| Job Description: |
The Executive Recruiter partners with high-level stakeholders to define hiring needs, source, recruit and evaluate top talent for senior-level and mission-critical positions across the organization. This role manages high-impact searches, influence hiring outcomes, and ensure a positive candidate experience reflective of the organization’s leadership standards. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Executive-Level Recruitment & Strategy
- Consults with departments to understand talent needs and ideal candidate profiles.
- Lead comprehensive candidate evaluation efforts, including in-depth review of application materials and strategic exploratory interviews, advancing top-tier talent for hiring authority and executive stakeholder consideration.
- Represent the organization at executive networking forums, industry events, career summits, and community engagement initiatives to proactively build and sustain high-quality talent pipelines.
- Conduct rigorous pre-screening and assessment of candidates’ professional experience, leadership competencies, education, and cultural alignment to determine overall suitability and long-term organizational alignment.
Candidate Assessment & Selection
- Govern recruiting documentation and end-to-end workflows to ensure compliance requirements, process integrity, audit readiness, and continuous improvement of recruiting operations.
- Orchestrate complex interview processes, including scheduling and coordinating multi-stakeholder interview panels, advising interviewers, and synthesizing structured feedback to inform hiring decisions.
Offer Development & Hiring Lifecycle
- Support departments in managing the offer process end-to-end, including preparation, extension, negotiation, and communication of employment offer in alignment with organizational strategy and market conditions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to candidates by clearly communicating role scope, executive expectations, total rewards, benefits, and long-term career pathways aligned with organizational strategy.
- Analyze recruiting metrics and labor market data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, informing continuous improvement and strategic talent acquisition decisions.
Leadership & Advisory Support
- Handles complex recruiting issues and exercising sound judgment and escalating only matters of significant risk or strategic importance to senior leadership.
- Provides strategic coaching, mentorship, and advisory support to recruitment staff, strengthening capability, consistency, and performance across the function.
- Serves as a lead recruiter and operational leader for assigned search engagements, with responsibility for oversight, coordination, and execution of search activity and initiatives.
- Lead or contribute to small- to mid-scale recruiting consulting initiatives, providing subject-matter expertise, process optimization, and stakeholder advisory support.
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| Preferred: |
- SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), HRCI Professional in Human Resources (PHR), or HRCI Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) preferred.
- Proven ability to partner with hiring managers as a talent advisor.
- Experience translating departmental needs into clear candidate profiles and sourcing strategies.
- Ability to support or lead small to mid-scale recruiting projects (process improvement, pipeline building, or targeted hiring initiatives)
- Experience using recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, source effectiveness, applicant flow)
- Ability to provide career guidance to internal employees and collaborate with HR partners on talent development
- Understanding of workforce planning and future-ready skill development
- Ability to represent the organization professionally to candidates, faculty, staff, and external partners while enhancing the institution’s reputation with both candidates and internal stakeholders
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
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