Senior Recruiter

Senior Recruiter

Under the direction of the Director of Human Resources (HRD), the Senior Recruiter serves as a strategic talent acquisition partner responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting across Burbank Housing.

The Senior Recruiter partners closely with hiring managers and organizational leaders to understand current and future workforce needs, develop effective recruiting strategies, identify and attract qualified talent, and guide leaders through consistent, equitable, and effective hiring practices.

This position manages the recruiting lifecycle from workforce planning and requisition development through sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate selection, offers, pre-employment requirements, onboarding, and early new-hire integration. The Senior Recruiter serves as a subject matter resource to hiring managers regarding sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, interviewing practices, labor market considerations, and recruiting best practices.

The Senior Recruiter is expected to develop creative sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for high-volume, specialized, and hard-to-fill positions while continuously evaluating recruiting processes, technology, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes.

The position also coordinates new-hire onboarding in partnership with hiring managers, IT, Training, Office Management, Yardi, and other departments to ensure an organized and positive transition into Burbank Housing.

The successful candidate is a highly skilled recruiter, trusted advisor, strong communicator, and proactive problem-solver who can independently manage competing priorities while maintaining a high level of professionalism, organization, confidentiality, and candidate service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic recruiting & workforce planning
• Sourcing & talent pipeline development
• Candidate screening & selection
• Hiring manager partnership & consultation
• Offers & pre-employment process
• Onboarding & new-hire integration
• Applicant tracking system & recruiting administration
• Recruiting metrics & continuous improvement
• Employee support & benefits

Qualifications:

Required:

• Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible full-cycle recruiting, talent acquisition, or closely related Human Resources experience.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing full-cycle recruitment for multiple positions simultaneously.
• Demonstrated success recruiting for high-volume, specialized, professional, and/or hard-to-fill positions.
• Strong experience developing sourcing strategies and building candidate pipelines.
• Advanced interviewing skills, including structured, behavioral, situational, and competency-based interviewing techniques.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with and advising hiring managers throughout the recruiting and selection process.
• Experience developing or utilizing structured candidate evaluation and selection tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building, consultation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage competing priorities and recruiting deadlines.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive candidate and employee information appropriately.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, recruiting platforms, and HR technology.

Preferred:

• Experience using Paycom or a comparable HRIS/Applicant Tracking System.
• Experience with Yardi-Aspire or another Learning Management System.
• Experience organizing and participating in job fairs, community outreach, and recruiting events.
• Experience developing recruiting metrics, dashboards, or talent acquisition reports.
• Experience recruiting within affordable housing, property management, nonprofit, or a related industry.
• Bilingual English/Spanish skills.

Other skills and abilities:

• Possession of a valid California Driver's License, good driving record, and automobile insurance meeting State of California requirements.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups as a representative of Burbank Housing in both public and private settings.
• Ability to interact professionally with candidates, employees, hiring managers, organizational leaders, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Must be self-motivated, demonstrate initiative, and independently follow through on responsibilities.
• Ability to manage multiple searches and competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy, organization, responsiveness, and professionalism.

Supervisory responsibilities: None.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to walk; sit; use hands to handle objects and operate keyboards, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms above the shoulder and below the waist; lift and/or carry up to 15 pounds; stoop; kneel; crouch; talk; and hear.

Work environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Position type and work schedule:

This is a full-time position. The regular work schedule is Monday through Friday during office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Requests for alternative work schedules or work locations may be reviewed and evaluated by the HRD.