Cherokee Federal

Cherokee Federal

Staffing Specialist/Recruiter

Dulles, VA | $107K - $170K

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree + 3 years experience OR Associates degree + 5 years experience OR No degree and seven years experience
  • At least three years of high-volume recruiting experience on federal contracts or a combination of both
  • Active TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph
  • Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
  • Interview coordination

Responsibilities

  • They play a crucial role in reducing turnover by staffing positions with quality candidates who meet the criteria of the positions
  • The primary responsibilities include assisting with hiring managers, acting as a liaison with educational institutions, researching recruiting and staffing trends, conducting interviews, coordinating interviews, maintaining data integrity, ensuring necessary documents are complete, and performing various administrative tasks related to recruiting
  • Assists with recruiting efforts, including, but not limited to correspondence with applicants, and other forms of organizational marketing as related to recruiting
  • Assists with administration of appropriate pre-employment screening, including, but not limited to background checks, reference checks, drug testing, and educational verification
  • Conducts searches for qualified candidates through networking, referral ads, internet, and other online sources
  • Creates and maintains written recruiting plans, tracking and documenting the process in order to handle the volume and easily provide current information to hiring managers
  • Partners with hiring managers to understand their business needs and hiring criteria, developing a comprehensive recruiting strategy based on their needs
  • Research various geographic markets to identify recruiting and staffing trends, making strategic staffing recommendations as needed based on findings
  • Maintains a working knowledge of current trends as related to recruiting, regulations, and industry
  • Conducts phone screens and interviews for applicants
  • Schedules and coordinates interviews for managers
  • Maintains data integrity of recruiting system – job postings, candidate disposition, contact notes, etc
  • Ensures that all necessary documents are complete and present prior to on-boarding
  • Examines new employee job requisitions and follow-up with the hiring managers to find out specifics on the position to drive recruiting strategies
  • Directs source candidates through networking, referral, and headhunting on a national basis
  • Manages the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers
  • Performs detailed reference checking on selected candidates and review results with hiring manager
  • Conducts background checks per hiring requirements
  • Manages the presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing, and administrative components involved in full lifecycle recruiting
  • Performs general clerical work including filing, sorting, batching, or grouping documents
  • Retrieves documents from files, file documents, associate documents with existing files
  • Stacking file boxes and preparing them for storage in their designated areas within the facility
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Benefits

  • Pay commensurate with experience
  • Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other possible benefits as provided

Company information

Cherokee Federal – a division of Cherokee Nation Businesses – is a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. With our heritage of ingenuity coupled with modern business practices, we serve as a trusted partner that can innovate and implement solutions. Our team of companies, with more than 9,000+ employees, manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios — ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics. Cherokee Federal’s team of small disadvantaged business entities, many of which are 8(a) and/or HUBZone certified, offer attractive contract vehicles with unique advantages – resulting in a streamlined, responsive contract management process.

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5,001-10,000 employees
Information Technology, Professional Services, Construction, Technology, Consulting, IT Services, Aerospace and Defense, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Services, Healthcare
Privately Held
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Company Specialties:
Federal Contracting