Pre-Award Recruiter

About

Peraton is currently seeking an experienced recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team. You will be a trusted business partner and will support pre‑award recruiting efforts across the enterprise, with a focus on technical roles. As a trusted recruiting advisor, you will use your strong collaboration and communication skills to influence hiring decisions and activities, and effectively meet the organization’s staffing needs.

Requirements

• Requires 5+ years of experience with BS/BA or 3+ years with MS/MA/MBA.
• 9+ years of relevant work experience can be substituted for degree.
• Technical recruitment experience in an agency, government contracting and/or corporate setting required, to include Intel recruitment experience.
• Strong candidate sourcing and networking skills required.
• Competitive, energetic and motivated to exceed personal and established recruiting goals.
• Must have experience in recruiting for all levels of Security Clearance Levels.
• A track record of performing incredibly well against quotas in recruiting, sourcing, large volumes of qualified candidates.
• Strong technical knowledge or aptitude.
• Understanding and applying OFCCP documentation requirements.
• Experience with ICIMS preferred.
• Recruiter must be able/willing to travel to Peraton office in Reston.

Responsibilities

• Provide proposal recruiting support from the proposal room to the successful staffing of new awards.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on talent pricing, supply and demand in different geographic areas, protest period compliance, incumbent captures and surge recruiting strategies.
• Develop innovative ways to source candidates and develop sustainable talent pipelines. Maintain a strong network of industry contacts for potential sourcing and hiring. Ensure appropriate talent pipeline management to include CRM campaigns and events.
• Participate in business reviews, proposal‑specific strategy sessions to gain full understanding of staffing needs for each initiative.
• Manage proposal requisition portfolio and apply best practices related to compliance, adherence to processes and system requirements, and strong metrics and SLA results.
• Ensure exceptional hiring manager and candidate experiences.
• Partner with line recruiters and Recruiting Managers to provide transparency and optics into upcoming awards and smooth transitions to sector recruiting support.
• Proactively communicate with partners, leaders, teammates with a focus on solutions and impact.