Faculty Recruiter

at  University of WisconsinMadison

JOB SUMMARY:

The Faculty Recruiter is responsible for providing overall management of the faculty recruitment process for a subset of departments within the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). This includes recruitment, marketing and outreach, appointment processing and onboarding of new faculty. The incumbent is expected to employ strategies to attract both passive and active job seekers to fill faculty roles and establish a talent pipeline. The incumbent is expected to be resourceful and manage the workload independently, with the support and cooperation of departmental leadership and HR staff as needed.
The successful candidate will be a nimble problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset in order to manage and improve upon complex administrative processes. Excellent interpersonal, and communications skills (written and verbal) are also required to effectively interact and communicate strategically with candidates, physicians, and administrative leadership, and to facilitate negotiations between candidates and physician leadership.

EDUCATION:

Preferred
Associate’s Degree

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Minimum of three years’ experience in recruitment, hiring, talent management, or similar activities
• Strong attention to detail

Preferred:

• Experience in recruitment in a clinical or other medical setting
• Experience in facilitating recruitment for physicians
• Experience in facilitating recruitment in an academic environment
• Experience in marketing of vacancies and preparation of advertising through the use of recruitment and social media platforms such as Doximity Talent Finder, PracticeMatch, PracticeLink, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, etc.
• Experience supporting search committees
• Experience with UW and SMPH recruitment policies, procedures, standards and best practices for recruiting

Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Knowledge of the medical education process as well as residency education, knowledge of appropriate credentials required for licensing and board certification of primary care physicians
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal) to build and maintain effective relationships with candidates and stakeholders

• Ability to prioritize workload, effectively manage multiple projects and deadlines, and independently follow-through on tasks unsupervised

• Continuous improvement mindset - demonstrated flexibility and adaptability through the integration of learning from previous experience to manage and improve complex administrative processes

• Proficiency in or ability to learn analysis techniques for data-informed decision-making

Performs full life-cycle recruiting for faculty physicians and fellows. Develops recruitment plans, sources and recruits, screens and recommends prospective candidates for hire to promote the recruitment of a diverse and inclusive workforce while ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.

• 40% Sources, recruits, interviews, and recommends external and internal candidates for hire
• 10% Analyzes, compiles, and disseminates recruitment records according to established policies and procedures
• 20% Serves as a subject matter expert and liaison to management to provide advice on recruitment best practices and disseminate applicable policies and procedures
• 15% Processes lifecycle recruitment transactions in various mediums to ensure accurate and timely entry of necessary information as required by established rules and regulations
• 5% Contributes to the development of workforce planning strategies and objectives for a specified work unit
• 10% Delivers and implements health system HR priorities to achieve business unit objectives while ensuring a high degree of consistency throughout the health system