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Talent Placement Specialist

Location: St. John’s, NL (with province-wide employer and participant engagement)

Type: Full-time

Starting Salary: $66,250

Deadline to Apply: Thursday, September 10, 2026

About Amal Unite & Empower

Amal Unite & Empower (AUE) helps newcomers build sustainable careers and supports employers across Newfoundland and Labrador to recruit, integrate and retain newcomer talent. Our model brings employment preparation, employer partnerships, talent matching, workplace learning and retention support together in one coordinated workforce pathway.

We are seeking a results-oriented talent professional who cares deeply about our mission and the quality of our work. The right person combines empathy with accountability, works hard, communicates transparently, takes initiative and moves quickly without compromising quality. They are agile, curious and willing to use technology and new ideas to turn opportunities into measurable employment outcomes.

The Opportunity

This is a specialized, results-oriented talent matching and job placement position. The Specialist owns the connection between employer demand and AUE’s employment-ready talent pool, moving opportunities into strong referrals, interviews, hires and early retention outcomes.

Working closely with Industry and Employment colleagues, the successful candidate will manage active opportunities, understand employers’ real requirements, identify and screen suitable candidates, coordinate high-quality referrals, support interview progression and maintain disciplined follow-through until an outcome is known.

The right person combines the urgency and judgment of a recruiter, the relationship skills of an employer partner and the mission-driven perspective needed to remove barriers for newcomer talent.

Key Responsibilities

1. Active job opportunities and placement pipelines

• Take ownership of active vacancies from intake through referral, interview, offer, hire and early follow-up.
• Clarify each employer’s essential requirements, preferred qualifications, timelines, workplace context and decision process.
• Establish a clear next action, owner and deadline for every active opportunity in HubSpot.
• Maintain momentum through timely employer and candidate follow-up, including when an opportunity stalls or requirements change.
• Escalate risks early and coordinate solutions before an employer or candidate opportunity is lost.

2. Talent-pool ownership and candidate matching

• Develop a current, working knowledge of AUE’s employment-ready candidates, including skills, experience, occupational goals, work authorization, location, transportation, availability and mobility.
• Collaborate with the Employment team to regularly review and assess new candidates as they complete each cohort, and provide the Industry team with timely updates on their skills, experience and employment readiness.
• Identify candidates whose transferable skills match employer needs, not only candidates with identical previous job titles.
• Conduct focused screening to confirm interest, readiness, qualifications and practical fit before referral.
• Coordinate targeted talent searches and outreach when the existing pool does not meet employer demand.
• Identify recurring talent gaps and communicate them to Employment, Industry, Marketing and program leadership.

3. High-quality referrals and interview progression

• Prepare concise, employer-relevant candidate profiles that clearly communicate fit and transferable value.
• Coordinate timely résumé tailoring, application support and interview preparation with AUE’s Employment team.
• Coordinate with the Industry team and submit qualified candidates within agreed deadlines, setting clear expectations with both employers and candidates.
• Track feedback, interviews, offers and outcomes; use employer feedback to improve future matching.
• Provide candidates with respectful closure and practical next steps when they are not selected.

4. Employer talent solutions

• Act as a responsive, credible talent partner who makes it easier for employers to recruit through AUE.
• Ask focused questions to understand which qualifications are essential for successful and safe performance and which are preferred, so AUE can identify strong candidates without making assumptions or inappropriate referrals.
• Surface practical barriers related to wages, schedules, licensing, transportation, housing or onboarding, and connect employers with AUE’s workplace integration and retention supports available through Industry services.
• Respect that all hiring decisions remain with the employer while providing clear, evidence-based talent recommendations and connecting employers to appropriate AUE services.
• Protect employer trust through prompt communication, realistic commitments and consistent follow-through.

5. Systems, intelligence and continuous improvement

• Maintain complete, current and decision-useful records in HubSpot; documentation is part of completing the work, not an optional administrative step.
• Monitor pipeline movement, deadlines, conversion rates and unresolved opportunities.
• Analyze patterns in referrals, interviews, hires and employer feedback to improve matching quality.
• Contribute to simple, scalable processes for job intake, candidate screening, referral, handover and follow-up.
• Share workforce intelligence that can strengthen employer outreach, participant preparation and program design.
• How the role fits