Senior Recruiting Associate

Acumen is looking for a Senior Associate Recruiter with 3‑5 years of experience to join our Talent Team in New York City. If your people skills are good, you’re curious about their skills and experiences, you’re comfortable with transparency of pay, and you can learn how to use our software, we’re happy to speak with you.

This role is located in NYC (lower Manhattan). We work in a hybrid model, 3 days in the office per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

This is a temp to perm opportunity.

Acumen is a global force of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and social innovators working together to build a world based on dignity. We were founded by Jacqueline Novogratz on the radical idea that business, when cultivated with moral imagination, can break the cycle of poverty. We invest in transformational companies, build sustainable markets, and prepare leaders with the tools they need to create a more just and inclusive future.

Since 2001, we have scaled companies and shaped markets in some of the hardest‑to‑reach communities on the planet, impacting over half‑a‑billion lives. To learn more visit acumen.org.

The Talent Team oversees the employee lifecycle across seven countries in eight cities. Our employee value proposition is focused on equity, transparency, representation, and working across lines of difference. Our hiring processes may be perceived as unconventional. For example, we share Total Rewards in the first screen and agree on compensation right up front. We have found that it is better for candidates to have that information from the start and it’s better for Acumen as we have fewer failed searches where candidates decline our offers.

The Talent Team is also responsible for Acumen’s People strategy and culture, performance management, compensation, benefits, learning and development.

• Lead recruitment processes: Manage full‑cycle recruitment, including sourcing, interviewing, and closing candidates, often for mid‑to‑senior level roles.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies: Create and execute innovative methods to find and attract top talent, utilizing various channels.
• Partner with stakeholders: Collaborate closely with hiring managers and other leaders to understand hiring needs and define job requirements.
• Build and maintain relationships: Develop strong relationships with candidates and clients, and provide market insights.
• Negotiate and manage offers: Handle the negotiation of terms, making verbal and written offers and managing the pre‑onboarding process.
• Ensure compliance: Maintain compliance with hiring policies and processes.
• Contribute to employer branding: Participate in efforts to enhance the company’s reputation.
• Available to fill in on other Talent duties when necessary.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for posting jobs, setting up the interview plan, reviewing applications, screening candidates, explaining our total rewards, scheduling interviews with the hiring panel, making verbal offers followed by written offers, and setting newly hired people up for day one.

• Three to five (3‑5) years of work experience
• An ability to be candid and transparent
• An ability to get and stay relatively well organized
• A curiosity about people, skills and experiences—looking for key skills and being open to people who can surprise you and deliver on the role even if they don’t “fit” your initial ideas
• Healthy interpersonal skills: an ability to truly listen, an ability to stay focused on finding solutions, an ability to speak directly and communicate needs and barriers, an ability to treat everyone with dignity.
• Can take initiative independently, can follow through, can communicate with stakeholders, can deliver on a deadline
• Someone who generally enjoys making other people feel successful and find work that suits them
• An ability to learn software
• An ability to manage confidential information with discretion
• Self reflective and aligned with Acumen values
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible as applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis.

The salary range for this role is $65,000 to $74,000/yr ($30‑$35/hourly) plus a performance‑based bonus. This range represents the present low and high end of pay range for this role. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to experience.

From the start, we tell our employees how they will be paid, how performance is evaluated, and how promotions work.

We offer comparable pay in comparable markets for comparable accountabilities, experience, and education.