Senior Recruitment Strategist

Overview

Join our team as a Recruitment Strategist and support the U.S. Secret Service Office of Human Resources by assessing and strengthening its national recruitment strategy. You will analyze applicant pipeline data, sharpen advertising and partnership strategies, and train field recruiters, ensure more highly qualified applicants enter the hiring pipeline for mission-critical, hard-to-fill roles.

 

**Position is contingent upon contract award**

 

 

Work Schedule and Location:

On-Site: This full-time on-site position will work Monday through Friday, with core hours 8am to 5pm onsite at US Secret Service Headquarters in downtown Washington, DC with occasional weekends for recruiting events.  Travel up to 25% within the continental US.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the Recruitment Division Chief as the senior advisor on recruitment strategy and operations.
• Assess current media, advertising, digital and social campaigns and recommend data-based ways to reach viable applicants.
• Analyze applicant pipeline and hiring metrics to find drop-off points and improve quality, quantity and conversion.
• Evaluate existing recruiting partnerships and build new ones that surface highly qualified candidates.
• Brief executive leadership on findings, roadmaps and new program ideas.
• Design and deliver training for recruiting staff across the country, in person and virtually.
• Build quarterly recruitment event schedules and guide event materials, setup and staging.
• Lead implementation of approved initiatives and report progress monthly and quarterly.

Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in business, marketing, human resources, communications, public administration, or a closely related field.
• At least 10 years of specialized experience managing, developing, implementing, or evaluating recruitment programs in the private or public sector.
• Hands-on expertise in recruitment strategy, marketing, advertising, outreach, data analysis, partnership development and recruiter training.
• Extensive, recent experience improving recruitment outcomes for complex, mission-driven, hard-to-fill or specialized hiring.
• Proven ability to brief executive leadership, coordinate stakeholders and lead project tasks independently.

• U.S. citizenship and a current Tier 4 (High-Risk) Public Trust background investigation, adjudicated within the last 5 years, are required at time of application.

Desired: 

• Recruiting experience for law enforcement, public safety, military, national security or protective-services organizations.
• Master's, PhD or other advanced degree in a related field.
• Documented results such as higher qualified-applicant volume, shorter time-to-fill or better conversion and offer acceptance.
• Experience with multi-stage federal hiring and assessment processes.

 

 

Pay Range

Negotiable depending on experience, education and clearance level.