Senior Recruiter
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Senior Recruiter leading talent acquisition strategy to hire high-quality candidates across various roles. Partnering with leadership to shape workforce planning in a government contracting environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and execute Sherpa 6’s talent acquisition strategy to attract, engage, and hire high-quality candidates across technical, operational, and leadership roles
- Develop and implement comprehensive, forward-looking talent acquisition strategies aligned with business growth, contract demands, and workforce plans
- Partner with senior leadership (HR, Ops, PMO, Program Managers) to forecast staffing needs, especially for roles requiring security clearances or niche technical expertise
- Drive employer branding initiatives to attract a robust pipeline of qualified candidates, including veterans and cleared professionals
- Identify process improvements, recommend new sourcing tools, and contribute to employer branding efforts
- Mentor and support junior recruiters, sharing best practices and fostering a collaborative team environment
- Manage and mentor a small but mighty high-performing talent acquisition team, setting goals, driving accountability, and fostering professional growth
- Provide leadership in hiring best practices, continuous process improvement, and recruitment technology adoption (ATS, reporting tools)
- Lead full-cycle recruiting from intake to offer acceptance for a variety of technical, cleared, and corporate roles
- Develop and implement advanced sourcing strategies using job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques, referral networks, and other channels to identify both active and passive candidates
- Build and maintain a robust candidate pipeline, particularly for high-demand skillsets and hard-to-fill positions
- Foster strong relationships and collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements, team needs, and role priorities; develop accurate and effective job descriptions and hiring plans
- Provide consultative guidance on market trends, compensation expectations, candidate availability, and recruitment timelines
- Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates for qualifications, culture fit, and readiness for government contractor work
- Manage candidate communications, ensuring a positive experience throughout the interview lifecycle
- Champion a positive and professional candidate experience from first contact through offer acceptance and onboarding
- Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance, etc.) and provide actionable insights to leadership
- Maintain applicant records in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure compliance with legal and internal policies
- Ensure recruiting processes comply with federal contractor requirements (e.g., OFCCP) and internal Sherpa 6 policies.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, or related field or 10+ years of professional experience in recruiting/talent acquisition, with at least 5 years in senior/leadership capacity within a high-growth or government contracting environment
- Deep understanding of full-cycle recruiting, workforce planning, and advanced sourcing techniques
- Proven success building and scaling recruiting functions, ideally in technical, engineering, or defense sectors
- Tech-savvy with the ability to adopt new systems quickly
- Collaborates well across teams and with individuals at all levels
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
- Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS/Paylocity, recruiting metrics/analytics, and employer branding strategies
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- Mission-oriented leader with a passion for people and talent development
- Strategic thinker with high emotional intelligence and a solutions mindset
- Comfortable influencing at the executive level and driving organizational change
- Must be a US citizen
- Must pass a background check and drug screening.
Benefits:
- We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family
- We also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan
- We extend a generous PTO policy.
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