Description
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Leads full-cycle recruitment across Levata Canada, with a primary focus on campus and early-career sales hiring and developing the next generation of sales talent.
Position Summary
The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruitment for Levata Canada, with a primary and dedicated focus on campus and early-career sales hiring - including sales development reps, account executive associates, and new-grad sales trainees. This role builds relationships with universities and colleges, runs full-cycle recruitment for entry-level sales positions, and partners closely with Sales leadership to keep the early-career pipeline full, diverse, and ready to convert into future sales hires. Beyond the campus program, this role also recruits for other open roles across Levata's Canadian business - partnering with hiring managers across functions to source, screen, and close qualified candidates.
This is a 100% onsite position for our offices at: 25 Royal Crest Court, Suite 100, Markham, Ontario, L3R 9X4, Canada
Key Responsibilities
Campus & Early Career Recruitment
- Build and execute a campus recruitment strategy to attract early-career sales talent from Canadian universities and colleges.
- Develop and maintain relationships with career services offices, business and sales programs, and student sales organizations to build a sustained talent pipeline.
- Plan and represent Levata at career fairs, campus information sessions, case competitions, and collegiate sales competitions.
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for entry-level and early-career sales roles - sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer - from requisition to start date.
Sourcing & Pipeline Development
- Source candidates through university partnerships, LinkedIn, job boards, employee referrals, and sales-focused student organizations.
- Build and maintain a talent community/pipeline for future early-career sales openings, so roles fill quickly against a warm pool of candidates.
- Track and report on pipeline health - applicant flow, conversion, time-to-fill, and diversity of pipeline.
Candidate Experience & Assessment
- Screen, interview, and assess candidates for sales aptitude, communication skills, coachability, and cultural fit.
- Coordinate interview panels with sales hiring managers and coach them on structured interviewing and consistent evaluation.
- Deliver a high-touch candidate experience from first outreach through offer and onboarding handoff.
Employer Branding & Programs
- Represent and promote Levata's employer brand on campus and within early-career talent communities.
- Partner with Marketing and HR to develop recruitment materials, social content, and campus event collateral tailored to early-career sales audiences.
- Support the design and administration of internship and new-grad sales development programs.
Broader Canadian Recruitment
- Own full-cycle recruitment for other open roles across Levata's Canadian business, outside of the campus and early-career sales program.
- Partner with hiring managers across functions to define role requirements, build sourcing strategies, and manage requisitions from intake to offer.
- Balance recruiting capacity across the campus/early-career program and general Canadian hiring needs, flagging capacity constraints to the TA Manager as volume shifts.
Stakeholder Partnership & Reporting
- Partner with Sales and other hiring leaders to understand hiring needs, headcount planning, and role requirements.
- Maintain accurate requisition and candidate data in the ATS; provide regular pipeline and hiring reports to TA leadership and business stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2–4 years of full-cycle recruitment experience, ideally including campus/early-career or sales recruiting.
- Experience building and managing relationships with university career centers and student organizations.
- Comfortable recruiting across multiple functions and role types, not just sales, and re-prioritizing as hiring needs shift.
- Familiarity with sales roles and sales competencies preferred.
- Proficiency with an ATS (Jobvite preferred) and LinkedIn Recruiter/LinkedIn Hiring Assistant.
- Comfortable presenting to groups and representing Levata at in-person campus events.
- Travel requirement 30% including campus engagement.
- [Bilingual English/French]
Preferred Characteristics
- Relationship-builder who enjoys campus engagement and represents the brand well in person
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Organized, with the ability to manage multiple requisitions and events at once
- Comfortable with recruiting metrics and pipeline reporting
- Genuine interest in sales talent and what makes early-career sales hires succeed
Required Competencies
Sourcing, Relationship Building, Communication, Organization, Sales Acumen, Employer Branding, Data & Reporting, Full-Cycle Recruiting
What Success Looks Like
Qualified early-career sales pipeline, time-to-fill for entry-level roles, offer acceptance rate, campus partnership growth, hiring manager satisfaction, and time-to-fill across all Canadian roles.
What We Offer
- Base salary: CAD $70,000–$85,000
- 5% bonus eligibility
- Industry-related education through our partners and vendors.
- The opportunity to work in a highly supportive and entrepreneurial environment.
- Comprehensive healthcare and paid vacation time.
Levata Canada is committed to a fair, equitable, and inclusive recruitment process. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process in accordance with applicable legislation.
