Recruitment Manager

SEIU Local 2015; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A major labor union in Los Angeles is seeking a Recruitment Manager to enhance its hiring process and build a diverse talent pipeline. This role requires expertise in recruitment, team leadership, and a commitment to equity and inclusion. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in recruitment and project management skills to ensure successful onboarding of top talent. This position offers a hybrid work environment and focuses on the union's mission of social justice.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Focus on equity and inclusion

Commitment to professional development

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience in dynamic organizations.
• Experience leading and developing staff teams.
• Proven track record in filling hard-to-fill roles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee hiring and onboarding processes.
• Lead and coach recruitment teams.
• Build relationships with external recruitment partners.

Skills

Detail-oriented project management

Oral and written communication

Cultural competence

Data management

Coaching managers

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

About SEIU Local 2015

SEIU Local 2015 is the largest local union in California, representing more than half a million long-term care workers (home care, skilled nursing facility, and assisted living center workers) throughout the state. We are also the largest long-term care union in the U.S. and the largest local union in SEIU. Our members are diverse and united in their commitment to caring for California’s older adults and those with disabilities.

SEIU 2015 is a leading voice, advocate, and authority—both locally and nationally—for quality long-term care as we endeavor to raise standards in the industry for both our members and their consumers. Our members lead with their justice agenda and commitment to being an Anti-Racist Organization. For more information, please visit seiu2015.org, @SEIU2015.

About The Role

SEIU 2015 is hiring a Recruitment Manager to bring on top talent in order to drive forward its mission. The organization is growing quickly, and this role is essential to building our team.

The Recruitment Manager is a people-driven and detail- and numbers-oriented project manager. This position will oversee recruitment and hiring — doing everything from writing job descriptions and sourcing to coaching managers through difficult hiring decisions to overseeing contract recruiters. This role will continuously look for ways to ensure a smooth, equitable process that results in hiring incredible candidates and a good candidate experience. Additionally, this role will continuously improve our recruitment pipeline, looking for other proactive opportunities to build a strong and diverse pipeline of candidates. This role reports directly to the Head of People and Culture. At times, this person will lead recruitment searches themselves, and at other times, this role will also manage recruiters, depending on the needs of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute robust hiring and onboarding processes that ensure we hire the best candidates and are setting them up for success as they enter the organization — this will include everything from writing job descriptions, sourcing, conducting phone screens or overseeing internal recruiters or external contractors to do these, designing and running the interview process, facilitating decision-making meetings, and seeing the process through to an accepted offer
• Lead, coach, supervise, assign, and evaluate team of staff including developing individual work plans and overseeing their implementation and evaluation
• Project manage recruitment and plan out our hiring timeline each quarter to assign resources needed to execute on the organization’s growth plans
• Ensure strong communication with both hiring managers and candidates throughout the process
• Build and manage relationships with external recruitment partners, colleges, universities, and workforce development organizations
• Identify the necessary recruitment technology, including an Applicant Tracking System, to smoothly manage hiring processes and run reports to make data-driven decisions about our recruitment program
• Bring a strong equity lens and processes to our hiring decisions at every stage in the process to ensure diverse candidate pools and great hires
• Collaborate with People & Culture team members on onboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions for new hires
• Build high performing teams, including development, accountability and oversight of personnel functions of the team - recruitment, interviews and staff hiring; staff schedules, approvals for time off, assignments
• Monitor labor market trends and recommend strategies to remain competitive in attracting talent
• Uphold SEIU Local 2015’s values by ensuring recruitment practices align with the union’s anti-racist, social justice, and cross-solidarity commitments
• Coach and support hiring managers throughout the hiring process, as well as give them feedback as it relates to hiring, decision-making, and equitable hiring practices
• Continuously build the candidate pipeline -- attending conferences, networking with other organizations, and doing informational interviews with strong potential candidates; develop prospecting systems to manage and track these candidates
• Analyze sourcing and recruitment to determine the most effective and cost-effective strategies
• Hire and manage contract recruiters and assign project work to in-house recruiters as needed
• Demonstrate behaviors in line with SEIU Local 2015 core values: leadership, compassion, empowerment, accountability, transparency and excellence
• This position may line manage other full-time staff

Qualifications

• 5+ years of prior experience and success recruiting within a nonprofit, union, startup, or other dynamic organization
• 2+ years of leading and developing experienced recruitment staff teams across multiple geographies
• Detail-oriented and organized project management experience -- this role will manage multiple hiring processes simultaneously without letting anything fall through the cracks
• Highly effective oral, written, and digital communication skills - both internally with hiring teams as well as external communication with candidates. The ability to keep all parties informed about the hiring process is key.
• Experienced sourcing executive and management level candidates
• Cultural competence to work with diverse staff and communities, with a commitment to building an anti-racist organization
• Ability to maintain accurate data and use data to guide decisions
• Proven track record filling hard-to-fill roles
• Experience overseeing high volume recruitment
• Experience coaching managers
• Experience using best practices around diversity and inclusion in recruitment and hiring
• Experience managing cross-organizational work, including giving feedback to staff who are not within your line management
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments and ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound independent judgment with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams to meet goals, manage projects and identify and implement strategic systems improvements

Competencies

• Lead with vision and purpose to inspire staff and members to engage in and lead on key union priorities, including workforce planning, talent acquisition strategies and systems improvement
• Foster equity and inclusion, including cultural competence to work with diverse staff and communities, commitment to building an anti-racist organization
• Ignite motivation to achieve results, including coach and model, practice active listening and self-reflection, give and receive authentic feedback, and hold oneself and one’s team accountable to commitments and outcomes
• Build and lead great staff and member teams, including manage goals, roles, processes and relationships, relationship building, and working collaboratively across departments
• Develop self and others using collective ownership and consistent evaluation and self-reflection, and accountability to outcomes
• Organize their own work and the work of their team, including create clear roles and responsibilities, clear communication, organize their time and support staff to do the same, and demonstrate self-motivation
• Highly effective oral, written and digital communication skills
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Collaborative leadership and team orientation
• Confidentiality, professionalism, and sound judgment
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing organizational needs

Work Environment

• This position is based in SEIU Local 2015’s office with a hybrid option (in-office and remote work).
• Requires frequent use of computers, phones, and virtual meeting platforms.
• May involve occasional evening or weekend work to support recruitment events or time-sensitive hiring needs.
• Some travel within California may be required to attend career fairs, recruitment events, and organizational meetings.
• Fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on collaboration, equity, and organizational mission.

Hiring Process

• Recruiter Phone Screen (30 minutes)
• Hiring Manager Interview (30 minutes)
• Final panel interview with 2-3 team members
• Offer (contingent on positive references)

EEO statement: SEIU Local 2015 is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We are committed to finding talent that is not determined on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! SEIU Local 2015 is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, you’re encouraged to still submit an application—you may be just the right candidate for this role or another opening.