Senior Recruiter

Summary

Anticipated Starting Hiring Range: $79,968.24 – $99,960.30 annually. Starting salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, and internal equity.

Join our team! We are seeking a Senior Recruiter who knows great recruiting is about more than filling positions. You’ll lead high-priority recruitments, build strong talent pipelines, and connect exceptional candidates with rewarding career opportunities. If you’re a proactive recruiter who thrives on challenging talent needs and wants to play a key role in connecting people with careers that help keep our community moving, we want you on our team!

The Senior Recruiter provides advanced professional recruitment expertise to support the agency’s workforce needs, independently managing and prioritizing multiple concurrent recruitments, including complex, specialized, hard-to-fill, and time-sensitive assignments. This position contributes to the development and continuous improvement of recruitment practices, processes, and related HR initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or Public Administration, or a related field; and
Five (5) years of professional full-cycle recruitment and talent acquisition experience in:

• Independently managing complex and high-volume full-cycle recruitments and providing strategic recruitment guidance to hiring managers
• Developing targeted sourcing strategies and sustainable talent pipelines for specialized, technical, skilled-trade, and difficult-to-fill positions
• Recruiting for positions within public transit, government/public sector, skilled trades, safety-sensitive operations, or another highly regulated environment
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job
• Professional certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR desired

Human Resources reserves the right to call only the most qualified candidates to the selection process.

Employment is contingent upon successfully completing all pre-employment requirements, including:
Background investigation
Valid Arizona driver's license and the ability to maintain insurability under Valley Metro's Vehicle Insurance Policy

• Develops and implements sustainable recruitment strategies, best-in-class recruiting processes, talent pipelines, employer branding, social recruiting, and strategic partnerships to attract and engage qualified candidates
• Partners with departments on recruitment and selection strategies, including establishing interview panels and developing selection criteria, materials, assessment methods, and scoring methodologies to support effective and consistent hiring practices
• Leads full-cycle recruitment using the agency’s applicant tracking system (NEOGOV) for professional, technical, skilled trades, administrative, and other agency positions, including recruitment planning, job postings, sourcing, application screening, interviews, selection, offers, candidate communications, and post-selection activities
• Serves as a recruitment subject matter expert, advising on recruitment and selection practices, policies, and compliance requirements and recommending process improvements to promote consistency and efficiency
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive employee, applicant, recruitment, and Human Resources information and exercises appropriate discretion in handling confidential matters
• Utilizes applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, recruitment analytics, and other technologies to maintain accurate records, enhance recruitment processes and candidate experience, and support data-informed decision-making
• Leads or participates in Human Resources projects, initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts and collaborates as a member of the HR team to advance division goals, objectives, and Invest in Talent strategic initiatives
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Applicable laws, regulations, policies, and professional practices related to recruitment, selection, hiring, and employment
• Principles…