The International Mission Board exists to carry the Gospel to every nation. As a Talent Specialist, you will turn data into insight, ensuring our people‑strategies are precise, agile, and purpose‑driven!

Location: Richmond, VA

Compensation: Commensurate experience

The Talent Specialist supports the Talent & Engagement function by providing data-driven insights, operational coordination, and process support across talent acquisition, talent management, employee relations, and engagement initiatives. The Talent Specialist supports the Talent and Engagement function by partnering with the HR Systems and other partners to provide data driven insights. This role plays a critical part in ensuring data integrity, process efficiency, and actionable insights that inform strategic talent decisions. This position serves as an entry point into the Talent & Engagement career path, with opportunities for growth into HR Partner and leadership roles.

Responsibilities:

• Collect, analyze, and report on key talent metrics, including but not limited to: employee relations trends. exit and stay interview data, employee engagement and survey results and talent acquisition metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, pipeline health)
• Collaborate with HR Systems and other teams to develop and maintain dashboards and recurring reports to support leadership decision-making
• Identify trends and provide insights to improve talent strategies and outcomes
• Support job description management within Workday, ensuring accuracy and consistency. Assist with requisition tracking and status reporting as processes transition into Workday.
• Partner with Compensation and HR Systems teams to coordinate updates and maintain alignment.
• Track and maintain data related to contract and temporary labor spend, position change and workforce realignments, and other labor spend as required.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve manual processes over time.
• Coordinate regular status meetings with Compensation and Talent teams to track progress of job change requests
• Support compliance reporting and audits related to talent processes
• Maintain high standards of data integrity across systems and reporting

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree, in Human Resources, Business or related, preferred
• At least two years of human resources support, analysis and/or project experience
• Experience with curating, organizing, and analyzing data to identify patterns, trends, and inconsistencies
• Excels as a collaborative member of a team, delivering dependable support and responding to inquiries promptly and professionally
• Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely completion of work
• Clear and concise communication in written and verbal formats
• Working experience with HR systems, specifically Workday preferred. 
• Knowledge of SBC, preferred

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical insurance with choice of 3 plans, dental, vision, HSA and FSA benefit plans (and more!)

• Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance coverage (employer paid) - with supplemental coverage available

• 403(b) Retirement Plan Savings - with 5% employer contribution plus up to a 4% matching contribution, fully vested after 3 years

• 21 days of paid time off accrued in the first year, plus 11 paid holidays and the week between Christmas and New Years 

• Volunteer Mission Trip Benefits so you can experience mission life firsthand by working with our teams overseas 

• Access to tuition discounts

• See a summary of our comprehensive benefits package for full time regular and contract employees here. 

Worker Type:

Employee

Regular

Time Type:

Full time