Senior Recruiter – University & Talent Acquisition

CEI; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI in Allentown, PA seeks a Senior Recruiter specializing in University and Talent Acquisition to build intern pipelines and manage campus relations. This hybrid role requires collaboration with HR partners and college contacts to identify top candidates for internships and full-time roles.

The position is a 5-month contract at $50 per hour, with in-office Tuesdays through Thursdays and remote options other days.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 4–7 years of related human resources experience.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and manage a high volume of tasks.
• Proactive approach to completing tasks with attention to detail.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a central point of contact for diversity recruitment partnerships and marketing programs for full-time vacancies.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and Mgr. Diversity and Inclusion in recruiting and outreach efforts to advance the company’s brand.
• Support the talent acquisition process through initial sourcing and use of LinkedIn/ social media to proactively seek qualified candidates.
• Monitor outreach programs and provide analytics for workforce planning.
• Recommend alternative sourcing mechanisms using emerging technologies and innovative solutions.
• Coordinate campus events: registration, marketing materials, logistics, and follow-up actions.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment for undergraduate and graduate internships including scheduling and offers.
• Collaborate with the Intern Program Lead on planning, communications, events, and offers.
• Support HR with intern placement decisions and mentorship assignments.
• Analyze sourcing initiatives for effectiveness and share best practices within the team.
• Ensure recruiting activities follow policies and laws.
• All other duties as assigned.
• May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role.
• Work location may be on-site, remote, or hybrid as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Task prioritization

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Job description

Back Senior Recruiter – University & Talent Acquisition

Other Allentown , Pennsylvania Contract Hybrid Nov 5, 2026

Senior Recruiter – University and Talent Acquisition

Location: Allentown, PA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Tues- Thurs in office, M/F from home)
Contract: 5-months

Pay: $50 per hour + optional medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

Job Description

The Senior Recruiting Specialist is responsible for important talent pipeline activities from supporting our robust intern program, to sourcing candidates for various client groups. This position will focus on collaboration with colleges and intern position recruitment, and interfacing with a broad range of internal customers and a variety of external contacts. This position works closely with the HR Business Partners and line management to develop a recruiting strategy ensuring the right interns and candidates are identified and ultimately selected.

Key Callouts:

Hybrid (Tues- Thurs in office, M/F from home ) in the Allentown, PA office

Ideal candidates would have experience using LinkedIn Recruiter or Indeed

Looking for a seasoned Recruiter with a strong attention to detail, ability to build relationships and solid communication skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as a central point of contact for diversity recruitment partnerships and marketing programs, as well as other recruitment sourcing events for full time vacancies.

• Partners with the HR Business partners and Mgr. Diversity and Inclusion in recruiting and outreach efforts such as job fairs, community activities, diversity outreach, college relations, etc. to advance the company’s recruitment brand.

• Support the talent acquisition/recruitment process through initial sourcing of applicants for select positions as well as savviness with technology tools, such as LinkedIn and social media, to proactively seek out qualified candidates.

• Monitor outreach programs, define key metrics to measure success and provide reporting analytics for workforce planning.

• Make recommendations for alternative sourcing mechanisms based on emerging technologies and provide innovative solutions to create awareness of job opportunities with available talent pool.

• Support university/college relations through coordination of campus events: registration, preparing marketing materials, ensuring that supplies and logistical information is provided to attendees, processing payment, and handle any follow up actions needed.

• Responsible for the full cycle recruitment process of undergrad and graduate internship positions: working with hiring managers and interview panel to select candidates for interviews, scheduling of interviews, extending internship offers and placement activities.

• Collaborate with the Intern Program Lead to support planning, communications, events, evaluations and offers to interns.

• Support HR Business Partners with intern employment activities such as placement decisions, supervisor, and mentor assignments as well as a backup point of contact to meet internal client service expectations.

• Collaborate with HR Business Partners to determine optimal approaches to strengthen candidate pool and analyze sourcing initiatives for effectiveness based on statistics and feedback.

• Act as liaison within the team to share best practices, updates and common topics that may affect all team members.

• Support other HR functions with special projects and new initiatives as required.

• Ensures that recruiting and hiring activities follow company policies, federal, state and local laws.

• All other duties and projects as assigned.

• May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.

• The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Four to seven years related human resources experience.

• Good verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills and presentation development.

• Ability to prioritize, plan, and manage a high volume of tasks.

• Proactive approach to completing tasks, seek out ways to improve processes, and a strong attention to detail.

• Excellent computer skills to include Microsoft Office products

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 years related human resources experience, including recruitment.

• Human Resources Certification (PHR or SHRM – CP)

• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

• Experience with University/College relations

• Strong analytical, internal consulting, influencing and relationship-building skills

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