Recruiter

Steampunk•McLean, VA

5d•$60,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Recruiter partners closely with leadership and stakeholders to attract professional talent and manage the recruiting process from sourcing through onboarding. The role provides recruiting support across multiple programs and serves as a subject matter expert in talent attraction, sourcing best practices, and recruiting strategy, while flexing between strategic and tactical work. The Recruiter advises hiring managers on market trends, competitive intelligence, staffing needs, candidate requirements, sourcing options, and contract terms. The position supports full life-cycle technical and non-technical recruiting, builds candidate pipelines for funded and contingent work, proposals, and surge hiring, and aligns recruiting activities with organizational and government contract goals. The role also requires an understanding of security clearance requirements and compliance obligations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years of experience in staffing or talent acquisition.
Must be eligible for U.S. security clearance.
Proven ability to develop and execute effective sourcing strategies.
Ability to build, cultivate, and maintain networks of qualified passive candidates and manage candidate pools.
Demonstrated success in fast-paced, complex, deadline-driven environments.
Results-oriented, with strong ability to manage multiple priorities.
Knowledge of OFCCP regulatory compliance.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Provide recruiting support across multiple programs and stakeholders.
Apply advanced sourcing practices and translate recruiting concepts into practical applications, adapting between strategic and tactical support as needed.
Build credibility and trust with managers and staff through integrity and effective communication.
Use online social networking, traditional networking, Boolean searches, referrals, and other sourcing methods to identify candidates.
Proactively engage hiring managers and provide ongoing updates on sourcing activities and candidates.
Work with hiring managers to assess position criteria, candidate requirements, sourcing options, staffing needs, and contract terms.
Identify, qualify, and maintain candidates using candidate relationship management skills.
Communicate regularly with managers to review requirements and organizational responsiveness.
Conduct full life-cycle technical and non-technical recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate submission, interview coordination and scheduling, and offer negotiation.
Build pipelines for funded and contingent work, proposals, and surge hiring.
Align recruiting activities with organizational and government contract goals.
Understand security clearance requirements.