Duties
Serves as a subject matter expert on recruitment processes, policies, and procedures; provides expert interpretation of employment policies, laws and regulations. Acts as a strategic partner to stakeholders to ensure alignment of talent acquisition process with departmental goals. Builds and maintains a robust candidate pipeline to meet current and future workforce needs. Serves as subject matter expert in sourcing and engaging top talent through various channels to meet long-term organizational needs. Proactively analyzes recruitment metrics and trends and makes recommendations for executive decision-making and optimizes recruitment processes. Develops, implements, and executes recruitment outreach strategy, branding efforts and hiring events. Maintains and updates recruitment tools, resources and systems and technologies to support talent acquisition. Participates and interview panels and makes recommendations for the selection of applicants. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- For conditions of employment and citizenship requirements, please visit the job announcement on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/J5NY.
Qualifications
Required Work Experience
- 8+ years of talent acquisition experience, including project leadership in complex projects or initiatives.
Required Special Skills/ Knowledge
- In keeping with the policy of conflicts of interest, relatives of Sergeant at Arms employees are not eligible to work in the Human Resources Office.
- Advanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
- Experience managing large-scale recruitment projects.
- Advanced experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment technologies.
- Strong knowledge of and application of employment laws and best practices.
- Ability to work effectively with a variety of colleagues, applicants, and external partners to achieve results
- Confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information.
- Ability to proactively source and stay self-motivated.
- Ability to work independently and complete projects with minimal guidance.
- High attention to detail and ability to organize, manage, and prioritize many tasks.
- Ability to interpret data effectively.
- Ability to adapt to changing situations.
- Ability to produce high-quality work consistently.
- Ability to provide high levels of customer service.
- High aptitude for continuously learning new skills.
- Experience and skill in recruiting a diverse workforce in multiple disciplines.
As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role.
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver effective HR training sessions for hiring managers.
- Ability to create training materials and facilitate interactive workshops on structured interviews, behavioral questioning techniques, and bias mitigation in hiring.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively convey complex hiring processes, provide clear guidance to hiring managers, and facilitate productive candidate interactions.
- Proactive problem solver who takes initiative to find creative and effective solutions.
- High attention to details; produces high quality written communications and projects with minimal errors.
- Ensures accuracy and compliance with recruitment processes by reviewing screening criteria to maintain consistency and fairness.
- Familiarity with adjudicating criminal background checks.
- Proactively communicates with leadership about recruitment projects, challenges and developments.
- Experience with Work Day is preferred.
- Positive attitude and commitment to delivering excellent customer service to stakeholders.
- Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in human resources management, Business Administration, or related field.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How to Apply
All applicants must apply for jobs online using this link: https://sen.gov/J5NY. Paper application materials, resumes and attachments that are sent via email, mail or brought in-person will not be considered or accepted. All applicants MUST attach their documents to the online employment application.
Next steps
Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.