The Senior Recruitment Specialist plays a strategic role in driving the end-to-end recruitment process for mid to senior-level roles, ensuring exceptional candidate experience and alignment with organizational goals. This role requires strong client-facing experience, deep recruitment expertise, and the ability to guide and mentor junior recruiters. The Senior Recruitment Specialist will partner with clients and internal teams to deliver high-impact hiring solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner directly with clients to assess hiring needs, define role requirements, and create effective recruitment strategies tailored to their organization and culture.
- Proactively source top-tier candidates through advanced Boolean searches, talent mapping, headhunting, industry networking, and referrals.
- Lead candidate screening and in-depth interviews, ensuring cultural and competency alignment with client expectations.
- Manage complex requisitions and high-volume hiring projects with minimal supervision.
- Provide guidance and coaching to junior recruiters and recruitment specialists.
- Deliver consistent updates and insights to clients regarding market trends, candidate pipelines, and recruitment progress.
- Oversee the coordination of interview logistics, reference checks, and background verifications.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of recruitment best practices, tools, and strategies.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with top talent for future opportunities.
- Ensure all recruitment processes align with company values, diversity goals, and compliance standards.
- Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 3-5 years of proven experience in recruitment, preferably within headhunting, executive search, or outsourcing industries.
- Demonstrated success in filling senior and specialized roles across diverse industries.
- Strong client management skills with a consultative approach to recruitment.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
- High attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Proficiency with ATS platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing tools.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to present recruitment metrics and insights.
- Professional integrity, discretion, and a commitment to delivering outstanding candidate experiences.
