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At maurices, we're all about feel-good fashion for real life. We're committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend-and all of life's adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0-24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We've been doing this since 1931, and today you'll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it's more than clothes - it's where fun, friendship and fashion come together! We believe in putting People First - and that starts with you. We're a collaborative team that leads with kindness, values authenticity, stays curious, and moves with agility. We work smart, have fun, and support one another in a generously flexible environment that empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. We're headquartered in the heart of Duluth, Minnesota overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. Our original hometown offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, four-season adventure, and a vibrant college town atmosphere.

At maurices, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll play a critical role in helping us find, attract, and hire exceptional talent while serving as a trusted partner to leaders across our business.

This is far more than a traditional recruiting role. You'll manage an array of corporate requisitions, build proactive talent pipelines, lead our Home Office internship program, support innovative recruitment initiatives for our home office and our field, and help shape talent strategies that fuel business growth.

We're looking for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings high energy to everything they do, and enjoys balancing multiple priorities in a flexible, but fast-paced environment. This role is a great fit for a recruiter who has experience in high-volume recruiting and is ready for a broader, more strategic opportunity with exposure to business partnership and talent planning.

Key Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Functions:

Full-Cycle Recruiting & Talent Acquisition

• Manage approximately 10-15 active requisitions at any given time, sometimes more & sometimes less, across a variety of corporate functions.
• Partner with hiring leaders to understand business objectives, role requirements, and long-term talent needs.
• Lead the recruitment process from kickoff through offer acceptance, ensuring a seamless and people-first candidate experience.
• Develop sourcing strategies that attract both active and passive candidates.
• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Leverage market intelligence and industry trends to advise leaders on talent availability, compensation expectations, and hiring strategies.
• Support with identifying talent & coming up with recruitment strategies for critical field openings & district leader opportunities, as they come available.

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders throughout the hiring process.
• Challenge assumptions, anticipate talent needs, and provide recommendations that support business objectives.
• Partner closely with HR Business Partners to understand organizational priorities, succession needs, and workforce plans.
• Influence hiring decisions through data, talent insights, and market knowledge.

Internship Program Leadership

• Coordinate and manage the Corporate Internship Program from recruitment through onboarding and program execution.
• Build relationships with colleges, universities, and community organizations to strengthen internship talent pipelines.
• Partner with leaders to create meaningful, engaging intern experiences.
• Facilitate intern events, networking opportunities, and program development activities.

Talent Pipeline & Employment Branding

• Develop innovative sourcing and recruitment marketing strategies that strengthen maurices' employment brand.
• Build relationships with professional associations, schools, networking groups, and community partners.
• Support recruiting events, career fairs, and talent-building initiatives.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to promote our People First culture and showcase why maurices is a great place to build a career.

Field Recruitment Support

• Support the development of field recruitment strategies and best practices.
• Partner with field HR and operational leaders to identify opportunities that improve talent attraction and hiring outcomes.
• Help pilot and implement new recruiting approaches, tools, and processes across the organization.

Recruitment Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Utilize Workday, Phenom, and other talent systems to manage recruiting workflows and maintain accurate candidate data.
• Monitor recruiting metrics and provide insights that drive continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve candidate experience, and increase hiring effectiveness.
• Stay current on recruiting trends, labor market conditions, and emerging talent practices.
• Support with LinkedIn recruitment & employment page.

We know that great talent brings more than what's listed on paper. While the responsibilities outlined above represent the primary focus of this role, they are not intended to be an exhaustive list. As our business evolves, so may the opportunities, projects, and responsibilities associated with this position.

Education/Skills and Experience Requirements:

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting, talent acquisition, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruitment processes.
• Experience partnering directly with business leaders and influencing hiring decisions.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies and building candidate pipelines.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and consultative skills.
• Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) or Human Capital Management (HCM) platform.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• Experience utilizing Workday Recruiting.
• Retail, consumer, or multi-location recruiting experience.
• Experience supporting internship, university recruiting, or early-career talent programs.
• Exposure to employment branding, recruitment marketing, or talent strategy initiatives.

Successful Candidates Are...

• People-first and relationship-driven.
• Curious about how the business works and eager to learn.
• Energized by solving problems and creating solutions.
• Comfortable operating in the gray without needing every answer.
• Resourceful, proactive, and highly accountable.
• Skilled at balancing competing priorities without losing focus on the candidate experience.
• Passionate about connecting great talent with meaningful opportunities.
• Excited by the possibility of growing into broader HR, talent, or business partnership roles over time.

Pay Range:

This position is eligible for an annual incentive compensation based on company performance.

How We Work: Our Smart Work program pairs the best of inperson collaboration with the flexibility to work remotely, guided by business needs and the nature of each role. Corporate associates work at least three days a week in our offices, with teams setting core days to brainstorm, build relationships, and move work forward. The goal is simple: help you do your best work, stay connected to your team, and maintain healthy worklife balance.

What We Offer: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. Full-time associates are eligible for a suite of benefits. Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans. High-Deductible plans offer the option of a Health Savings Account, with employer contribution.

Additional benefits include Dental, and Vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage, Voluntary Life, Spouse, and Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability coverage. maurices provides, at no cost to our associates, Basic Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage, access to our Wellbeing platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program available for associates and their families. After 6 months of employment, you may be eligible for our 401(k), which offers an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution. maurices supports continued education with our Tuition Assistance program, available after 1 year of employment.

Associates also have access to PTO benefits, including vacation (with accrual or flexible options based on role), annual sick time awards, holiday pay, and two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement. We offer continuous opportunities for learning, connection building through Associate Resource Groups and for our Duluth based associates, free access to a state-of-the-art onsite Fitness Facility.

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all personnel actions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.