Recruiting and Placement Partner - Bessemer Police Department

Job Summary

The City of Bessemer Police Department is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Recruiting and Placement Partner to support the Department’s efforts to attract, identify, and recruit diverse, qualified, and talented candidates for a variety of positions and levels within the organization.

09/04/2026

Grade 24

Full time

The City of Bessemer provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefit packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

$53,705 - $83,304

• Driver’s license
• Experience identifying and implementing a variety of recruitment methods (e.g., direct calling, utilizing social and professional networking sites, presenting at career events) to attract a diverse and qualified applicant pool to build a network for sourcing and recruiting candidates.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking and/or Management Systems (e.g., Work Day, ICIMS, People Admin, UKG, BambooHR, TALEO) to create job postings, screen employment applications, and execute personnel actions for the hiring process (e.g., extending job offers, initiate pre-employment actions, and schedule interviews).
• Experience collaborating with community groups (e.g., schools, community colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, workforce development) to establish and maintain partnerships.
• Experience maintaining communications with various entities/departments and/or individuals to accomplish recruitment activities.

• Performs general administrative duties such as scheduling, maintaining documentation, and correspondence preparation by applying established office procedures and using relevant software to ensure departmental operations.
• Participates in the application, screening, and new hire orientation processes by screening applicants against minimum qualifications and delivering orientation training for new hires to ensure fair candidate evaluation and effective onboarding.
• Travels to career events to represent the agency, distribute promotional materials, and speak with prospective candidates to increase visibility and generate interest in the City's positions.
• Provides service to internal and external customers by responding to inquiries, resolving issues, and directing individuals to appropriate resources through in-person, phone, or electronic communication.
• Contacts candidates to extend offers of employment by explaining pay rates, pay status (e.g., hourly vs. salaried), benefits, and employment conditions using organizational pay structures, benefits documentation, and employment policies practices to secure candidate acceptance and ensure transparency.
• Schedules and participates in candidate selection activities to ensure established interviewing and hiring procedures are consistently followed.
• Initiates the employment process after acceptance of an offer by completing and submitting required paperwork or electronic forms using HRIS systems and organizational onboarding procedures to notify stakeholders and begin subsequent stages of the hiring process.
• Develops recruiting strategy by building relationships, setting recruitment goals, researching market data and trends, and identifying resources using workforce planning tools and labor market reports to source and attract qualified applicants and support staffing needs.
• Executes recruitment strategies by building partnerships to promote employment opportunities, create marketing and promotional materials, and advertise positions using recruitment platforms, social media, and applicant databases to fill vacancies.
• Works with…