Recruitment Consultant

Are you passionate about connecting talented people with meaningful careers? Do you excel in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? If so, we want to hear from you!

As a Recruitment Consultant with the City of Edmonton, you will play a vital role in building a skilled, diverse workforce that shapes our city's future. Leveraging your expertise in talent acquisition and experience in a unionized environment, you will deliver exceptional consulting support to hiring managers, supervisors, and employees—helping build a thriving municipality with new opportunities for everyone.

What will you do?

- Independently lead the full-cycle recruitment process across complex, multi-union environments, consistently meeting or exceeding established time-to-fill metrics and service level agreements
- Serve as a trusted recruitment partner and Subject Matter Expert to senior leaders, offering strategic talent insights, market intelligence, and customized hiring solutions aligned with organizational goals
- Design and execute multi-channel candidate sourcing strategies that drive a continuous, high-quality pipeline of diverse, qualified talent for hard-to-fill and high-volume roles
- Successfully manage and prioritize a dynamic requisition load of 30+ concurrent open recruitment projects without compromising quality, candidate experience, or timelines
- Partner with multidisciplinary HR teams—including Total Rewards, Labour Relations, and Organizational Development—to deliver integrated workforce solutions and resolve complex client portfolio challenges
- Interpret, apply, and advise hiring managers on complex collective agreement terms, clauses, and selection criteria to ensure compliant, transparent, and defensible hiring practices
- Direct-liaise with Union Business Agents to proactively resolve selection disputes, negotiate posting waivers, and gain alignment on candidate assessment tools and recruitment procedures
- Identify operational bottlenecks and lead continuous process improvement initiatives to streamline hiring workflows, reduce cycle times, and enhance candidate and hiring manager satisfaction
- Adapt flexibly to shifting organizational needs by taking ownership of special projects and strategic HR initiatives as required
Qualifications

- Education in Business Administration, Human Resources, Humanities or a related field. Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered
- Minimum of three years of work experience within Human Resources, ideally in a recruiting environment

Assets:

- Experience with high-volume recruitment
- Experience in a unionized environment
- Experience interpreting and applying collective agreement language

Skills required for success:

- Candidate and Client Relations: Demonstrate effective management and influencing abilities when working with candidates and clients
- Problem-Solving and Adaptability: Seek diverse perspectives, handle differing viewpoints, and manage multiple priorities with urgency and resourcefulness
- Advisory and Technical Skills: Offer creative solutions, advise on best practices, and interpret collective agreement language
- Operational Precision: Maintain high attention to detail across all responsibilities and initiatives
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies ( https://bit.ly/4brRrXm (https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/jobs/our-culture) )
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested

Conditions of employment & work environment:

- Up to: 3 temporary, full-time positions (one 18-month duration and two 11-month durations)
- Hours of work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday
- Salary: $83,713.71- $104,643.58 (Annually)
- This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and office
- This position is eligible for the EDO program (Earned Day Off)

The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact [email protected] . Learn more about our benefits https://bit.ly/COEbenefits .

Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.

Recruitment Consultant: AS/SB

Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.

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Classification Title: PT1 - Human Resources
Posting Date: Oct 15, 2026
Closing Date: Oct 25, 2026 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
Number of Openings (up to): 3 - Temporary Full-time
Union: Management
Department: Employee and Legal Services Division
Work Location(s): Century Place, 10th Floor, 9803 - 102A Avenue Edmonton T5J 3A3