Talent Acquisition Coordinator (Temporary/Contractor) at Inovio in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

About INOVIO

INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on rapidly bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from infectious diseases, cancer, and diseases associated with HPV. INOVIO is the first and only company to have clinically demonstrated that a DNA medicine can be delivered directly into cells in the body via a proprietary smart device to produce an efficacious, robust and tolerable immune response. Partners and collaborators include Advaccine, ApolloBio Corporation, AstraZeneca, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)/Department of Defense (DOD), HIV Vaccines Trial Network, International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Ology Bioservices, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Plumbline Life Sciences, Regeneron, Richter-Helm BioLogics, Roche/Genentech, Thermo Fisher Scientific, University of Pennsylvania, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and The Wistar Institute. For more information, visit www.inovio.com.

Job summary

The Talent Acquisition (TA) Coordinator performs administrative and functional responsibilities under general supervision. The TA Coordinator provides high quality coordination support to a team of HR and Talent Acquisition colleagues. Strong communication and follow up skills are required to interact and provide support to all levels of colleagues, including senior management, to answer questions, give guidance, and process requests, schedule interviews and debriefs, maintain candidate information, and lead candidate background screening processes.

Essential job functions and duties

• Communicate with hiring managers, candidates, and HR team members


• Schedule candidate interviews and debrief sessions


• Process pre-employment background check, generate new hire forms, and coordinate logistics with new hires


• Ensure new hire forms are completed, processed, and filed in the personnel file; complete I-9 forms for new hires and maintain I-9 records.


• Maintain employee referral forms and obtain necessary approvals for payments to employees


• Maintain open position status reports, generate new hire and onboarding metrics


• Perform other duties as required based on business needs.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field


• Minimum of 2+ years of directly related work experience; or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been attained.


• Strong skills in Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point.


• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with consistently changing priorities.


• Client Focus; strong sense of urgency while maintaining attention to detail


• Excellent verbal and written communication/listening skills.


• Strong team player


• Individual should be detail oriented and proactive to be able to follow-through on projects and workflow requests.


• A positive work attitude and a talent for multitasking are required.


• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills are required.


• Willingness to do whatever is needed; must be flexible and adaptable.


• Prior HRIS experience including Applicant Tracking Systems preferred.

Disclaimer

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. In keeping with our policy, INOVIO will recruit, hire, train and promote into all job titles the most qualified individuals, without regard to race, color, creed, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

A current US work authorization is required. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. INOVIO offers an attractive benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer.

Important notice to employment businesses/agencies

INOVIO does not accept referrals from employment agencies unless written authorization from the INOVIO Human Resources department has been provided. In the absence of written authorization, any actions undertaken by employment agencies shall be deemed to have been performed without our consent and therefore INOVIO will not be liable for any fees arising from employment agency referrals in respect to current or future position vacancies at INOVIO.