Talent Acquisition and Employee Success Consultant

Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana  

Cultivating Talent, Empowering Employee Success, and Supporting Institutional Excellence.

The Consultant, Employee Experience and Success, is a strategic human resource professional responsible for attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a high-performing workforce. This role leads the full-cycle talent acquisition efforts while designing and implementing innovative employee experience initiatives that enhance onboarding, learning and development, employee engagement, recognition, retention, and organizational culture.

Serving as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and campus leaders, the Consultant develops strategic recruitment solutions, builds talent pipelines, enhances BRCC's employer brand, and creates programs that promote employee success throughout the employment lifecycle. The position supports the College's Strategic Pillars by ensuring BRCC attracts top talent and delivers excellent employee experience from recruitment to career development.

Key Responsibilities 

45% Talent Acquisition, Strategic Sourcing & Workforce Planning

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for classified, unclassified, faculty, and executive positions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop customized recruitment strategies.
• Conduct recruitment strategy meetings to identify critical competencies, qualifications, and workforce needs.
• Develop innovative sourcing strategies to identify and engage both active and passive candidates.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for difficult-to-fill, specialized, and executive-level positions.
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, professional associations, workforce development organizations, social media, higher education networks, and community partnerships to identify highly qualified candidates.
• Create compelling employment advertisements and recruitment campaigns that showcase BRCC as an employer of choice.
• Coordinate search committees, interview logistics, candidate communications, and selection processes.
• Screen applications, conduct preliminary interviews, and provide candidate recommendations.
• Monitor recruitment metrics, including:

• • Time-to-fill
  • Time-to-hire
  • Candidate quality
  • Applicant flow
  • Source effectiveness
  • Candidate experience

• Analyze labor market trends and recommend proactive recruitment strategies.
• Develop workforce planning strategies to anticipate future hiring needs and succession planning opportunities.
• Collaborate with campus leadership to forecast workforce needs and identify emerging talent requirements.
• Recommend innovative recruitment technologies and process improvements that enhance hiring effectiveness.

20% Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing

15% Learning, Onboarding & Professional Development

• Coordinate New Employee Orientation and onboarding activities with hiring managers.
• Ensure a seamless onboarding experience for new employees.
• Develop and facilitate professional development workshops and leadership development programs.
• Collaborate with departments to identify workforce development and organizational learning needs.

10% Employee Experience & Engagement  

• Assist with employee engagement initiatives aligned with BRCC's Strategic Pillars and institutional values.
• Coordinate employee appreciation programs, recognition initiatives, and service award ceremonies.
• Administer employee engagement surveys, pulse surveys, focus groups, and stay interviews.
• Analyze employee feedback and recommend strategies to improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention.
• Coordinate employee wellness initiatives and workplace culture programs.
• Develop employee communications that strengthen organizational engagement and connectedness.

5% Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure compliance with Louisiana Civil Service Rules, LCTCS policies, and BRCC Human Resources procedures.
• Maintain accurate recruitment, onboarding, training, and employee engagement records.
• Prepare reports and dashboards related to recruitment, workforce planning, employee engagement, and retention.
• Maintain confidentiality while exercising sound professional judgment.

5% Other Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications 

Education 

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience 

• Six years of professional experience in talent acquisition, strategic sourcing, or human resources.
• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Higher Education, or a related field can substitute for three years of professional experience in talent acquisition, strategic sourcing, or human resources.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Advanced

• Talent acquisition and recruitment practices
• Customer service and relationship management
• Written and verbal communication
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Confidentiality and professional judgment
• Microsoft Office Suite and HRIS systems
• Organization and project management

Proficient

• Employment laws and HR regulations
• Learning management principles
• Employee engagement strategies
• Data analysis and reporting
• Event planning and coordination
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Change management fundamentals

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.

Preferred Experience

• Three or more years of HR experience.
• Higher education experience.
• Louisiana State Civil Service experience.
• CPTP Coordinator experience.
• Experience with Banner, PageUp, Cognos, or similar HR systems.
• Experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating employee learning and professional development programs.
• Experience coordinating search committees and executive-level recruitment.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Louisiana Civil Service Rules, LCTCS policies, and employment regulations.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment marketing, employer branding, and talent pipeline development.
• Knowledge of employee engagement, retention, recognition, and organizational culture best practices.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with hiring managers, campus leaders, faculty, staff, and external community partners.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple recruitment, onboarding, training, and engagement initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make recommendations that improve recruitment effectiveness, employee engagement, and organizational performance.

Benefits: As a member of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, BRCC has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, term life, disability, accident, vision, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some childcare and medical expenses), holidays (14 per year, typically includes longer break at Christmas), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits and Employee Assistance Program. Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort, and length of employment. 

Why Join BRCC? 

Baton Rouge Community College offers a collaborative work environment, a commitment to employee development, and the opportunity to support the mission of student success through strong institutional operations.