Part-Time Recruiter/Search Coordinator

About the Department

George Mason University is Virginia's largest public research university, designated an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in 2016 and recognized as an Opportunity University in 2025. Located in Fairfax, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Mason serves more than 40,000 students across 200+ degree programs and is on a trajectory toward AAU membership. Colleges & Schools at Mason Antonin Scalia Law SchoolCarter School for Peace and Conflict ResolutionCollege of Education and Human DevelopmentCollege of Engineering and ComputingCollege of Humanities and Social SciencesCollege of Public HealthCollege of ScienceCollege of Visual and Performing ArtsCostello College of BusinessSchar School of Policy and GovernmentHonors College

About The Position

Mason Executive Search Group (MESG) is George Mason University's newly established in-house executive search function, built to run cabinet, dean, and senior administrator searches with the rigor of a retained search firm and the accountability of an internal team. MESG is seeking a Recruiter / Search Coordinator to join at a foundational moment: the first dedicated support hire inside the function, working directly with MESG's Executive Search Leader across every active search. This is a part-time position (28 hours per week). It is not a back-office logistics role. The person in this seat will read market intelligence on peer institutions, help build target lists for national searches, make first contact with sitting deans and vice presidents, and manage the scheduling and data discipline that lets a small team run searches at the standard of a national search firm. The ideal candidate has spent time inside a search firm environment, whether as a research associate, coordinator, or recruiter, and understands the rhythm of confidential, high-stakes searches: