Hr Client Partner, Recruitment Support

Commonwealth Of Virginia; Norwich; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Of Virginia is seeking an HR Client Partner (Recruitment Support) to serve as a front-line HR professional. You will provide full life cycle recruitment and onboarding support for assigned departments, advise hiring managers, and ensure accurate hiring transactions in HR/HCM systems.

The role requires strong communication, ability to manage multiple recruitments, and adherence to HR policies across employment categories.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of full life cycle recruitment, selection, pre‑employment and onboarding practices.
• Ability to manage multiple recruitments and competing priorities in a high-volume HR environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with hiring managers, applicants and staff.
• Independently coordinate recruitment and onboarding activities through to completion.
• Ability to apply HR policies, procedures and regulations across employment categories.

Responsibilities

• Provide full life cycle recruitment and hiring support for assigned departments.
• Advise hiring managers on recruitment strategies and processes.
• Process new hire transactions, I-9 verification, and onboarding activities.
• Maintain cross-training for other HR actions to provide backup support.

Skills

Full life cycle recruitment

Hiring support coordination

Time management

Client service skills

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

HR/HCM systems

MS Office

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

Title: HR Client Partner, Recruitment Support

Agency: VP FOR HUMAN RESOURCES

Location: Norfolk, VA

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Job Description

The HR Client Partner (Recruitment Support) serves as a front-line Human Resources professional providing full life cycle recruitment and hiring support for assigned departments, from recruitment planning and posting through selection, pre-employment, and onboarding. The position advises hiring managers, processes new hire personnel actions, completes Form I-9 verification, and ensures accurate and timely hiring transactions in applicable HR/HCM systems. The position also maintains cross-training in other employee‑related personnel actions to provide backup transactional support as operational needs require.

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of full life cycle recruitment, selection, pre‑employment and onboarding practices, new hire transaction processing, employment and EEO principles, and applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple recruitments and competing priorities while providing responsive recruitment and hiring support in a complex or high-volume Human Resources environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and client service skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with hiring managers, applicants, employees, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to independently coordinate recruitment and hiring activities from initiation through new hire transaction processing and onboarding and to take ownership of assigned work through completion.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply Human Resources policies, procedures, documentation requirements, and established guidelines across employment categories.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, other HR Client Partners, HR Transactions, other Talent Management and Culture functional areas, and University partners to coordinate recruitment, hiring, new hire transactions, and onboarding activities and resolve issues.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately key, process, and review new hire personnel actions and employment documentation in Banner and other HR/HCM systems, identify discrepancies, and coordinate resolution with appropriate partners.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, applicant tracking systems, HR/HCM information systems, and related workplace technology.
• Demonstrated sound judgment, initiative, discretion, critical thinking, organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet critical deadlines.

HR Client Partner, Recruitment Support • Norfolk