consistent, inclusive and high-quality candidate experience.
• Systems, Analytics & Continuous Improvement: Oversee effective utilization and maintenance of HRIS, performance management and recruitment systems. Produce and analyze metrics, dashboards, and analytics reports to support informed decision making. Lead continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen recruitment processes and overall talent acquisition effectiveness.
• Compliance, Privacy & Market Insight: Ensure recruitment practices comply with employment legislation, regulatory requirements and internal policies. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of labor market trends, recruitment technologies and regulatory changes. Act as the PIPA Champion for Human Resources, ensuring compliance with personal information protection requirements across recruitment, employee records, HR systems and processes. Promote privacy-by-design principles within HR practices and ensure appropriate collection, use, retention and disclosure of personal information. Partner with leadership, IT and Legal (as applicable) to support PIPA compliance, risk mitigation, audits and employee awareness. Represent the organization at career fairs, recruitment events and networking initiatives. Lead and support ad-hoc HR and talent-related projects as required.
• People Leadership & Team Management: Provide direct supervision, coaching and performance management to HR Coordinators. Support the professional development and training of HR Coordinators. Foster a collaborative, accountable and service-oriented HR team environment.

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (preferred). Professional HR certification/designation considered an asset. Minimum of 5-7 years’ progressive experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, or a compatible HR role. Experience working in a unionized environment considered an asset.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Strong knowledge of recruitment best practices and employment legislation. Solid understanding of general human resources practices, policies and procedures. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity of HRIS and recruitment systems. High level of professionalism, confidentiality and attention to detail and accuracy. Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop HR team members. Ability to interface effectively at all levels of the organization and support change initiatives. Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Application Deadline: Thursday, May 7, 2026. Liberty Group and its operating companies are drug, alcohol and smoke free environments. All successful applicants are required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening prior to an offer of employment.