Recruiter​/Head of Recruitment

We are open to hiring either a Head of Recruitment (HoR) or a Recruiter. This role will oversee our growth from 15 to 30+ people over the next two years. They will collaborate with senior leaders and managers across the organisation to identify and recruit top talent while developing robust and scalable systems. This role is unusually high leverage and will be pivotal in shaping Longview’s future impact.

• Strong track record in a recruitment
• Extremely self-directed and able to work independently. The HoR is expected to autonomously define and execute all work streams within their remit
• Experience drafting hiring materials e.g. job descriptions to work tasks
• Experience assessing candidates
• Existing knowledge of hiring best practices
• At least 1 year of experience in an operations type role
• Ability to project manage multiple concurrent hiring rounds with effective prioritisation and high attention to detail
• Strong ability to manage up
• We expect to partner the Recruiter with an experienced recruitment consultant 2+ hours / week to provide guidance & help them skill up on hiring best practices

Role: Recruiter / Head of Recruitment

Location: London (preferred) or remote US

• We are able to sponsor visas for both the UK and the US

Recruiter:
Starting from £55,000 / $70,000

Head of Recruitment:
Starting from £75,000 / $95,000

UK: 10% employer pension, private healthcare including vision and dental, 25 days holiday minimum; 4 months fully paid family leave; £5,000/year wellbeing budget, £2,400/year professional development budget, and a well-stocked office fridge.

US: 10% 401(k) contribution; 100% employer-paid private health insurance with UHC; dental & vision with Guardian; 25 days vacation + 8 federal holidays; 4 months fully paid family leave; $3,000 annual professional development budget;
Wellbeing budget that can be used for gym memberships and fitness classes up to $100 per month

The Recruiter / Head of Recruitment will report to the COO, Katie Hearsum

• Manage ~5 live hiring rounds concurrently
  • Managing hiring rounds includes:
    • Providing a first draft (from templates) of job descriptions and assessment materials
    • Advertising the role & sourcing referrals
    • Communicating with candidates
    • Tracking uncertainties regarding advanced candidates and designing the final interview and work trial around this
    • Meeting with senior leaders & hiring managers regularly to ensure the hiring rounds are progressed in a timely manner
    • Maintaining our hiring bases in Airtable to accurately record all relevant information and the status of each candidate
    • Ensure all steps are completed for each round, and adjusting the steps as required
  • Additional responsibilities for the Head of Recruitment:
    • Interviewing the hiring manager to understand & interrogate requirements before launching a round
    • Recommending candidates for live rounds from our applicant tracking system and your network
    • Producing final drafts of assessment materials
    • Conducting screening interviews
    • Collaborating with the hiring manager to assess candidates
  • We expect the Recruiter or HoR to delegate administrative tasks to contractors, our virtual assistant, or junior operations staff as appropriate.
• Build our inhouse recruitment function, this includes:
  • Owning our applicant tracking system and database of referrals
  • Creating scalable systems to manage hiring rounds
  • Reviewing and improving our hiring materials
  • Syncing with other orgs and experts to ensure Longview has a worldclass recruitment function
• Improve our employer brand to ensure that top candidates know who we are and want to work for us.

For both the HoR and Recruiter, we’re looking for someone who:

• Has exceptional project management to oversee and efficiently prioritise 5+ concurrent live hiring rounds with different senior hiring managers
• Is a strong communicator, committed to delivering a seamless experience both for hiring managers and candidates.
• Has a systems mindset to build scalable, efficient processes. If you see a problem you think about how to solve it for the longterm, not just for today
  • Proficiency in Airtable is a bonus but not required
• Thinks creatively about sources of talent &…