Recruitment Specialist

Salary: $22.00 - $24.00 Hourly
Location : Corning, NY | Main Campus
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: 357
Department: Human Resources
Opening Date: 08/25/2026


Description
When you join the SUNY Corning Community College (CCC) team, you are helping to positively transform the lives of our students, their families and our communities.

We are a premier two-year College, offering degree programs, certificates, and continuing education classes. We promote intellectual and personal growth through individualized education, inspire innovation to meet the educational and workforce needs of the community and leverage a variety of partnerships to help our students and community succeed.


The Recruitment Specialist is a part-time position that is responsible for supporting the operational goals of Corning Community College by managing the employee recruitment life cycle with a commitment to creating an optimal workforce that enhances the College's student experience. The Recruitment Specialist will work closely with hiring managers to understand division/departmental needs and create effective processes to strengthen recruiting and hiring outcomes. This position will ensure compliance with established interviewing and hiring guidelines and policy, as well as applicable local, federal, and state law. The Recruitment Specialist maintains an excellent command of diversity issues in recruitment and identifies recruiting sources that will create opportunities for increasing diversity within the college workforce.
Occasional meetings at different CCC locations and in the community may be required; travel to conferences and/or recruiting events may be required. Prolonged time sitting/standing working with computers and monitors, ability to walk/move across campus including walking up and down stairs and for travel, ability to lift up to 20 pounds (occasionally may be more), repeated motions may include keyboard typing. Able to travel as needed. Typical office and indoor building environments, outdoor activity is required as related to travel and outdoor recruiting events. Incumbent must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation. The summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities.

SUNY CCC embraces diversity and values an inclusive culture where every person is able to succeed to their full potential. If you require an accommodation for the recruiting process, please contact or View phone number on click.appcast.io.

Essential Functions


Talent Acquisition (70%) -

• Responsible for the recruitment, hiring and onboarding of all college employees including faculty, adjunct faculty, professional, civil service, student workers and part time staff
• Oversees and implements recruitment efforts and processes including sourcing/advertising, screening candidates, search committee guidelines and training, requesting Civil Service lists and sending out canvas letters, presenting job offers and the onboarding process
• Partners with hiring managers to clarify expectations of the job/job description requisition requests, postings, and compensation analysis relative to collective bargaining agreements

• Creates and enters search committee matrix in NeoGov. Reviews and approves interview questions to ensure equitable and consistent practices. Prescreens applicants and serves as the contact person for candidate inquiries and questions regarding salary and benefits
• Expands and continually looks for outreach and recruitment opportunities to diverse populations including ethnicity, race, ability and veterans. Tracks metrics to determine the advertising locations with the best return on investment
• Exercises the highest level of confidentiality and judgment in accordance with college policy to determine appropriate action. Promotes data integrity and enforces data standards

Onboarding (20%) -

• Completes appropriate post-offer items such as background checks and transcript requests based on the position and with respect to the collective bargaining agreements
• As needed, provides training and answers questions for new hires regarding the onboarding forms

Miscellaneous (10%) -

• Participates in New Hire Orientations
• Analyzes compensation and position grade structure
• Other relevant duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic understanding of recruitment processes (sourcing, reviewing resumes, screening, interviewing, making job offers, onboarding).
• Working knowledge of principles and practices of human resources
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office software applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships and work with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and meet changing demands
• Must be able to multitask and respond to multiple demands often with short deadlines
• Demonstrates commitment to accomplishing work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner
• Ability to effectively convey information verbally and in writing, demonstrate effective listening skills, and display respect for and openness to other people's ideas and thoughts
• Ability to accept changes to job requirements, policies, workload, etc., as well as learn new methods, procedures, or techniques resulting from change with the ability to clearly approach problems and find solutions
• Demonstrates support for the College's goal of becoming a more diverse, inclusive, and culturally aware community and practicing anti-racist/biased behaviors
• Proactively engage with annual training modules to maintain up-to-date knowledge of college policies, legal standards, and best practices. Completion of assigned mandatory annual compliance training is essential for this role.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Experience in effective, proactive recruiting/candidate sourcing and entire cycle of recruitment process
• Demonstrated ability to work independently

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• At least three (3) years' experience with Human Resource functions to include recruiting and hiring.
• Experience in higher education environment

Additional Information:

• VISA Sponsorship is not currently offered for this position
• Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check
• Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including, but not limited to relevant experience, education, market demands, and training.

A career at Corning Community College comes with great perks!
Corning Community College is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State. It offers an extensive, yet affordable range of educational, cultural, and social opportunities to a diverse population of more than 5,000 full and part-time students. A member of the SUNY system, CCC is widely known for its commitment to excellence in teaching and student development.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
In addition to the excellent benefits described below, CCC has numerous committees, organizations, and social events on campus in which all employees are encouraged to participate. Please contact Human Resources at View phone number on click.appcast.io for further information on any of these employee benefit programs.

In accordance with the CCC's personnel policies and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement, regular full-time employees are eligible to receive discretionary employee benefits offered by the college. Temporary employees who work on a full-time basis for a minimum of one (1) semester (or five months) will also be eligible to participate. Full-Time employment is defined by the college is working 37.5-40 hours per week/for Faculty Teaching 15 credit hours per semester. The college offers the following benefit programs:
Health Insurance | Excellus BCBS

• Classic Blue Traditional Plan
• Hybrid PPO Plan
• High Deductible Health Plan with Employer Funded Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account | Lifetime Benefit Solutions

• Medical FSA
• Dependent Care Accounts

Health Saving Account | Lifetime Benefit Solutions

• Medical HSA - Employer Funded
• Must elect High Deductible Health Plan

Dental and Vision Coverage | CSEA Employee Benefit Fund

• Dental Plan for Individual/Two Person or Family
• Vision Plan for Individual/Two Person or Family

Group Term Life Insurance

• Basic and accidental death & dismemberment coverage ($20,000 each) is provided, at no cost, to employees
• Supplemental coverage equal to 1.5 or 2 times annual rate of pay is available as an additional employee expense
• Dependent coverage ($10K for spouse; $5K/dependent child) is available as an additional employee expense

Travel Accident Insurance

• $100K of coverage provided, at no expense, to employees

Long Term Disability

• Provided, at no cost, to employees after 1 year of service.

Mandatory Retirement Plan Options

• NYS Employee Retirement System (ERS)
• NYS Teachers Retirement System (TRS)
• SUNY Optional Retirement Plan (TIAA CREF/Voya/Corbridge and Fidelity funding vehicles)
• Eligibility for a particular plan(s) varies according to the job classification

Voluntary Retirement Plan Options

• SUNY Voluntary 403-B option (TIAA CREF/Voya/Corbridge and Fidelity funding vehicles)
• NYS Deferred Compensation Plan (457-b)

Paid Leave (accrual rates vary by job classification)

• Vacation (non-academic employees only)
• Sick Leave
• Personal Leave
• Holidays (non-academic employees only)
• Bereavement

Employee Assistance Program | Clinical Associates, Pathways, Inc.

Employee/Dependent Tuition Benefit (CCC only)Sabbatical/Professional Development Leave

Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program