Recruitment Associate

Work Location: Must reside in the US and can work from any state where Grameen America operates in (New York, Northeast, Central and Southeast, California and Texas areas).

About Us

Founded by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus in 2008, Grameen America Inc. (GAI) is a nonprofit microfinance organization that empowers women who live in poverty to create better lives for themselves and their families through entrepreneurship. A nationally certified Community Development Financial Institution, Grameen America provides affordable capital, credit- and asset-building, financial education and peer support to enable program participants to boost their income, enter the mainstream financial system and create jobs in their communities. The fastest growing nonprofit microfinance organization in the U.S., Grameen America has provided over $2 billion in small business loans and served over 138,000 low-income, primarily minority women. GAI offers micro-loans, financial education, and support to help low-income entrepreneurial women begin or expand their businesses. Since inception we have served over 100,000 women through our 25 strong (and growing) branch network in the U.S. For more information, please visit grameenamerica.org.

About the Role

Grameen America is looking for a HR Recruitment Associate to join our HR team to support the Senior Manager of HR and Recruitment in all phases of the recruitment process including onboarding new hires. We are seeking someone who is highly collaborative, team player, problem solver, and values providing the best customer service to join our fast-paced, growing organization.

Essential Functions:

• Prescreen applications and candidates for the interview phase.

• Post and manage job postings on internal sites, as well as other recruiting platforms; administer online testing assessments.

• Identify and source candidates through various recruitment methods (social and professional networking sites, educational institutions).

• Participate in (virtual and in-person) interviews with Senior Manager of HR and Recruitment and hiring managers.

• Own the new hire onboarding process including issuing and tracking onboarding documents for new hires.

• Provide effective customer-focused support to new hires to address questions or resolve issues on completion of paperwork and onboarding process.

• Execute background screening checks for select candidates.

• Create new hire profile records to set-up new hires in the ADP system.

• Participate in new hire onboarding training.

• Maintain and update recruitment tracker on workflow process of candidates and new hires.

• Performs other related duties as needed.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Highly organized and strong attention to detail.

• Experience managing multiple responsibilities, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines.

• Ability to problem-solve and demonstrate initiative.

• Experience working independently as well as collaboratively on a team.

• Strong customer service skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Fluent in English and Spanish required.

• Maintain high level of confidentiality.

  Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalent work experiences, required.

• 1+ years of recruitment experience.

• Previous experience in HRIS and Applicant Tracker system: ADP Workforce Now or ADP TotalSource preferred.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP a plus.

We will adhere to all state and/or city COVID 19 vaccine mandate requirements.

Grameen America is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All candidates for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.