About Our Team
We’re continuing to build and strengthen a high‑performing recruiting team within government contracting. Our recruiters run full‑cycle desks and work closely with a dedicated team of recruiting assistants. While we leverage solid tools and systems, our team’s success comes from strong collaboration, resourcefulness, and the ability to adapt quickly to hiring needs. We also support employment branding efforts to ensure our opportunities are well‑represented in the market.
About You
You’re proactive, resourceful, and operate with a strong sense of urgency-without sacrificing accuracy or integrity. You bring new ideas, improve processes, and lean into challenges rather than wait for direction. You’re a strong communicator who builds trust with candidates, hiring managers, and leadership. You proactively source candidates, build pipelines, and maintain momentum on tough requisitions. Experience across both staffing agency and corporate recruiting environments helps you blend speed, creativity, and business partnership.
You lead by example, manage a team of Recruiting Assistants, and create an environment where they can grow, develop, and deliver exceptional support. You’re comfortable mentoring and guiding recruiters as well, helping strengthen best practices, sourcing strategies, communication approaches, and overall recruiting excellence. You’re not afraid of difficult conversations, you hold yourself accountable, and you champion the success of the team. You bring positive energy, welcome constructive feedback, and consistently push yourself to deliver strong results.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Sourcing candidates with urgency and building /maintaining strong pipelines for current and future hiring needs
- Supporting staffing efforts for proposal work and key personnel roles, including positions that may be contingent on funding or contract award
- Reviewing resumes and applications, interviewing candidates, and evaluating technical competence, background, skills, goals, and organizational fit
- Attending and conducting meetings with hiring managers to understand business needs, programs, and job requirements; executes complex recruiting strategies
- Collaborating with hiring managers, drafts compelling job descriptions, determining effective screening questions, and posts requisitions
- Acting as an advocate of the company and building /maintaining networks to strengthen applicant pools
- Sourcing talent via ATS, job boards, postings, referrals, and events
- Screening candidates to ensure they meet qualifications, align with culture, and demonstrate genuine interest
- Consulting with candidates about motivations and guides them through the hiring process
- Submitting applicants to hiring managers, coordinating interviews, and supporting hiring decisions
- Negotiating offers, preparing offer letters, and partnering with HR to facilitate smooth hiring and onboarding
- Coordinating reporting dates, clearances, and employment processing
- Updating recruiting systems/databases with accurate candidate information
- Managing and providing day‑to‑day leadership to a team of Recruiting Assistants, ensuring strong performance, development, and workload alignment
- Acting as a mentor and resource for recruiters, providing guidance on sourcing strategy, candidate engagement, closing skills, and process best practices
- Maintaining relationships with college/university placement offices
- Working special projects including proposals, new contract transitions, process improvement, and innovation initiatives
- Managing a requisition load of approximately 10-20 active requisitions
- Extending offers in accordance with company policies and procedures
- Ensuring all recruitment efforts comply with laws, policies, and hiring best practices
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