Senior Talent Partner (6-month Contract)

At Nelson, we’ve been shaping the future of education for children and youth across Canada for over 110 years. As the country’s largest K-12 education content provider, we remain dedicated to our legacy of looking forward, paving the way in creating boundless, accessible, and engaging learning experiences for all.

Our innovative solutions, including Edwin, our digital learning platform, provides curriculum-aligned content that support diverse learning styles while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning. We listen intently to the unique needs of educators, students, and administrators everywhere, and continuously evolve what we do and build to improve their lives daily.

When we’re searching for individuals to join our team, we look for bold, innovative team players with a passion for education and making a positive difference in our communities. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! Apply to join our team today. Let’s Create Possible, one learner at a time.

About the Role

Reporting to the Vice President, People & Employee Experience, the Senior Talent Partner will lead full-cycle recruitment across a broad portfolio of roles at Nelson, with a particular focus on technology, product, and digital roles supporting the company’s continued transformation as an education technology organization.

This role operates as a strategic partner to hiring leaders, owning the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle while helping to shape hiring strategies, improve recruitment operations, and strengthen Nelson’s employer brand. The Senior Talent Partner will leverage modern recruiting tools, data insights, and automation to maintain and improve our hiring processes while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

The successful candidate is a technologically savvy recruiter who thrives in fast-moving environments, is comfortable managing multiple complex searches simultaneously, and brings strong experience recruiting for technical, SaaS, or product-focused organizations.

Working closely with hiring managers and the People & Engagement team, the Senior Talent Partner will play a key role in ensuring Nelson continues to attract high-impact talent aligned with our mission to create innovative learning experiences for students and educators.

This posting represents an existing vacancy (net new role). This is currently a 6-month contract opportunity with the potential for extension based on successful performance and the future needs of the organization.

Key Accountabilities

• Talent Acquisition:
• Lead full-cycle recruitment across a diverse portfolio of roles, including technology, product, digital, and operational functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, guiding interview design and hiring decisions.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies using multiple channels, including LinkedIn Recruiter, talent communities, referrals, niche platforms, and proactive outreach.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of qualified candidates for both current and future hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring leaders to drive efficient, equitable, and inclusive hiring processes.
• Deliver a high-touch candidate experience through clear communication, thoughtful engagement, and timely feedback.
• Ensure recruitment practices align with employment legislation, diversity and inclusion commitments, and internal policies.
• Stay informed on industry trends, recruitment technology advancements, as well as legal and regulatory requirements related to talent acquisition.
  
• Recruitment Operations & Technology
• Leverage modern recruitment technologies (ATS, sourcing tools, automation platforms, and analytics) to streamline and optimize hiring workflows.
• Implement innovative sourcing strategies and recruiting automations to increase efficiency and pipeline quality.
• Maintain accurate applicant tracking data and ensure strong pipeline visibility across all open roles.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, tools, and workflows to support Nelson’s growing hiring needs.
• Collaborate with the broader P&E team to ensure alignment between recruitment, onboarding, employer branding, and employee experience initiatives.
  
• Onboarding & Talent Experience
• Partner with the P&E team to support a smooth transition from candidate acceptance to onboarding and beyond.
• Manage technology to communicate with and support new hires through preboarding and onboarding workflows.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to ensure new hires have a strong start and clear integration into their teams.
• Provide input and execute hands-on solutions in onboarding improvements based on candidate feedback and hiring trends.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, with a strong track record directly managing full-cycle recruitment, is required.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for technical, product, or SaaS-related roles is strongly preferred.
• Strong experience using modern recruiting technologies, including ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and recruitment automation tools is required.  Specific experience with Linkedin Recruiter, Linkedin Hiring Assistant, Workable, or HiBob are considered strong assets.
• Exceptional ability to manage competing priorities and switch tasks quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using recruitment metrics to drive process improvements.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• HR certification (e.g., HRPA) is a plus.

Who You Are

You are a proactive, highly organized recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys partnering closely with hiring leaders to solve complex hiring challenges from end-to-end. You bring a strategic mindset to recruitment, balancing strong operational execution with the ability to advise managers on hiring strategies, candidate evaluation, and market insights. Technologically savvy and comfortable working with modern recruiting tools, ATS platforms, and sourcing technologies, you are always looking for ways to improve efficiency through smart systems and automation. You build trust quickly with candidates and stakeholders alike, communicate with clarity and professionalism, and take pride in delivering an exceptional and inclusive candidate experience.

Benefits

Compensation

The base salary range for this contract full-time position begins at $80,000+ per annum based on experience. Compensation is part of our broader Total Rewards package, which includes benefits and programs that support employee well-being and growth.

What We Offer

At Nelson, we believe in taking care of our people.

Your well-being, growth, and work-life balance matter to us, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you - professionally and personally.

The below benefits apply to this temporary contract position:

• Flexible work arrangement (Hybrid, 2 days/week in office)
• Commuter friendly location (Sheppard & Don Mills)
• Free parking on-site
• Free, convenient shuttle bus service from Don Mills Subway Station to and from the office
• Access to on-site fitness center and fitness classes
• Access to Linkedin Learning for continuous skill growth
• Mentorship and professional development opportunities
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling, and many things in-between.
  

Don't have 100% of the above qualifications? Do you still think Nelson is a great fit for you? We encourage you to apply anyway!

Our EDI Statement

Nelson teaches the world by learning from everyone in it. 

We are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace environment. This is an integral part of our company’s culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity, Developing Authentic and Accurate Content, Amplifying External Voices, and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond.

We believe in the power of education and our ability to impact social change.  Truth, honesty, integrity, and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners. 

We value a respectful, inclusive, and safe workplace that nurtures belonging and represents many different cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and opinions.  Everyone is free to be who they are. 

We foster and continue to build relationships that are equitable, diverse, and inclusive with existing and future partners in education.

We commit to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources, the workplace, the educational community, and in the larger society. 

We strive to build an inclusive world for everyone.  We are stronger together.

AI and Automated Hiring Tools

Nelson uses AI support tools in our applicant tracking system to help with tasks such as summarizing points and anonymizing applications. All candidate screening, assessments, and hiring decisions are done by people.

Interview Outcome Notification

Nelson is committed to keeping candidates informed. All candidates who attend an interview for a publicly advertised role will be notified of the outcome of their candidacy.  Candidates will be notified of the hiring decision no later than 45 days after the last interview.

Our Commitment

Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status. 

Should you require any accommodation during our recruitment and selection process, please reach out to peopleandengagement@nelson.com.