At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.
Talent Management Specialist, plays a pivotal role in fostering a culture of growth and excellence within our organization. You will be responsible for designing and implementing strategies to identify, develop, and retain top talent and to align our talent management initiatives with organizational objectives.
ResponsibilitiesTalent Management Specialist, plays a pivotal role in fostering a culture of growth and excellence within our organization. You will be responsible for designing and implementing strategies to identify, develop, and retain top talent and to align our talent management initiatives with organizational objectives.
Goal Oriented Responsibilities:
- Talent Acquisition Efficiency - Implement data-driven recruitment strategies to identify and attract top talent more efficiently. Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for current and future hiring staffing needs.
- Track and analyze campaign performance, adjusting strategies to maximize reach and candidate conversion. Provide management key talent acquisition metric ( turnover, vacancy rate, sourcing ) and make inform talent management strategy decisions.
- Improve Talent Acquisition Efficiency - to reduce time-to-fill enhancing and regularly exploring innovative talent sourcing avenues. Focus on filling critical, niche and difficult-to-fill roles by implementing targeted sourcing techniques.
- Develop outreach programs with diverse community organizations, universities, and industry groups. Partner with key stakeholders to implement inclusive recruitment strategies that attract underrepresented talent. Ensure all digital recruitment content and marketing materials promote a culture of inclusion.
- Partner with program to understand current and future agency needs and efforts that require a talent management effort to proactively identity strategies.
- Gather and analysis talent management barriers and challenges. Partner with other HR teams members to identify compensation, turnover or program changes that will require modification of the talent management strategy. Make adjustment as appropriate to staffing plans
- Collaborate with the onboarding team during the clearance process to reduce time-to-hire and improve candidate experience
The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 2+ years of talent management experience, social media strategy, and employer branding.
- Strong knowledge of SEO, paid job boards, social media engagement, and analytics tools.
- Experience in DEI-focused talent acquisition and community outreach.
- ICIMS expertise with experience in optimizing ATS platforms, generating reports, and training users.
- Ability to analyze TA data and optimize strategies based on insights.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree from a U.S.-accredited educational institution or credential evaluation for a non-U.S. institution
- 2+ years of talent management experience
- Experience with social media strategy and employer branding
- Strong knowledge of SEO, paid job boards, social media engagement, and analytics tools
- Experience in DEI-focused talent acquisition and community outreach
- iCIMS expertise, including ATS optimization, report generation, and user training
- Ability to analyze talent acquisition data and optimize strategies based on insights
What We Do
The New York Foundling is a nonprofit social-services organization that helps children, youth, adults, and families achieve safety, stability, strength, and independence. Its whole-person, whole-family programs span child welfare, developmental disabilities, education, behavioral and mental health, and juvenile and criminal justice services. Through direct support, advocacy, and evidence-based programs, it works to strengthen families and communities and help people reach their full potential.
