HR Manager, Talent Acquisition

Cato Institute; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybride; USD 80 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA contribution

Vacation and sick leave

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with employer match

Transit benefits

Parking benefits

Pet discount

Résumé du poste

The Cato Institute in Washington, DC is seeking an HR Manager, Talent Acquisition to evolve the full-cycle process of finding, attracting, and hiring talent. You will own the entire TA process and collaborate with hiring managers to design roles, recruitment strategies, and selection approaches while ensuring a positive candidate experience.

This hybrid role reports to the Director of Human Resources and requires 4+ years in TA with a proven track record of process improvements and alignment

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in talent acquisition
• Deep alignment with Cato's mission and principles
• Track record of building and improving hiring processes
• Comfort using hiring data and metrics to measure progress
• Sound judgment in assessing candidates against clear criteria
• Positive, outgoing demeanor and professional presence
• Knowledge of benefits onboarding and employee relations is helpful
• Experience with advanced ATS systems is preferred

Responsabilités

• Own the entire talent acquisition process from scoping to offer
• Improve current TA process to support hiring managers and reduce time-to-fill
• Collaborate with hiring managers to design roles, descriptions, recruitment strategy, and selection approach
• Design structured interview processes and evaluation criteria
• Implement and manage the applicant tracking system
• Shape how Cato presents itself as an employer in postings and content
• Partner with Educational Programs to build talent pipelines
• Back up other HR team members when needed

Connaissances

Talent acquisition

Hiring data & metrics

Stakeholder management

Structured interviews

ATS proficiency

Outils

Greenhouse

Ashby

Lever

iCIMS

Description du poste

Description

The Cato Institute is seeking an HR Manager, Talent Acquisition, to evolve the entire process of how Cato finds, attracts, and hires the best-aligned talent available. In this role, you will oversee the full-cycle talent acquisition process, but you will be more than an internal recruiter. Your biggest value-add will be improving and managing the complex and crucial process of interviewing and selecting talent, while ensuring the candidate experience is positive for all applicants throughout the process. This role is ideal for someone who has experience managing a highly diverse portfolio of roles with hiring managers at all levels of hiring expertise, and who wants to move beyond recruitment into greater ownership of how everything works together up to a signed offer.

This is a hybrid position based in Washington, DC, reporting to the Director of Human Resources. This is an exempt position.

The projected salary range for this role is $80,000 to $95,000 per year. Compensation is based on the successful candidate's background, experience, and skills

About Cato

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization - a think tank - dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato's Letters, a series of essays published in 18th-century England that presented a vision of a society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the architects of the American Revolution. And the simple, timeless principles of that revolution - individual liberty, limited government, and free markets - turn out to be even more powerful in today's world of global markets and unprecedented access to information than Jefferson or Madison could have imagined. Social and economic freedom is not just the best policy for a free people, it is the indispensable framework for the future.

Cato Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Own the entire talent acquisition process, from scoping the role through a signed offer letter, including developing offer strategies and guiding negotiations.
• Evaluate and improve Cato's current talent acquisition process with an eye toward better support for hiring managers, a shorter average time to fill, more efficient and effective interviewing, and a better candidate experience. Establish and report on key hiring metrics to measure progress over time.
• Collaborate with hiring managers across the Institute to design the role, job description, recruitment strategy, and selection approach, and coach managers at every level of hiring experience to make confident, well-informed hiring decisions.
• Design structured interview processes and evaluation criteria that let Cato compare candidates consistently and fairly, and train interviewers across the Institute to use them effectively.
• Implement and manage Cato's applicant tracking system, making sure it supports an efficient process for hiring managers, interviewers, and candidates alike.
• Shape how Cato presents itself as an employer, making sure job postings, careers content, and every candidate touchpoint reflect Cato's mission and culture.
• Partner with the Educational Programs team to develop talent pipelines and alumni engagement, and to build talent pools from past applicants and aligned individuals with an affinity for Cato, so we can fast-track top candidates for our most critical roles.
• Back up other HR team members occasionally when necessary.

Experience and Skill Sets

• 4+ years of experience in talent acquisition, either on an internal HR team or as an external recruiter, including experience managing hiring across a wide range of roles and seniority levels.
• Deep alignment with Cato's mission and principles.
• A track record of building, improving, and rebuilding hiring processes that balance the needs of all stakeholders involved, and of getting hiring managers and leadership to adopt the new processes.
• Comfort using hiring data and metrics to spot problems, measure progress, and make the case for change.
• Sound judgment in assessing candidates against clear, consistent criteria, the confidence to advise hiring managers at every level, and a knack for steering strong applicants toward their best-fit opportunities at Cato.
• A positive, outgoing demeanor and a polished professional presence. You are the first person new hires will interact with at Cato, so you must make a strong first impression on candidates and senior leaders alike.
• Working knowledge of other core HR processes like benefits administration, onboarding, and employee relations.
• Experience in implementing and using advanced ATS systems like Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever or iCIMS is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer contribution to a Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Generous vacation and sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Employer-provided life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• Transit/Parking benefits
• Pet discount plan

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position does not offer visa sponsorship.