Senior Recruiter

AlphaGov; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking experienced recruiters to support government and public-sector searches across executive, leadership, management, professional, and specialized roles.

Responsibilities may include sourcing, screening, full-cycle recruitment, and leading searches from kickoff to placement. Candidates with experience in government or public-sector hiring are preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• Clear communication with clients and candidates is essential.
• Excellent organization and ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously.
• Experience conducting candidate screening and interviews to assess fit.

Responsibilities

• Understand client hiring needs and search priorities.
• Identify and engage qualified candidates, including passive ones.
• Screen candidates and present summaries of experience and fit.
• Coordinate interviews and maintain candidate communication.
• Keep recruiting records up to date and provide search updates.
• Support reference checks, offers, and placement coordination as needed.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver an organized search process.

Skills

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Candidate screening

Tools

LinkedIn

Job boards

ATS

Job description

About AlphaGov

AlphaGov is the government and public-sector division of Casa Moon LLC. We help public-sector organizations address workforce challenges through executive search, recruiting, workforce planning, and workforce intelligence.

We are inviting recruiters, executive search consultants, and sourcing specialists to apply for current and upcoming recruiting opportunities. We welcome experience across industries, functions, and seniority levels.

Government recruiting experience is preferred, but not required.

If you have successfully identified, engaged, and placed qualified candidates, we encourage you to apply.

The Opportunity

Support searches for executive, leadership, management, professional, and specialized positions. Depending on your background and the assignment, your involvement may include candidate sourcing, screening, full-cycle recruiting, or leading a search from kickoff through placement.

Searches may involve administration, finance, human resources, technology, engineering, infrastructure, operations, economic development, and other specialized functions.

What You'll Do

• Understand the client's hiring needs, position requirements, and search priorities
• Identify and engage qualified candidates, including professionals who are not actively seeking a new position
• Conduct screening interviews and assess candidates against established requirementsPresent qualified candidates with clear summaries of their experience and fit
• Coordinate interviews, candidate communication, and follow-up
• Maintain accurate recruiting records and provide timely search updates
• Support reference checks, offer discussions, and placement coordination as required
• Collaborate with AlphaGov's team to deliver an organized, responsive search process

What We're Looking For

• Experience in recruiting, executive search, talent acquisition, or candidate sourcing
• Ability to find and engage candidates for professional, leadership, or specialized positions
• Strong communication, organization, and follow-through
• Comfort using applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn, job boards, and other sourcing tools
• Sound judgment when handling confidential candidate and client information

We welcome applicants from search firms, staffing agencies, in-house recruiting teams, RPO providers, and independent recruiting practices. You do not need experience across every function listed above.

Preferred Experience — Not Required

• Recruiting for local, state, or federal government organizations, public utilities, higher education, or other public-sector entities
• Executive or senior leadership searches
• Hard-to-fill professional or technical recruiting
• Working with hiring committees, senior executives, or multiple stakeholders
• Managing several searches at the same time