Senior Recruiter - City of Colorado Springs

Senior Recruiter

Are you passionate about connecting people with opportunities and making a difference in your community? Join our team and help support the city you call home!

In this role, you will serve as a senior-level talent acquisition partner responsible for much more than full-cycle recruiting. You will be the primary operational partner to the Recruiting Supervisor, providing high-level support and continuity across the Recruiting team. You will lead key programs, manage external partnerships, and support the City's hiring needs while also advancing our recruiting systems, data, and strategy. You will oversee major programs such as temporary staffing, internships, seasonal hiring, and volunteer partnerships; maintain and improve our applicant tracking system; and support high-visibility projects and recruitment initiatives across the organization.

You will also provide expert recruiting support on complex or sensitive recruitments, mentor and guide Recruiter I staff, and collaborate with hiring managers to meet workforce needs. This role blends program management, system administration, data analytics, strategic recruiting, and outreach, making it ideal for someone who enjoys variety, leadership, and operational impact.

As a Senior Recruiter, you will:

• Lead High-Level Recruiting & Staffing Support
  • Partner with hiring managers to support staffing needs across all employment types, including regular, seasonal, hourly, special, intern, volunteer, elected officials, and temporary staffing agency roles.
  • Lead managers through the full hiring process and collaborate with subject-matter experts to meet departmental workforce needs. 
  • Execute full-lifecycle recruiting: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer development, and pre-employment completion.

  • Take the lead on complex, sensitive, and high-impact recruitments, including assisting with executive-level recruitments.

• Serve as a Team Lead
  • Provide mentorship, coaching, guidance, and quality oversight for recruiting team members.
  • Help establish and maintain team standards, ensure compliance, and support process escalations.

  • Support recruiting workflow, review offer letters, ensure data integrity, and oversee onboarding approvals.

• Advance Recruiting Strategy & Process Improvement
  • Recommend, develop, and implement process improvements that enhance the full-cycle recruitment function, including advancing our recruitment model.
  • Write and maintain professional job announcements, desk manuals, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). 

  • Serve as project manager for recruitment initiatives, process improvements, and training efforts.

• Drive Programs & Partnerships
  • Manage or support major workforce programs including temporary staffing contracts, internship programs, seasonal hiring, WorkCOS, volunteer programs, and community partnerships. 

  • Oversee and coordinate the City's representation at job fairs, and community events. 

• Systems & Data Management
  • Develop, analyze, and report HR metrics using PeopleSoft and NeoGov to monitor recruiting performance.

  • Provide system oversight, troubleshooting, and enhancement recommendations for NeoGov Insight and Hiring Center (OHC).

• Other Responsibilities

  • Assist with Requests for proposal (RFP) processes, contract renewals, and special projects.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

At a Glance: The Ideal Candidate

• A lead and mentor with a collaborative and supportive approach. 
• A strategic recruiter who can confidently support complex and executive-level recruitments.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented professional who anticipates needs and takes initiative.
• A strong project manager who can lead major initiatives and drive process improvements.
• A program manager with experience overseeing temporary staffing, internships, and seasonal hiring programs.
• A problem-solver who stays calm under pressure and navigates sensitive or high-impact recruitments. 
• An excellent communicator who provides clear, timely, and professional service to internal and external customers.
• Analytical and data-driven, comfortable pulling, interpreting, and presenting recruitment metrics.
• Tech-savvy, with experience managing applicant tracking systems and optimizing recruitment tools.
• Collaborative, dependable, and forward-thinking, committed to helping move the team and the City's recruitment efforts ahead.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business administration, human resources, or a related field.
• Five years of full-time experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, or another staffing-related field. 

We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education.

Preferred Qualifications

The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants. 
 

• Advanced experience with recruitment sourcing and networking techniques.
• Prior experience recruiting in a municipal or other government environment.
• SPHR, PHR, SHRM-CP/SCP, or related certification.
• Project management experience.
• Experience using NeoGov insight.
• Experience using PeopleSoft HR 9.1 and/or 9.2.