Recruiting Manager

Everforth, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Recruiting Manager to lead a high-performing recruiting team in Fairfax, VA. You will deliver proactive, data-informed talent strategies that support growth and align with organizational priorities.

Partnering with business leadership, HR, and Resource Management, you will anticipate workforce needs, strengthen pipelines, and optimize recruiting operations while ensuring a strong candidate and hiring manager experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience recruiting for government programs
• GovCon experience with cleared/technical hiring
• Developing recruiters and process improvements
• Strong gov contracting lifecycle knowledge
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience using recruiting tech and dashboards
• Analytical skills to translate data into actions
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Commitment to diversity and fair hiring practices

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies aligned with organizational goals
• Partner with leadership and HR to identify hiring demand and talent needs
• Lead and develop a team of recruiters with clear expectations
• Conduct regular recruiter team meetings and resource planning
• Manage workload for high-demand, difficult-to-fill roles including cleared and executive positions
• Ensure data accuracy in the ATS and workflows
• Establish best practices for consistent recruiting operations
• Oversee sourcing across boards, social, referrals, networks
• Build relationships with staffing partners and industry groups
• Provide regular reports and insights to leadership on hiring outcomes
• Improve candidate and hiring manager experience

Skills

GovCon recruiting

Clearance programs

ATS usage

Sourcing tools

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Diversity & inclusion

Project management

Communication skills

Interview coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ATS

Recruiting platforms

Sourcing tools

CRM systems

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Recruiting Manager*to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

Everforth ECS is seeking a Recruiting Manager to lead a high-performing recruiting team and delivers proactive, data-informed talent strategies that support organizational priorities and growth. This role partners closely with business leadership, hiring managers, Human Capital, and Resource Management to anticipate workforce needs, strengthen talent pipelines, improve recruiting operations, and ensure a strong experience for candidates and hiring managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute effective recruiting strategies to attract top talent aligned with organizational goals and current and future workforce needs.
• Partner with business leadership, hiring managers, Human Capital, and Resource Management to identify hiring demand, priority roles, program requirements, and anticipated talent needs
• Develop and execute effective recruiting strategies to attract top talent aligned with organizational goals and current and future workforce needs.
• Partner with business leadership, hiring managers, Human Capital, and Resource Management to identify hiring demand, priority roles, program requirements, and anticipated talent needs.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters; establish clear expectations, drive accountability, and support professional growth
• Conduct regular recruiter team meetings to communicate business updates, align priorities, assess workload and resource needs, and remove obstacles
• Personally manage a recruiting workload of approximately 30%, with direct responsibility for high-demand, difficult-to-fill, and complex roles, including cleared, technical, niche, key personnel, executive, and priority program positions
• Ensure accurate, timely, and complete candidate, requisition, and workflow data within the applicant tracking system
• Establish, communicate, and maintain recruiting best practices that create a consistent, efficient, and collaborative operating model
• Oversee sourcing strategies across job boards, social media, employee referrals, networking, talent communities, and other recruiting channels
• Build and maintain relationships with approved staffing partners, external organizations, and industry networks to expand candidate pipelines
• Serve as the primary escalation point for recruiters, helping resolve candidate, hiring manager, process, and difficult-to-fill role challenges
• Monitor and continuously improve recruiting processes to ensure an efficient and professional candidate and hiring manager experience
• Partner with HR and hiring managers to ensure timely communication, interview feedback, and alignment throughout the hiring process
• Strengthen the employer brand through a high-quality candidate experience, consistent messaging, and external market engagement
• Analyze recruiting performance and market data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, including time to fill, start-date forecasting, source effectiveness, and job-board usage
• Provide regular reports and actionable insights to leadership on hiring outcomes, pipeline health, recruiting capacity, and workforce trends.

$108,000- $140,000

General Description of Benefits

Requirements

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Proven experience recruiting for government programs
• Experience supporting cleared, technical, professional, and program-based hiring needs in a GovCon environment.
• Experience developing recruiters, implementing recruiting process improvements, and driving ATS data quality
• Strong knowledge of the government contracting recruiting lifecycle, including security-clearance requirements, customer-driven hiring needs, and program staffing demands.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with executives, hiring managers, recruiters, candidates, and cross-functional partners.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems, recruiting platforms, sourcing tools, and reporting dashboards.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate recruiting data into practical actions and strategies.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and service quality.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and fair hiring practices throughout the recruitment process.

Req Benefits

Benefits - Everforth ECS