Recruiting Manager

ECS FEDERAL LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 108,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role partners with business leadership, hiring managers, Human Capital, and Resource Management to anticipate workforce needs, strengthen pipelines, and ensure a positive candidate and hiring-manager experience.

Qualifications

• Proven experience recruiting for government programs.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with executives, hiring managers, and candidates.
• Experience developing recruiters and driving process improvements in GovCon environments.
• Knowledge of government contracting recruiting lifecycle, including security-clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to attract top GovCon talent.
• Partner with leadership and HR to identify hiring demand and workforce needs.
• Lead, coach, and develop a recruiters team and set expectations.
• Maintain ATS data quality and recruiter workflow transparency.
• Oversee sourcing across job boards, social media, referrals, and networks.
• Serve as escalation point for challenges in hard-to-fill roles and pipeline gaps.
• Provide regular reports and insights on hiring outcomes and workforce trends.

Skills

GovCon recruiting

Executive stakeholder management

ATS data quality

Talent sourcing

Data analytics

Time management

Diversity & inclusion

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Applicant Tracking 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.

Salary Range: $108,000- $140,000

General Description of Benefits

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.