Talent Acquisition Sourcer - Level 3

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Sourcer – Level 3 plays a pivotal role in the recruiting strategy, technology optimization, and recruiting marketing for the Space Sector. This role supports aggressive hiring goals and works closely with client-facing recruiters and hiring managers to understand and meet their needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide sourcing support for a variety of engineering and possibly manufacturing & operations and functional areas, to include: sourcing, screening, and managing candidate relationships with recruiters.
• Manage competing priorities, remaining highly flexible in an ever-changing environment while consistently anticipating and delivering exceptional talent acquisition solutions to recruiters.
• Source and recruit qualified talent while maintaining excellent customer service with hiring managers, candidates, and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with client-facing recruiters and hiring managers to understand the hiring needs and build formal targeted sourcing plans and present them to our teams.
• Support events-based sourcing, focused invitational events, and targeted career fairs.
• Attract cleared talent to the company and have a knowledge base of security clearances.
• Ensure data integrity of the candidate management database.
• Apply a business mindset to the talent acquisition function.
• Research market conditions and industry trends as it relates to our competitors to assist in decision-making and marketing positions.
• Make connections between all talent management phases (acquisition, development, retention, culture).
• Leverage data and market intelligence to develop and execute staffing strategies.
• Utilize professional networks to source candidates for active requisitions.
• Source candidates from a variety of sources, with a strong emphasis on LinkedIn, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs.com, Indeed.com, social media, and search engines (Google Chrome, Google X-ray, advanced Boolean searching strings and niche job boards).
• Use social networking mediums (i.e., LinkedIn groups and other online forums) to promote employment brand messaging that drives traffic to open roles by establishing and promoting positive relationships.
• Utilize CRM to track day-to-day sourcing activity in the candidate management system.
• Successfully source and attract passive external talent.
• Perform extensive data mining of various social media platforms to identify candidate profiles.
• Conduct phone screens to pre-qualify qualified candidates and maintain candidate contact.
• Consult with hiring managers to understand the business, program, technological, and cultural challenges.
• Accurately assess candidates (via in-person or phone) for cultural, competency and skill fit.
• Quickly synthesize candidate and hiring manager feedback.
• Routinely pre-close candidates (early in the process) to ensure high acceptance rates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant professional experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant professional experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting.
• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with sourcing technical talent across various engineering disciplines (Systems, Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace) and non-technical disciplines (business, production, operations, supply chain).
• Experience sourcing cleared talent.
• Experience sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, to include Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant professional experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant professional experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting.
• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with sourcing technical talent across various engineering disciplines (Systems, Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace) and non-technical disciplines (business, production, operations, supply chain).
• Experience sourcing cleared talent.
• Experience sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, to include Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

Skills

• Curiosity and a pioneering spirit to invent the future.
• Experience in both agency and corporate recruiting.
• Experience with Workday or a comparable applicant tracking system and Eightfold.
• Knowledge of social media platforms and recruitment tools.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)

Pay

The primary level salary range for this position is $81,400.00 - $141,200.00. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.