Senior Recruiter - Farmer Focus : Job Details

Who We Are and What We Do Farmer Focus's mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. How this Role Will Be ImpactfulIn this role, you will be responsible for sourcing, attracting, and interviewing prospective team members for both hourly and salaried positions across our Operations/Production and Corporate teams. You will coordinate local hiring activities, including on- and off-site job fairs, and ensure a visible presence in the local community to attract candidates.

• Remain closely aligned with HR Managers at each plant to understand production hiring needs.
• Work under the direction of the Recruiting Manager to ensure alignment of all recruiting activities with company needs.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to support current and future hiring needs.
• Create and track open positions and candidates using Workday.
• Use various recruiting strategies and resources, including job boards, social media, local job fairs, automation, and AI, to attract candidates with innovative spirits to our diverse culture.
• Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details.
• Conduct initial screenings from both online and paper applications to determine the appropriate plant and shift for qualified candidates.
• Coordinate interviews, extend offers, and prepare reports on trends and activities
• Support the cultivation of relationships and contacts with public organizations, local employment organizations, universities, and technical schools to build a talent pipeline.
• Effectively communicate our employer value proposition to candidates.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience for a wide range of roles.
• Demonstrated experience effectively partnering with hiring managers to support current and future hiring needs.
• Strong multicultural competency and awareness demonstrated by building relationships that cross multiple dimensions of diversity such as race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and others.
• The ability to remain focused in ambiguous situations and frequently changing organizational structures.
• Experience identifying and engaging passive candidates to help find the right people for our open positions.
• Experience using social media to support recruitment efforts (LinkedIn, Facebook).
• Understanding of applicable federal, state, and local laws to ensure compliance in our hiring activities.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience maintaining a talent pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Prior experience using an applicant tracking system to track recruiting metrics and identify trends.
• A willingness to work within the framework of our Farmer Focus CARES values of Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship
• Reliable transportation that allows you to work across our multiple facilities and offices within the City of Harrisonburg, VA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using Workday.
• Experience recruiting for salaried roles in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Experience in a high growth organization
• Bi-lingual language proficiency in English and Spanish.

Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.