Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at CIP Communities is a strategic, consultative recruiter role focused on full-cycle hiring using strengths-based, assessment-informed practices. You will partner with hiring leaders to align candidates’ natural strengths with role outcomes while delivering an equitable, high-quality candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process using a strengths-based, assessment-informed approach, from intake and sourcing through selection, offer, and onboarding handoff.
• Create job advertisements that clearly describe role outcomes, success traits, natural strengths, and CIP culture.
• Integrate validated assessments into selection by interpreting results and advising hiring managers on strengths alignment, competencies, and role requirements.
• Facilitate structured interviews that evaluate demonstrated competencies and natural talent themes consistently and fairly.
• Apply recruiting metrics, assessment insights, market intelligence, and funnel data to strengthen hiring decisions and improve outcomes over time.
• Maintain expertise in CIP assessment tools and support ongoing refinement of talent profiles, success indicators, and selection frameworks.
• Use structured, job-related selection practices consistently to support equitable hiring decisions based on role requirements, candidate evidence, and organizational needs.
• Provide candidates and hiring managers with clear, timely, and candid communication on expectations, process, compensation, benefits, and CIP culture.
• Protect candidate and employee confidentiality, and maintain accurate documentation in the applicant tracking system or HRIS.
• Coordinate background checks, reference checks, and employment verifications, and manage onboarding handoffs in accordance with company policy and applicable requirements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders by defining success profiles, role outcomes, selection criteria, and talent needs.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, assessment interpretation, selection best practices, and strengths-aligned decision-making.
• Partner with the Talent & Culture leader to support strengths-based coaching initiatives, including individual and team coaching, strengths education, workshops, and practical application of assessment insights.
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations grounded in candidate evidence, talent insights, market conditions, and organizational priorities.
• Build cross-functional partnerships to deliver a consistent, equitable, and high-quality hiring experience, representing CIP professionally with candidates and community partners.
• Deliver a warm, transparent, strengths-focused candidate experience from first contact through offer and transition to onboarding.
• Build and execute creative sourcing strategies using social platforms, talent communities, referral networks, targeted outreach, educational institutions, and community partnerships.
• Develop diverse, high-quality talent pipelines and improve sourcing approaches by analyzing channel and funnel performance.
• Represent CIP’s employer brand with authenticity and clarity, and continuously improve recruiting tools, workflows, and candidate touchpoints.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to work in alignment with CIP’s Core Values while delivering dependable service and exceptional experiences to candidates, hiring leaders, and coworkers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in a strengths-based or assessment-driven environment.
• Proven ability to consult with leaders, influence hiring decisions, and translate talent, market, and recruiting data into recommendations.
• Experience integrating validated assessments into selection processes and facilitating assessment interpretation with hiring teams.
• Strong sourcing capability with a track record of building high-quality, diverse candidate pipelines.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, manage multiple priorities, and use an applicant tracking system or HRIS accurately.
• Passion for strengths-based talent strategy and exceptional candidate experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in assessment tools (strongly preferred).

Level, Reporting, and Work Location

• Level: Senior Individual Contributor
• Reports to: SVP of Talent & Culture
• Location: Lincoln, NE (hybrid); Flexible / Hybrid
• Work location: Hybrid remote in Lincoln, NE 68512

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Environment

• Safe and healthy work environments.
• A culture of hard work and fun while building exceptional community experiences.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion; proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Physical demands may include standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, using hands and fingers, talking, hearing, and seeing. Regular lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds may be required.

Reasonable Accommodation

May be provided to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role, provided such accommodation does not impose an undue hardship on business operations.