Senior Recruiter

Senior Recruiter

The Senior Recruiter recruits, pre-screens, and develops potential job candidate pools for management level positions by developing recruiting strategies, utilizing internal and external sources, and maintaining effective working relationships with DC Water management at all levels to help ensure adequate attention to staffing needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Meeting with directors and other management staff to formulate and develop recruiting strategies for candidate pools for management level positions, to include providing appropriate support throughout the life-cycle recruitment for positions.
• Interacting with the Recruitment Manager to develop, recommend, and implement enhanced policies and procedures aimed as better-achieving DC Water staffing initiatives.
• Troubleshooting and resolving difficult and complex problems in order to provide comprehensive recruiting and placement advisory services to DC Water customers, to include working with lower level Recruitment staff to resolve and/or recommend solutions to problems they encounter.
• Developing and recommending recruitment strategies to help reduce job turnover, and which help perpetuate DC Water’s long and short term workforce needs; reviews and provides feedback on recommendations made by Recruiters.
• Pre-screening applicant paperwork and credentials against the approved job description, to include utilizing eRecruiter to document, track and manage jobs/candidates throughout the recruiting process; coordinates and participates on applicant panel interview.
• Coordinating newspaper, journal, Internet and other advertising sources for exempt (non-management) and non-exempt positions.
• Conducting reference checks, initiating background checks, administering pre-employment tests, initiating physicals and drug screening tests, and extending job offers after interacting with the Compensation Unit to confirm proposed starting base salaries.
• Periodically working at other DC Water locations to provide human capital management support (e.g., answer questions, provide guidance, etc.).
• Interacting with the Recruitment Manager to develop the Annual Job Fair Schedule, and oversees activities at job fairs and other outreach activities aimed at promoting DC Water to potential job seekers.
• Establishing and/or maintaining an expert understanding of DC Water’s collective bargaining agreements, federal and local laws, and DC Water’s policies and procedures pertaining to fair employment practices in order to help ensure compliance.
• Recommending and implementing approved standard guidelines and policies on hiring, selection processes, and the evaluation of candidates.
• Interacting with the Recruitment Manager to review and assess staffing reports, to include presenting an analysis of recruiting activities.
• May serve on DC Water committees to provide and receive feedback on recruiting, or other issues aimed at improving the DC Water initiatives.
• Performing other related duties and projects as assigned at the discretion of the Manager, Compensation & Recruitment.

At DC Water, our people make us an industry leader. Join a group of thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers focused on protecting life’s most precious resource in the nation’s capital.

• Take pride in your work. We provide an essential service and do work that matters. A career at DC Water is an exciting opportunity to help improve the environment and make a lasting difference for the community.
• Connect to a strong culture. Everything we do is grounded in our shared values—accountability, trust, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and well-being.
• Be your true self. We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, and we recognize and celebrate employees’ individuality and unique contributions.
• Build your skills and career path. We are committed to developing a future-ready workforce by helping our employees develop skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against “qualified individuals with disabilities.” If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email View email address on click.appcast.io.