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Travis County

Senior Recruiter

Travis County, Austin, Texas, us, 78716

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Why Travis County? Mission:

Building a Travis County where ALL people can thrive with dignity and respect.

Vision:

Travis County will be recognized as the best county in the US for all racial, ethnic, and economic groups.

Travis County’s Human Resources Management Department is seeking a Senior Recruiter to join their dynamic team.

The Human Resources Management Department works to position Travis County as an employer of choice through balanced, efficient and collaborative strategic partnerships. This role is all about connection, precision, and customer service. You’ll serve as the go‑to operational partner for recruiters and hiring managers, driving scheduling excellence, workflow optimization, and interview process. You’ll set the bar for how we deliver a world‑class recruiting experience - where hiring managers feel supported, informed, and able to provide the highest quality candidate experience possible.

The ideal candidate:

Collaborates strategically with hiring managers, vendors, and other stakeholders to attract the best candidates to county positions

Is comfortable working with all levels of staff, from HR Liaisons to County Executives and Elected Officials

Communicates effectively to guide departments through the recruitment process

Is proactive in seeking out talent, building pipelines, and using creativity to source the best candidates

Ensures a seamless and positive candidate experience

Utilizes recruitment data and analytics to support recruitment initiatives and process improvement

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: This is a job classification within the Human Resources job family. This is the senior level Recruiter position working at the corporate level. Performs advanced level of sourcing and recruiting duties for the Travis County. This position works under direction with increasing latitude for independent judgment.

Why Travis County Human Resources Management Department? Mission:

To support the County’s mission of providing services effectively, and equitably for justice, health, and safety to improve the quality of like for the people of Travis County. Through strategic partnerships and collaboration, the Human Resources Management Department recruits, develops, and retains a high‑performing and diverse workforce and fosters a healthy, safe, and productive work environment for employees, departments, and the public to maximize the individual and organizational potential to position Travis County as an employer of choice.

Values:

Promote Honesty, Integrity, and Trust

Celebrate Teamwork

Encourage Communicate

Promote Honesty, Integrity, and Trust

Focus on Internal and External Customers

Embrace Change and Innovation

Champion Employee Development

Model Leadership

Produce Quality Results

Manages full cycle recruiting process for candidates, delivering a seamless and positive candidate experience.

Advanced knowledge of modern applicant tracking systems (ATS) that attract top talent.

Consults with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs, develops creative sourcing strategies to leverage diverse high caliber candidates, and prescreens candidates to assess their qualifications.

Develops recruiting metrics to measure recruiting success and develops strategies to exceed deliverables.

Develops a working knowledge of departments to quickly identify hiring needs at the department level, as well as how that aligns with the broader organizational culture.

Develops pipeline of talent, utilizing social media, decreasing time to fill.

As a Senior level employee, may be asked to perform other tasks or projects designed to drive the advancement of our recruiting strategy.

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Personnel Management, Human Resources Management, Public Administration, Business Administration or a directly related field AND five (5) years of experience in sourcing and/or recruiting candidates or related field;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:

Valid Texas Driver’s License.

Preferred: Professional in Human Resources Certification (PHR) OR, Society of Human Resources Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP).

Knowledge of:

State and local government budget, planning, systems, documents, issues, and trends.

ATS and HRIS systems.

Service oriented and hands on practitioner that is a strategic resource and partner for organizational talent needs.

Computer equipment to include: word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages

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