[Remote] Experienced Government Contracting Recruiter 1
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Serco Inc. is expanding its Talent Acquisition team and is seeking experienced Government Contracting Recruiters to lead full-cycle recruitment. The role involves partnering with leadership to shape talent strategies and managing the recruitment process for leadership and hard-to-fill roles across various business units.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle searches for various level of positions
- Partner with leadership to define hiring strategies aligned to contract requirements, program growth, and recompete efforts
- Serve as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and senior leadership
- Facilitate intake sessions, calibration discussions, and senior leader debriefs
- Provide market intelligence, compensation insights, and competitor talent trends
- Conduct in-depth interviews focused on leadership competencies, cultural alignment, and organizational impact
- Deliver a high-touch, white-glove candidate experience for senior talent
- Manage and nurture relationships with passive candidates and long-term talent pipelines
- Lead complexes offer negotiations in partnership with HR and leadership
- Influence and guide decision-making to successfully close top-tier candidates
- Maintain accurate and confidential records in the ATS (SuccessFactors or similar)
- Track and report on recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, slate quality, and diversity outcomes
- Ensure an elevated level of discretion and professionalism throughout the search process
- Stay informed on industry trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent movements
- Contribute to the evolution of senior level recruiting best practices within the organization
Skills
- U.S. Citizenship (required)
- High School Diploma/GED with minimum 5 years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience OR
- Bachelor's degree with 4 years of progressive, full-cycle recruiting experience, OR
- Master's degree with 3 years of progressive, full-cycle recruiting experience
- Experience operating as a trusted talent advisor within federal or government contracting environments
- Strong track record of leading end-to-end recruitment strategies, including workforce planning, requisition intake, sourcing, selection, and offer negotiation
- Expertise in identifying, engaging, and converting high-value, passive talent in competitive markets
- Proven ability to build and maintain robust talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute targeted, multi-channel sourcing strategies, leveraging digital platforms and social media, competitive intelligence and talent mapping, networking, referrals, and industry engagement
- Applies labor market insights and competitive benchmarking to inform recruiting strategies and hiring decisions
- Skilled at navigating complex organizations and building credibility with senior leadership and cross-functional partners
- Strong capability in consultative problem-solving, negotiation, and influencing without authority
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and high-visibility requisitions with competing deadlines
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) (e.g., SuccessFactors or similar), with ability to leverage systems for reporting and process optimization
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and executive-level reporting
- Exceptional communication and executive presence, both written and verbal
- Strong business acumen and decision-making capability
- High level of accountability, adaptability, and continuous improvement mindset
- Willingness to participate in offsite recruiting events, industry engagements, and career fairs (up to 10% travel annually)
- Active related certifications
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based incentives
- Benefits that promote well-being and work-life balance
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Time-off programs that support work-life balance
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Robust vacation and sick leave benefits, and flexible work arrangements where permitted by role or contract
- 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages that can be purchased, including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Serco complies with all applicable state and local leave laws, including providing time off under the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act for eligible Colorado residents, in alignment with our policies and benefit plans
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