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IT Recruiter

Fairfax, VAHybridFull Time$85,000–$95,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • IT Recruiter
  • staffing
  • recruiting
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Indeed
  • Dice
  • Clearance Jobs
  • cleared programs
  • uncleared programs
  • high volume hiring

Nice to have

  • Federal Civilian agency recruiting
  • incumbent captures
  • proposal staffing

Role summary

GovCIO is seeking a temporary, fully remote IT Recruiter, with occasional onsite requirements in Fairfax, VA, for their Health and Civilian Talent Acquisition team. The role involves managing the full recruitment lifecycle, from requisition creation and posting to candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation. Key responsibilities include leveraging AI tools, maintaining candidate pipelines in iCIMS, supporting high-volume hiring, and collaborating with hiring managers and senior leadership. Experience with cleared and uncleared programs, federal civilian agencies, and job boards like LinkedIn Recruiter is preferred.

GovCIO is currently hiring for a temporary IT Recruiter to join our Health and Civilian Talent Acquisition team. This position will be located within the United States and will be a fully remote opportunity with occasional onsite work in Fairfax, VA. Candidates should be local to the DC/DMV area.


Responsibilities

  • Help modify and format job descriptions to create requisitions in iCIMS
  • Contact and build report with external candidates and incumbents for future hires 
  • Develop and maintain strong direct relationships with Project managers, Program Directors, and Vice Presidents, from the requisition through hire
  • Receive and carefully review requisitions for accuracy, post and market career opportunities via web and social media platforms.
  • Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to source and prescreen candidate
  • Participate and/or schedules interviews, assists managers with quality assuring requisite skills match, discusses and verifies clearances, negotiates contingent and firm offer letters, and tracks all requisition and candidate activity within the applicant tracking system (ATS).
  • Communicates with hiring manager on the status of requisitions, candidate quality checks with skills matrixes, develops unique candidate pipelines in the ATS, and ensures all incoming candidate applications are dispositioned within 24 hours.
  • Maintains contact with hard to find skilled candidates using various communication techniques to ensure candidates who are interested are kept within various pipelines.
  • Participates in Talent Team or Management Stakeholder meetings as necessary
  • Participates in ad hoc Proposal staffing when necessary
  • Attend on-site and virtual hiring events when needed

Qualifications

Bachelor's with 5 - 8 years (or commensurate experience)

 

Required Skills and Experience

  • 5+ years of staffing/recruiting experience
  • Hands on experience with at least one of the following job boards (LinkedIn/LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Dice, Clearance Jobs)
  • Experience in both cleared and uncleared programs
  • Demonstrated experience supporting high volume hiring needs in a fast paced environment
  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills


Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Federal Civilian agency recruiting experience (i.e. CISA, USCG, PBGC, DEA, USPTO, GPO, HHS, NIH, FDA, TSA, CISA, FEMA)
  • Experience with incumbent captures
  • Hands on experience with iCIMS is preferred
  • Hands on experience or knowledge of Microsoft Copilot is key
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
  • Knowledge of EEOC policies 

Posted Salary Range

USD $85,000.00 - USD $95,000.00 /Yr.
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