Overview
- Establish individual and team performance goals for recruiters and track results and provide coaching, training, and mentorship to continue their professional development.
- Direct and delegate work to recruiters and external service providers.
- Ensure recruiters have a balanced portfolio and are equipped with a robust toolbox to include a knowledge base on current trends and industry knowledge for maximum effectiveness.
- Develop and update departmental processes to improve our talent acquisition program, find and implement efficiencies, propose, and deliver recruiting-related training ideas, and drive creative pipeline building/sourcing strategies.
- Attend business development meetings to help with forecasting future hiring needs and overall internal talent pool management.
- Plan and oversees recruitment events such as open houses, career events, happy hours, and employee referral programs.
- Form strategic partnerships with company stakeholders to identify/forecast future needs.
- Provide management with regular status updates, identifying problem areas and potential solutions.
- Maintains recruiting metrics (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, recruiter production).
- Responsible for the Recruiting department's budget by; evaluating recruiting tools' effectiveness and determining if it is cost-effective. Negotiate contracts with new and existing vendors. And reallocate the recruiting budget each month.
Responsibilities
NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Strong knowledge of recruiting in the government contracting environment.
- Knowledge of the recruiting process from start to finish and employer branding techniques
- Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems and HR databases.
- Knowledge of labor legislation, SCA, CBA, and Patriots Act.
- Experience with (phone and in-person) interviews, candidate screening, and evaluation
- Familiarity with social media and other professional networks (like LinkedIn)
- Excellent verbal and written communication and team management skills
- Sense of urgency with strong decision-making skills.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- At least 10+ years of experience in government contract recruiting.
- Must have proven work experience as a Recruitment and/or Talent Acquisition Manager.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
- Experience with Taleo.
- Experience with implementation of new ATS/CRMs
- Recruiting experience within an ANC or 8(a)
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree with strong academic track record.
- Experience with all Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Hands-on user for Microsoft Internet Explorer and related web-based technologies.
- Must have strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision or formal structure.
- Previous experience with client relations and experience in HR systems and/or software project management are significant plus.