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)
• 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 employment@edmonton.ca. 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

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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