Human Capital SME: Talent Acquisition / Recruiting SME

Golden Key Group • Washington, D.C., DC

11d • Remote

About The Position

The Human Capital SME: Talent Acquisition / Recruiting SME will provide senior-level subject matter expertise in federal recruiting, staffing strategy, hiring process improvement, onboarding, retention, and workforce growth planning. The SME will support development of the HCSP and HCOP by translating staffing targets, mission needs, workforce model outputs, and stakeholder input into practical talent acquisition strategies, recruitment priorities, hiring and onboarding timeline improvements, and implementation actions aligned to Secret Service human capital objectives. This role will help ensure that the proposed approach addresses hiring, retention, recruitment, onboarding, labor market conditions, workforce risks, and operational staffing needs.
The selected individual will have the option to work remotely however will need to be local for onsite mandatory meetings in D.C.
Note This position is being recruited in support of potential future contract awards, and qualified candidates may be considered for upcoming opportunities supporting federal government clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, public administration, or a related field.
• At least ten years of senior-level experience in human capital management, staffing, recruiting, talent acquisition, workforce planning, or federal HR operations.
• Demonstrate experience developing or supporting talent acquisition strategies, recruitment initiatives, onboarding improvements, hiring process analysis, or workforce growth plans.
• Understand federal human capital policies, staffing practices, merit system principles, recruitment challenges, and the relationship among talent acquisition, retention, workforce planning, and mission execution.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Able to complete required suitability or security screening before accessing sensitive but unclassified information.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in human resources, public administration, organizational development, business administration, or a related discipline.
• Direct experience supporting federal talent acquisition transformation, federal recruiting strategy, delegated examining, staffing modernization, or large-scale hiring improvement initiatives is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting law enforcement, DHS, national security, or high-volume mission-critical hiring environments would provide additional proposal strength.
• Able to connect workforce planning models, attrition projections, hiring targets, talent pipelines, onboarding practices, recruiting metrics, time-to-hire analysis, and retention initiatives into a measurable talent acquisition strategy suitable for senior leadership approval.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Talent Acquisition Strategy component of the HCSP and support HCOP initiatives that operationalize recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and retention objectives.
• Analyze recruitment pipelines, hiring timelines, labor market trends, competitor hiring practices, candidate conversion challenges, retention linkages, and workforce readiness requirements.
• Support development of goals, objectives, initiatives, milestones, metrics, and implementation actions related to talent acquisition and recruiting.
• Participate in stakeholder interviews, focus groups, working sessions, and review meetings, and help incorporate stakeholder feedback into draft and final deliverables.
• Support senior leadership briefings and ensure that talent acquisition recommendations are practical, measurable, mission-aligned, and appropriate for federal human capital operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior