Specialist III, Talent Acquisition

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This People Services (PS) position is an integral member of the Talent Acquisition Welcome Wagon team, responsible for ensuring a smooth candidate experience and timely progression through all pre-employment screenings and compliance requirements. The Specialist III acts as the trusted point of contact to hiring managers and Village partners, monitoring candidate life cycles, ensuring screenings are completed within service level agreement (SLA), and ultimately supporting accurate and timely hire decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Candidate Lifecycle & Onboarding Support

• Provide onboarding, monitoring, research, and administrative support to hiring managers across the Village
• Oversee the full Welcome Wagon onboarding process for assigned candidates, ensuring background checks, drug screens, and other state/local screenings are initiated and completed within SLA
• Review and process internal job changes (e.g., promotions, transfers, lateral moves) by proactively initiating and monitoring required screenings to ensure compliance and timely teammate transitions
• Track and monitor candidate progress across multiple systems, proactively resolving issues to avoid delays
• Review screening outcomes and documentation to make timely and accurate hire decisions

Compliance & Data Integrity

• Ensure adherence to People Services policies, state/federal regulations, and company compliance requirements.
• Maintain data integrity across platforms.
•  Maintain various databases of information to initiate, update, and complete onboarding processes, and adjudicate basic screenings in systems such as:
  – Workday
  – eScreen
  – HireRight
• Use reporting and automation to process audits and report metrics

Collaboration & Relationship Management

• Partner with other corporate PS functions (e.g., Teammate Relations, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting), to deliver positive business results
• Communicate effectively with Village partners, hiring managers, and external vendors to resolve escalations and ensure an exceptional candidate experience
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to drive accountability and efficiency

Training & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct process and procedure training as needed for internal stakeholders and teammates
• Identify process bottlenecks and propose solutions to improve compliance, reduce turnaround times, and enhance candidate experience
• Contribute to team projects focused on streamlining workflows and strengthening the Welcome Wagon process

Minimum Qualifications

• 2–4 years in an office/customer service environment or human resources role
• High School Diploma

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.