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Posted: 11-Jun-26
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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Staff/Administrative
Internal Number: 8892
UNC Overview :
Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, UNC Asheville is the UNC System's only liberal arts and sciences university. We are nationally recognized for our student‑centered teaching, our deep commitment to undergraduate research and creative inquiry, and our emphasis on interdisciplinary learning. As a community, we strive to cultivate an environment where every student, faculty, and staff member feels valued and included.
UNC Asheville is dedicated to fostering diversity and creating a workplace that encourages understanding, respect, and meaningful engagement across cultures and identities. The successful candidate will contribute to an inclusive campus culture, one that welcomes and celebrates the unique backgrounds, perspectives, talents, and lived experiences of all individuals.
UNC Asheville is dedicated to fostering diversity and creating a workplace that encourages understanding, respect, and meaningful engagement across cultures and identities. The successful candidate will contribute to an inclusive campus culture, one that welcomes and celebrates the unique backgrounds, perspectives, talents, and lived experiences of all individuals.
Classification Title : Human Resources Consultant III
Department: Human Resources
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
Months per Year: 12 Months
Position Summary :
The Director of Talent Acquisition leads the development and administration of innovative, strategic, and proactive talent acquisition initiatives that advance organizational excellence across all recruitment and onboarding functions at UNC Asheville.
The Director is responsible for shaping the university's long-term workforce planning and recruitment strategies, with a focus on ensuring an effective, efficient, and inclusive recruitment life cycle. Responsibilities include designing, implementing and evaluating programs for sourcing, recruiting, hiring and onboarding talent. This position is instrumental in engaging potential candidates through social media, professional networks, recruiting events, and strategic sourcing channels.
As a dedicated business partner, the Director builds strong relationships with hiring managers and campus leaders to develop recruitment plans aligned with departmental needs. The Director serves as the primary point of contact for all aspects of the recruitment process, from requisition creation through onboarding. This includes advising managers on recruitment systems, processes, and procedures; coordinating advertising strategies; managing job postings and recruitment timelines; supporting screening and candidate selection; guiding search committee composition and interview processes; and assisting with final candidate selection.
The Director develops, delivers and maintain search committee training for all staff positions, ensuring a clear understanding of UNC Asheville's employment practices, Equal Employment Opportunity standards, and relevant UNC System and NC OSHR regulations. This position monitors the process and applicant pools and provides guidance to search chairs to support a fair, equitable, and inclusive hiring process.
The position also manages and coordinates all staff onboarding procedures for the university, ensuring a welcoming and consistent experience for new employees.
The role includes supervising team members and supporting their growth through ongoing coaching, feedback, and professional development, with the goal of fostering an engaged, high‑performing team.
Success in this position requires adaptability, strong organizational skills, creativity, and the ability to meet time‑sensitive deadlines. Success in the role also depends on critical thinking, continuous process improvement, effective communication, and attention to detail. The employee leads large‑scale recruiting initiatives by developing solutions, guiding implementation, and managing change.
Success in this position requires adaptability, strong organizational skills, creativity, and the ability to meet time‑sensitive deadlines. Success in the role also depends on critical thinking, continuous process improvement, effective communication, and attention to detail. The employee leads large‑scale recruiting initiatives by developing solutions, guiding implementation, and managing change.
The Director is responsible for reviewing and updating policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state law.
This position exercises independent judgment, sets goals, establishes timelines, and identifies opportunities for improvement. This position also plays a key role in broader Office of Human Resources projects and initiatives that support the University's mission and strategic plan.
Minimum Education/Experience/Skill :
Graduation from a four-year college or university and three years of progressively responsible experience analyzing, interpreting, applying, communicating and promoting HR best practices in the context of organizational goals and objectives; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Degrees must be from appropriately accredited institutions.
Preferred Education/Experience/Skill :
- Bachelor's degree and 5–7 years of advancing HR responsibility required; master's degree preferred to support strategic HR leadership.
- Prior experience in a talent acquisition leadership role, higher education experience a plus but not required.
- Prior experience working with various applicant tracking systems.
- Prior experience with the Ellucian Banner system a plus but not required.
- Demonstrated ability to develop training resources, teach and/or facilitate groups.
- Experience with using social networks for recruitment.
- Thorough understanding of recruiting methods and best practices, as well as applicable policies and federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
- Strong organizational, oral and written communication skills.
- Self-motivated, high attention to detail, ability to prioritize work, and excellent organizational skills.
- Highly professional demeanor along with the demonstrated ability to use discretion regularly in handling confidential matters.
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office, Google Workspace, and Adobe Creative Suite, along with the capacity to adapt to new and evolving software tools.
Quick Link for Positing: 8892
EO/AA/ADA Employer:
The employee in this position will supervise and provide oversight for the talent acquisition and recruitment team.
About The University of North Carolina at Asheville
As the only dedicated liberal arts institution in the University of North Carolina system, UNC Asheville kindles learning by offering students an intellectually rigorous education that builds critical thinking and workforce skills to last a lifetime. Small class size, award-winning faculty and a nationally acclaimed undergraduate research program foster innovation as well as recognition. The cornerstone of a liberal arts education is the ability to explore the connections between many different subjects as well as the options available. So, learning here expands well beyond the classroom walls. Focusing on undergraduate studies, we help students dig into learning, whether they participate in faculty-mentored research projects, undertake career-related internships, study abroad, or join service projects aimed at improving the quality of life at home and around the world. We encourage everyone to seek challenges, seize opportunities and become a doer as well as a thinker. At UNC Asheville, we’ve created an environment for exploring the world as well as more than 20+ different majors. About 3,500 undergraduate students and about 600+ full- and part-time faculty bring the campus alive ...with a genuine hunger to understand and contribute to the human experience. Amid the culturally rich setting of Asheville, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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