Job Description

WHO WE ARE

Oxford + Richmond is a leading global retained search firm committed to shaping the future of talent acquisition.

In a mature and crowded industry with little differentiation and significant complacency, we take a unique and innovative approach to separate ourselves, build long-term partnerships and enhance competitive advantage for our clients.

Our unique approach has earned us recognition as one of Canada's Top 10 Emerging Search Firms (2022) and a Top 60 Recruitment Firm (2023 & 2024).

With practice areas in Executive + Board Level Search, Future Leaders Search and Talent Management Consulting Services, Oxford + Richmond has a range of services to solve talent needs for organizations of all sizes.

In April 2024, Oxford + Richmond is proud to officially launch an innovative new venture – Talentspoke.

An Oxford + Richmond company, Talentspoke is a next-generation recruitment provider for organizations with recurring recruitment needs for professional and mid-level roles.

Talentspoke combines its advanced platform with a proactive sales process to curate and nurture pipelines of vetted, ready-to-go candidates - ensuring consistently better hires, faster.

Why oxford + richmond:

Progressive - We are a next-generation search firm — embracing disruptive innovation, technology + new ideas while staying true to our proven search methodologies.

Award-winning firm + Exceptional Team - with 70+ years of combined experience across every industry, role, and having completed thousands of searches, we are a leader in the industry and have an incredibly passionate team of professionals to support and inspire you.

Inclusive - As leading advocates, with a specific diversity + inclusion practice area, we are committed to continuous improvement + ensuring an empowering and inclusive company culture.

Entrepreneurial - We are a team of entrepreneurs who embody the entrepreneurial spirit - it's in our DNA. This makes us inherently agile, results-oriented + driven in support of our clients.

Collaborative - We recognize that a team approach creates value for clients and improves outcomes. We build high-performing teams for our clients and have created a culture at oxford + richmond that supports one another.

Rewarding - With an uncapped and unprecedented house/consultant split structure, we offer an industry-unique opportunity for driven and results-oriented performers.

Fun - Our purpose-built company culture has resulted in a collegial team environment. We work hard, are passionate about our work, put customers first, while enjoying each other + having fun.

Visit our Oxford + Richmond website and learn more about us. Visit our TalentSpoke™ (an O+R Co.) website to learn more about this new innovation.

THE POSITION

Due to the launch of Talentspoke, we are looking for multiple Recruiters to join our growing team. This person will be responsible for leading and executing full-cycle recruitment efforts for our clients, developing and maintaining diverse candidate pools, implementing new processes to ensure exceptional client and candidate experiences, and strengthening our brand in the marketplace.

Among other qualities, an ideal candidate is a positive, genuine, energetic, ambitious, and entrepreneurial-minded self-starter with at least 2 years of full-cycle recruitment experience and a passion for building relationships and delivering exceptional client and candidate experiences. They must be confident and empathetic communicators, possess innate sales and relationship management abilities, and embrace our values of high ethics and superior customer service. Strong project management skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment are also critical. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative and disruptive company on an exciting upward trajectory. Competitive compensation with uncapped performance-based upside will be offered.

THE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

● Provide full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, engaging, interviewing, and evaluating to ensure the most highly qualified and best-suited candidates are selected for all positions.

● Client relationship management: Develop and maintain relationships with clients, understand their recruitment needs, and provide proactive consultation on recruitment and talent management strategies.

● Ensure an outstanding candidate experience: Provide frequent, transparent and timely communication and guidance to candidates throughout the entire recruitment process. Design, distribute and measure the results of candidate experience surveys.

● Record keeping and reporting: Maintain accurate records of candidate interactions and progress, and generate reports on recruitment metrics and progress to clients.

● Process Improvement: Identify process enhancement opportunities to ensure exceptional client and candidate experiences. Implement best practices related to the candidate experience, inclusive recruitment and the development of diverse and high-quality candidate pools. Review and analyze recruitment data to gain insights and inform decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.

● Be an Ambassador: Operate with professionalism, transparency, humility and the highest ethical standard to strengthen our clients’ established and growing reputations, their employee value propositions and employer brands in the market.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

● Be a resilient, self-motivated and sales-oriented individual with at least 2 years of hands-on sales or account management experience, with full-cycle talent acquisition experience as an asset

● Have a strong customer focus (candidate and client) with a proven ability to build lasting relationships

● Analytical with solid business acumen, comfortable leveraging data (qualitative and quantitative) to make informed decisions and recommendations for process improvement

● A confident, flexible and empathetic communicator who can interact at all levels of an organization and quickly establish credibility at all levels of an organization

● Creative and effective storyteller who can engage potential candidates and get them excited by new opportunities

● Possess strong project management and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to juggle multiple projects in a lean and entrepreneurial environment

● A positive, energetic, fun, ambitious, collaborative and entrepreneurial-minded self-starter with the ability to stay focused on results despite changing conditions

● Is adaptable and can thrive in a growing, fast-paced organization

● Future-minded, innovative and open to new ideas and technologies

● Exemplify our core values: integrity, innovation, humility, trust + transparency, partnership + Diversity

THE ATTRACTIONS

● An uncapped compensation structure – while benefiting from a highly respected brand + team with a 35+ year track record of search success.

● Opportunity to join a progressive + fast-growing search firm and a dynamic team on a mission to disrupt an often stale + complacent industry.

● The chance to work in a fun, ambitious, entrepreneurial, and collaborative environment for an organization with a strong growth mandate, that embraces innovation and new ideas, has an employee-focused culture, forward-thinking leadership and an incredible upward trajectory.

● The freedom to control your own destiny and build your career.

● The opportunity to work remotely and have a flexible schedule.

● If you want to work at an entrepreneurial business where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact, gain significant experience executing innovative talent management solutions, and gain valuable professional development through ongoing coaching and mentorship, then you might be a great fit for Oxford + Richmond.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

● Oxford + Richmond is a progressive, retained boutique management and executive-level search firm. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards and the greatest commitment to providing exceptional customer service. We live and breathe our core values of Integrity, Humility, Innovation, Trust + Transparency, Relationship-focus, and Diversity

● At Oxford + Richmond, we respect the privacy and confidentiality of the personal information provided by potential candidates, our clients, and outside parties who assist us in our searches. We are committed to keeping the personal information you share with us, whether over the Internet, on the telephone or in person, confidential. The use of such information will only be for the purpose for which it was collected. For more information on our privacy policy, please visit https://oxfordandrichmond.com/privacy-policy/

● At Oxford + Richmond, we are always committed to meeting the needs of all individuals/candidates in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code