Sourcer / Junior Recruiter

Talent Acquisition Sourcer / Junior Recruiter

Location: Remote (Canada-wide)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Category: Corporate & Support Team / Talent Acquisition

About VetCare

VetCare is a proud Canadian community of veterinary practices committed to offering exceptional patient care and client experiences. We combine the personal touch, local culture, and clinical autonomy of independent practices with the robust support, resources, and connection of a nationwide network.

At VetCare, our values guide everything we do:

- Come together as one: We support each other as one team.
- Always focus on the patient: We prioritize clinical excellence, patient care, and client connection.
- Raise the bar: We pursue continuous improvement, personal development, and positive change.
- Engage with empathy: We seek understanding and lead with compassion in every interaction.

Position Purpose

The Talent Acquisition Sourcer / Junior Recruiter is the core outbound pipeline engine for VetCare’s national talent team. This role is built specifically for a true hunter —someone energized by proactive search, direct headhunting, and tracking down passive clinical professionals across Canada, with an acute focus on rural, northern, and hard-to-fill markets.

We already have great recruiters managing relationship stewardship and process management; what we need now is an outbound specialist who thrives on uncovering hidden talent and feeding qualified Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVMs) and Registered Veterinary Technologists/Technicians (RVTs) to our senior recruiters. You will partner closely with our internal recruiting team as your primary stakeholders, handling screening and interview handoffs while providing the administrative velocity that keeps pipelines moving. Direct exposure to multi-site practice managers and regional leadership will serve as a natural operational growth path as your role evolves.

What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Passive Sourcing & Pipeline Hunting (50%)

- Execute aggressive outbound headhunting strategies across specialized platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter, provincial veterinary licensing registries, university faculties, associations (CVMA), and clinical networks.
- Target, map, and nurture talent communities in persistent, hard-to-fill markets (e.g., Northern Ontario, rural Alberta, interior British Columbia, and rural Atlantic Canada).
- Craft highly customized, compelling cold-outreach messaging that cuts through the noise, articulating VetCare’s clinical autonomy, practice culture, and sustainable workload model.
- Conduct initial phone screens to evaluate clinical interests, licensing eligibility, relocation appetite, and mutual culture fit before handing warm leads off to our senior recruiters.

Recruitment Coordination & Team Support (30%)

- Partner side-by-side with our senior recruiters to manage candidate logistics, schedule seamless recruiter interview handoffs, and ensure candidate momentum across multiple Canadian time zones.
- Maintain rigorous ATS hygiene—tracking lead statuses, pipeline movement, and sourcing channel metrics to keep team dashboards accurate and actionable.
- Support pre-employment administration, including professional clinical reference checks, regulatory credential verifications with provincial colleges, and offer package documentation.
- Maintain job board postings across regional and academic platforms, ensuring alignment with provincial standards and pay transparency legislation.

Market Intelligence & Candidate Engagement (20%)

- Serve as an engaging, authentic first contact for clinicians, navigating sensitive discussions around burnout, relocation barriers, and scheduling needs with high empathy.
- Keep a pulse on competitor offerings, compensation trends, and provincial licensing shifts, sharing real-time market insights with the talent acquisition team.
- Support early-career student outreach, campus career events, and RVT externship pipelines alongside the senior recruiters.

What You Bring (Qualifications & Competencies)

- Hunter Mindset (Essential): You are a relentless outbound sourcer who enjoys the thrill of the chase. You prefer prospecting, direct outreach, and cold pipeline creation over administrative "farming" or waiting for applications to arrive.
- Experience: 1–3 years of hands-on recruitment sourcing or coordination experience within an agency or in-house talent team. Prior experience in healthcare, locum staffing, or niche/scarce-talent industries is a strong asset.
- Education: Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent practical work experience).
- Sourcing & Digital Tools: Strong working command of Boolean logic, LinkedIn Recruiter workflows, and modern ATS/CRM systems. Proficient with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
- Canadian Regulatory Landscape: Foundational understanding of Canadian employment standards; exposure to provincial veterinary colleges (e.g., CVO, ABVMA, BCVMA) is considered an asset.
- Bilingualism: Fluency in French is considered an asset.
- Resilience & EQ: High emotional intelligence to build instant rapport with guarded medical professionals, combined with the persistence needed to thrive in tight candidate pools.

Key Success Measures (KPIs)

- Outbound Pipeline Delivery: Volume of vetted, qualified DVM and RVT candidates passed along to internal recruiters monthly.
- Sourcing Velocity: Conversion rates from initial cold outreach to completed preliminary screen.
- Hard-to-Hire Impact: Consistent candidate discovery and engagement in remote, rural, and high-vacancy clinical regions.
- Coordination Efficiency: Smooth handoffs to internal recruiters with minimal turnaround delay or candidate drop-off.
- ATS Integrity: Pristine candidate records, updated stage tracking, and clear communication notes.

What We Offer (Compensation & Benefits)

- Competitive Compensation: Base salary range of $65,000 – $75,000 CAD per year, commensurate with sourcing depth and industry background.
- Incentive Potential: Eligible for an annual performance bonus (5%–10%) plus placement-based milestone bonuses per DVM hire retained past 6 months.
- Work Arrangement: 100% remote work flexibility from anywhere in Canada.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Group coverage including extended health, dental, vision care, life insurance, and disability.
- Professional Growth: Clear advancement path into full-cycle recruiting and regional operations, supported by an annual professional development budget for recruitment training, certifications, and HR memberships.
- Collaborative Culture: A supportive internal team where your sourcing impact directly shapes clinic success and community pet care.

VetCare is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all our practices and corporate teams. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.