Recruiting Contractor

About the Role and the Department

This part-time (20 hours per week for two months), contract position is an opportunity to assist a high-growth social enterprise in growing a diverse and talented team. The Recruiting Contractor will report into the Senior Associate of Recruiting and People Operations, and work alongside the People Operations team. 

Attributes

• Unwavering attention to detail: You are meticulous and have excellent organizational skills. 
• Empathetic communicator: You hold a genuine care for the well-being of other people and have a natural sense of people’s concerns and motivations.
• Low ego: You have a positive, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset that helps you be highly adaptable and ready to take on whatever needs to be done.

Responsibilities of the Recruiting Contractor

• Sourcing candidates for Catchafire’s open roles, or other roles as assigned by the Recruiting Manager, via LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing tools, with a starting goal of sourcing 40 candidates per week. This includes identifying new sources of candidates and working with Catchafire’s recruiting team to build relationships with those sources as appropriate.
• Creating and maintaining diverse outbound candidate pipelines and adhering to Catchafire’s internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion metrics as set for each open role
• Updating internal Catchafire recruiting & sourcing tracking systems
• Qualifying candidates and reporting on sourcing progress at regular check ins with the Recruiting Manager and/or Catchafire recruiting team
• Tracking search criteria, and helping to identify the optimal search criteria for the role
• Executing outbound messaging cadences via email or InMail to qualified candidates
• Connecting interested candidates to the Recruiting Manager or member of the Catchafire recruiting team for interview scheduling, and assisting in ad hoc scheduling needs as weekly capacity allows

Experience / Background

In order to be successful in this role you must meet most, if not all, of the following needs:

• Experience working in, leading, or supporting Recruiting, Human Resources, and/or People Operations teams (perhaps 2 years relevant experience)
• Experience finding and/or retaining talent (full time, part time, or volunteer)
• Experience creating diverse candidate pipelines that are in support of internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion priorities through knowledge of sourcing best practices and/or access to professional networks