Technical Recruiter

About

We are searching for a strategic Technical Recruiter and Strategy Partner in our Talent Acquisition organization to join our recruiting team in Dayton, OH.

As a Recruiting and Strategy Partner, you will bring outstanding value by leveraging your subject matter expertise in finding and attracting highly skilled technical talent to MTSI. You will be a trusted business partner to your stakeholders. Your positive attitude and customer support mindset will drive you to succeed in this role in partnership with your hiring managers.

How you will contribute to our Defense and Space mission:

• Be an advocate of and abide by MTSI's employee first culture and core values.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand technical requirements of roles and functions to identify the best candidates.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies with the objective of presenting multiple qualified candidates for each opening.
• Source, engage and recruit passive talent by researching, creating, and executing creative sourcing strategies to fill current openings and help build a healthy pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Focus on sourcing cleared level candidates and be able to identify, qualify and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates, including recruiting for proposal efforts and business development opportunities.
• Conduct market and competitor research; gather intel through prospect contact and share with the team for action.
• Locate, contact, and screen candidates for basic qualifications, interest, salary availability and more.
• Track, develop and maintain pipelines/pools of active and passive candidates.
• Utilize proactive search techniques using recruiting tools (such as Clearance Jobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Monster, others), networks of internal & external referrals, Boolean internet searches, social media searches, professional and/or personal networks to identify active and passive candidates.
• Performing full lifecycle recruiting activities when required to include candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, scheduling, offer negotiation, closing, and building high quality pipelines of cleared candidates.
• Manage all candidate activity within iCIMS applicant tracking system (ATS) while complying with OFCCP guidelines.
• Travel occasionally for hiring events or other recruitment-related activities.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Creates and fosters relationships with colleagues and diverse professional organizations to attractant recruit critical skilled candidates, alumni, and diversity applicants.
• Maintains records on applicant flow and outreach efforts.
• Attend job fairs, events, conferences, and college recruiting activities as necessary.

You’ll be a great fit for this role if:

• You have a passion for aerospace, defense, and space systems and advanced technologies.
• Interacting with people at all levels is something you’re skilled at.
• You show exceptional sourcing skills in identifying high quality, cleared candidates.
• You’re experienced in supporting proposal recruiting by building strong candidate pipelines of cleared candidates.
• You advocate for candidate's best interests and serve as a trusted agent.
• You have a proven ability deliver on deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
• You’re able to maintain confidentiality, display discretion and protect privacy of information.
• Paying attention to detail and providing excellent customer service in a professional environment is a skill you excel at.
• You enjoy working in both a team and independent environment.
• Multitasking and working multiple projects in parallel is a skill you possess.
• You’re a proven communicator with outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• You are passionate about using and adapting new technologies to allow humans to excel at working with people.
• You’re eager to build a career you’re proud of.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Communications, Marketing or a related field.
• 4+ years of relevant experience supporting search for cleared DOD candidates, directly supporting sourcing efforts utilizing a range of sourcing methods and approaches
• Strong Microsoft Office skills to include Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Office 365)
• Exceptional sourcing skills in identifying high-quality, cleared candidates.
• Experience working within leading applicant tracking system (ATS), like Greenhouse, iCIMS, Lever, Bullhorn, or others.
• The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information and a Secret security clearance, which requires US citizenship.

Even Better If You

• Are a boolean master
• Have succeeded in the staffing industry
• Use technology to create great candidate experiences
• Have never spammed candidates on LinkedIn
• Have experience recruiting for highly cleared candidates in the intelligence community