Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
About The Position
The Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant is a strategic partner to agency leaders, responsible for full-cycle recruitment from workforce planning through a new hire’s first day. The role supports DMV’s mission by connecting qualified candidates with public service work while ensuring recruiting is precise, compliant, creative, and informed by data. The consultant leads workforce planning and recruitment strategy for hard-to-fill and specialized roles, guides positions through approval, and develops compelling, compliant job postings. They manage the recruitment process using PageUp and external platforms, source candidates through professional networks and partnerships, screen applications, develop and conduct structured interviews, facilitate interview panels, review selection recommendations for merit-based compliance, coordinate salary offers with Classification and Compensation, and maintain candidate communication. The position also leads outreach and employer branding through career fairs, information sessions, virtual and hiring events, open houses, partner relationships, and promotional content. The consultant tracks recruitment metrics and uses findings to recommend improvements; coordinates pre-employment checks and new-hire handoffs; and maintains audit-ready recruitment records and tracking systems in accordance with DMV policies, regulations, and retention schedules.
Requirements
- Knowledge of federal and state employment laws and regulations governing recruitment and selection, including equal employment opportunity and merit-based hiring requirements, and the ability to apply them to job postings, screening, and selection decisions.
- Experience conducting full-cycle recruitment, including developing job postings, screening applications, coordinating interviews, and communicating with candidates through the offer stage.
- Experience sourcing candidates through multiple methods, including job boards, professional networking platforms, career fairs, referrals, and educational or professional partnerships.
- Experience developing structured interview questions and conducting screening interviews using structured interview techniques.
- Experience advising hiring managers on staffing needs, position requirements, recruitment strategies, and hiring processes.
- Experience delivering training or orientation sessions, such as interview training for managers or orientation for new hires.
- Experience planning and coordinating recruitment events, including logistics, materials, and staffing.
- Experience establishing and maintaining external recruitment partnerships with educational institutions, professional associations, community organizations, or veteran service organizations.
- Experience developing recruitment marketing materials and content, including social media content.
- Experience coordinating pre-employment processes, including background checks, fingerprinting, and reference verification.
- Experience tracking and analyzing recruitment data, including candidate sources, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and diversity metrics, and preparing reports with recommendations.
- Experience maintaining confidential recruitment records and documentation in compliance with policies, regulations, and retention requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience using PageUp and Cardinal for recruitment and personnel processing.
- Knowledge of DHRM Policy 2.10 (Hiring) and Commonwealth of Virginia hiring practices.
- Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter or similar candidate sourcing tools.
- Experience developing recruitment strategies for hard-to-fill or specialized positions.
- Experience recommending and implementing recruitment process improvements based on data and outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Partner with hiring managers on workforce planning, position requirements, recruitment strategies, position approvals, and compliant job postings.
- Manage full-cycle recruitment, including posting roles, sourcing candidates, screening applications, developing interview questions, conducting screening interviews, facilitating panels, reviewing selection recommendations, coordinating salary offers, and communicating with candidates.
- Use PageUp and external platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and government job boards to post and source candidates.
- Plan and staff career fairs, information sessions, virtual events, hiring events, and open houses.
- Build relationships with universities, community colleges, trade schools, professional associations, community organizations, and military transition and veteran service programs.
- Support DMV’s employer brand through promotional materials, recruitment social media, videos, and employee testimonials.
- Track candidate sources, event conversion rates, return on investment, time-to-fill, and diversity metrics, and make data-informed recommendations.
- Coordinate background checks, fingerprinting, and reference verification; provide complete new-hire packages to HR Services; and support new employees during their transition.
- Maintain recruitment files in accordance with DMV policy, federal regulations, and retention schedules, and keep the Talent Acquisition Dashboard and related tracking systems current.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
