Talent Acquisition Specialist

Join Our Team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist

Are you passionate about connecting great people with meaningful opportunities? At High Tide Inc., we’re growing exponentially Be a part of our growth, we’re a community of innovators, driven by passion, dependability, achievement, and diligence. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you’ll play a key role in shaping our growing teams across Canada, supporting both our corporate departments and retail operations.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys building relationships, and takes pride in delivering an exceptional candidate experience. You’ll partner closely with hiring managers to identify top talent, streamline processes, and ensure every hire reflects High Tide’s values and culture. If you’re ready to bring your recruitment expertise to an organization that’s dynamic, people-focused, and continuously evolving, we’d love to meet you.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist supports recruitment for corporate departments and retail operations across High Tide Inc. This role ensures timely and compliant hiring aligned with business needs and reports to the Director, Human Resources.

• Full-cycle recruitment including setting up job postings, sourcing candidates, pre-screening and interviewing candidates, obtaining required certifications, performing reference checks, administering background checks, monitoring compliance, extending, and completing offers and related onboarding documentation.  

• Assist candidates through the hiring process.  

• Work closely with hiring managers and internal stakeholders within the region(s) to understand the nature of the role(s) and respective timelines.  

• Maintain integrity to internal recruitment policies and procedures to ensure compliance across the organization.  

• Manage recruitment process and candidate lifecycle within ATS (iCIMS) and Smartsheet.  

• Assist in onboarding and adding employees to LMS and HRIS systems as per company procedures and policies.  

• Attend hiring events in person or virtually as .  

• Assist in the development and execution of local labour strategies.  

• Work collectively with recruitment team to cross recruit and support outstanding vacancies to meet time to fill requirements.  

• Perform other duties as assigned. 

• Experience recruiting for corporate and retail roles. 

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience.  

• Knowledge and or interest in learning about the retail cannabis industry and mandatory requirements for hiring in all provinces of Canada.  

• Embrace change and enjoy working in an evolving climate.  

• Ability to meet deadlines and produce results in a fast-paced environment.  

• Superior interpersonal and written communication skills.  

• Great attention to detail.  

• Experience working with the various recruitment tools.  

• Experience working with SharePoint, Excel, Smartsheet, and Word.  

• RPR designation an asset.  

• Experience working in a recruitment agency an asset.  

High Tide Inc. is the leading community-grown, retail-forward cannabis enterprise engineered to unleash the full value of the world’s most powerful plant and is the second-largest cannabis retailer globally by store count⁷. High Tide (HITI) is uniquely-built around the cannabis consumer, with wholly-diversified and fully-integrated operations across all components of cannabis, including:

• Bricks & Mortar Retail: Canna Cabana™ is the largest cannabis retail chain in Canada, with 211 current locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and growing. In 2021, Canna Cabana became the first cannabis discount club retailer in the world.
• Retail Innovation: Fastendr™ is a unique and fully automated technology that employs retail kiosks to facilitate a better buying experience through browsing, ordering and pickup.
• Consumption Accessories: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory e-commerce platforms across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.
• E-commerce Platforms: High Tide operates a suite of leading accessory sites across the world, including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com.

Brands: High Tide’s industry-leading and consumer-facing brand roster includes Queen of Bud™, Cabana Cannabis Co™, Daily High Club™, Vodka Glass™, Puff Puff Pass™, Dopezilla™, Atomik™, Hue™, Evolution™ and more.

CBD: High Tide continues to cultivate the possibilities of consumer CBD through Nuleafnaturals.com, FABCBD.com, blessedcbd.de and blessedcbd.co.uk.

Wholesale Distribution: High Tide keeps that cannabis category stocked with wholesale solutions via Valiant™.

Licensing: High Tide continues to push cannabis culture forward through fresh partnerships and license agreements under the Famous Brandz™ name.

High Tide consistently moves ahead of the currents, having been named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine, and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in both 2022 and 2024 TSX Venture 50. High Tide was also ranked number one in the retail category on the Financial Times list of Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies for 2024.

To discover the full impact of High Tide, visit www.hightideinc.com. For investment performance, don’t miss the High Tide profile pages on SEDAR+ and EDGAR.

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