International Fire Protection (IFP) is a part of the APi Group family of companies. IFP has been in business for 30 years and has grown from a small operation in Madison Alabama to multiple locations throughout the Southeastern United States. We are a family of unique individuals committed to the success of our organization and each other. We identify with and live out our parent company's enduring purpose of Building Great Leaders™ in conjunction with our own ideology. 

Our Values:

1. Take care of each other!
2. Take care of our customers!
3. Strive for excellence (being a little better tomorrow that we are today)!
4. Be focused (no distractions)!

What we Offer:

• BCBS of MN (health, dental, vision) insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Accounts (health and dependent)
• 6 Weeks of Paid Maternity/Adoption Leave
• Long term disability insurance
• Short term disability insurance
• Accidental insurance
• Hospital indemnity insurance
• Basic life insurance
• Voluntary term life insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Profit Sharing Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Perks Program

What we're looking for:

International Fire Protection (IFP) is looking for a Talent Leader to act as a change agent and resource to assist International Fire Protection on its journey to create a world-class employee experience. This experience will include an employee’s recruitment, on-boarding, retention, and engagement. 

Reporting Structure:

This position reports directly to the President/CEO of International Fire Protection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 To include, but not limited to the following:

 Talent Acquisition:

• Act as a resource on talent acquisition and provide advice to corporate and branch offices to help them improve their success in hiring exceptional talent.
• Collaborate with company leaders to develop new and creative recruiting strategies that will serve to differentiate us from other organizations.
• Lead the identification of “schools of choice” and other areas of opportunity; where IFP can have a consistent recruiting presence, demonstrating to candidates the opportunities at International Fire Protection and APi Group.
• Lead the efforts to develop an internship program as a component to IFP’s recruiting strategy.
• Create a career fair toolkit to ensure best in class appearance and results; participate at career fairs as appropriate.
• Collaborate with APi Group’s Talent Acquisition and Retention Leader, Talent Magnet Think Tank, recruiting, hiring and marketing professionals throughout the APi Group of Companies to take advantage of best practices that will improve our recruiting and brand awareness.

 Talent On-boarding:

• • Develop and implement a robust, best in class on-boarding program for new employees of International Fire Protection. The program should be driven by technology, highly engaging, interactive, and rich, ensuring a successful and satisfying experience for each employee as they transition into International Fire Protection. The program should include immersing the new employee into the IFP “Way” (culture).
  • Collaborate with APi Group’s Talent Acquisition and Retention Leader, Talent Magnet Think Tank, recruiting, hiring and marketing professionals throughout the APi Group of Companies to take advantage of best practices that will improve our on-boarding program.

 Talent Retention & Engagement:

• • Develop the IFP brand for our employees. Leverage social media and technology to reach employees and create multiple points of contact for them with the company.
  • Act as a resource on employee engagement and recognition and provide advice to corporate and branch offices to help them improve their success in these areas.
  • Develop and implement a robust, best in class performance review process for employees of International Fire Protection. The program should be driven by technology, highly engaging, interactive, and rich, ensuring a successful and satisfying review experience for each employee and supervisor.
  • Act as a resource on Individual Development Plans (IDP’s) and provide advice to corporate and branch offices to help them improve their success in this area.
  • Create and administer a “Lived Values Program.”

 Other Duties:

• • Maintain open communication, productive working relationships and an environment of cooperation among personnel in all areas of the organization.
  • Participate as a member of APi Group’s Talent Magnet Think Tank.
  • Participate in special projects as needed.

Core Competencies:

• Customer Focus. Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Cultivates Innovation. Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Action Oriented. Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Plans and Aligns. Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Ensures Accountability. Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Interpersonal Savvy. Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
• Values Differences. Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Organizational Savvy. Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
• Drives Engagement. Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Courage. Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness. Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weakness.
• Situational Adaptability. Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Handle confidential information in a trustworthy manner.
• Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills.
• Communicate effectively and professionally both orally and written; clearly communicate information.
• Work on multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility and capability to work under changing priorities and peak workloads.
• High standards of professional conduct at all times.
• Business acumen.
• Human resources capacity.
• Diversity and inclusion.
• Website navigation and use skills.
• Basic typing skills.
• Applicant tracking system experience.

 Education & Experience:

• Bachelor or master’s degree in business administration, communications, human resource management or other related field and/or minimum of 5 years in talent recruitment or talent development career field. Preferred experience working with upper-level management.

 Language Skills:

• Ability to verbally communicate with all types of stakeholders.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals and professional journals.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to provide presentations to a variety of audiences.

 Computer Skills:

• Excel
• Word
• Outlook
• PowerPoint
• Adobe Acrobat or Blue Beam
• Publisher (not required)
• SharePoint (not required)
• Adobe Acrobat or Blue Beam PDF Editor (not required)
• BirdDog Talent Software (not required)

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, proportions, and percentages.

Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills:

• Ability to solve practical problems and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• Requires travel during approximately 25% of work schedule.
• Requires sitting.
• Requires ability to move around an office environment.
• Requires telephone conversations.
• Requires use of electronic mail.
• Requires reading and creating letters, documents and memos.
• Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams.
• Requires contact with others (face-to-face, telephone, or otherwise).
• Requires being exact or highly accurate.
• Requires meeting strict deadlines.
• Requires work with others in a group or team.
• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions with moderate equipment noise levels.