**RECRUITING CONSULTANT (NUCLEAR)**
**JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:**
+ Maintain ownership of the full-life cycle recruitment process and hiring expectations.
+ Build strong relationships with the various business unit clients to ensure the ability to influence, guide and drive the recruiting process.
+ Work closely with Hiring Managers and HR partners to meet hiring needs and ensure that hiring is consistent with business goals; increase candidate flow and develop strategic solutions that will attract and acquire high quality candidates.
+ Advance and execute against creative sourcing techniques for a range of positions from skilled labor to manager level positions; techniques include direct sourcing, internet recruiting, networking, utilization of external research, etc.
+ Evaluate sourcing quality and effectiveness after each hiring activity, and re-evaluate sourcing plans as necessary
+ Utilize data, insight, and effective communication techniques to proactively keep others informed, appropriately contributing ideas and recommendations in a timely manner
**JOB REQUIREMENTS**
**_Experience Requirements:_**
+ Minimum 2 years of full lifecycle recruiting experience
+ Recruiting experience with demonstrated knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies including direct sourcing and selection techniques in addition to excellent consultative, strategic thinking, problem solving, influential and interpersonal skills.
+ Demonstrated ability to engage, consult and partner with both external and internal clients.
+ Experience working with computer-based tracking systems.
+ Proven experience and success recruiting hard-to-fill, unique positions.
+ Online database mining for candidate leads and sourcing.
**_Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:_**
+ Knowledge in full-life cycle recruiting components, including but not limited to, sourcing, internet applicants, social networking, legal/compliance, wage and salary trends, and relationship management.
+ Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong business relationships with hiring managers and HR partners in the development of strategies, leveraging market intelligence and best practices.
+ Ability to determine a candidate's viability for a position based on their work experiences, behavioral attributes, and overall fit for the organization.
+ Ability to effectively manage the offer process, including providing salary recommendations, handling offer negotiations, and closing the deal.
+ Ability to develop sustainable candidate pools through appropriate sourcing strategies and effective deployment.
+ Strong project management experience.
+ Effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills to properly interface with all levels within the company.
+ Solid and highly effective candidate sourcing and screening ability, including utilization of internet search tools and techniques.
+ Strong marketing, selling and negotiation skills.
**_Behavioral Attributes_**
+ Demonstrated passion and "sales" approach to recruiting.
+ Customer focused.
+ Self-directed with strong initiative.
+ Detail oriented.
+ Flexible, open to change, and adaptable.
+ Respectfully and appropriately challenges the status quo.
**Southern Nuclear** , a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is a leader among the nation's nuclear energy facility operators and an innovator in advanced nuclear technologies. Southern Nuclear is an essential part of Southern Company's energy portfolio, operating over 8,200 MW across eight nuclear energy units in Alabama and Georgia at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga.
The company recently achieved commercial operation on Vogtle Units 3&4, representing an historic achievement for the nuclear industry and the country. Vogtle Units 3&4 are the first new nuclear units to reach commercial operation and be built in the United States in the last three decades. Southern Nuclear is a recognized leader in the industry in nuclear and fuel innovation, having been the first to deploy Accident Tolerant Fuels and winning over 10 consecutive Top Innovative Practice (TIP) Awards and eight EPRI awards.
For more than 40 years, Southern Nuclear has operated nuclear energy facilities at the highest levels of safety and reliability, generating carbon-free electricity for millions of homes and businesses. The company's headquarters is in Birmingham, Ala.
Twitter: @SouthernNuclear; Facebook: facebook.com/southernnuclear; www.southernnuclear.com
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million residential and commercial customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability, we are taking action to meet our customers' and communities' needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 10770
Job Category: Human Resources
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Nuclear