Sr. Talent Acquisition Associate - Temporary

Highspring; McLean (VA); Remote; USD 44,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

McLean on-site preference

Job summary

Highspring is seeking a temporary recruiter to quickly integrate with the Talent Acquisition team and manage assigned searches in a fast-paced professional services environment. This hourly role provides flexibility to work remotely, with preference for in-office presence at the McLean, VA location when needed.

You will partner with hiring leaders, develop sourcing strategies, screen candidates, coordinate interviews, and maintain candidate pipelines across multiple searches while delivering a

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in corporate, professional services, or search firms.
• Proven ability to identify and engage passive prospects using diverse sourcing platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and offer-support experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently in a distributed team and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, ATS, and sourcing tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring leaders to define role requirements and manage end-to-end searches.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies across networks, referrals, and job boards.
• Screen candidates, assess fit, and present qualified leads.
• Coordinate interviews and support offer negotiations.
• Maintain pipeline accuracy in recruiting systems and provide status reporting.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Passive candidate sourcing

Stakeholder management

Behavioral interviewing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Applicant Tracking Systems

Sourcing tools

Job description

Our Team

Highspring's Talent Acquisition team partners with leaders across the enterprise to attract, assess and hire talent that supports our business and clients. We are seeking a temporary recruiter who can quickly integrate with the team, manage assigned searches and deliver a consistent, high-quality hiring experience in a fast-paced professional services environment.

This is a temporary, hourly position expected to last approximately 6-8 months, based on business needs. The role will provide additional recruiting capacity during a period of increased hiring demand and team member leave coverage. It offers flexibility to work remotely; however, preference will be given to candidates who can work from Highspring's McLean office as needed. The recruiter will work closely with Talent Acquisition colleagues and hiring teams across Highspring and will be expected to operate independently and maintain momentum across multiple searches throughout the assignment.

What Will You Do?

• Partner with Talent Acquisition colleagues, hiring leaders and interview teams across Highspring to understand role requirements, establish recruiting plans and manage assigned searches from intake through offer acceptance.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies using professional networks, referrals, social media, job boards, industry groups and direct outreach.
• Source passive prospects, manage inbound applicants and make timely disposition decisions based on agreed-upon job requirements.
• Conduct structured screening interviews to assess relevant experience, capabilities, motivations, compensation expectations and alignment with the opportunity.
• Present qualified, interested candidates for roles across Highspring's business lines and shared services functions, based on the needs of the engagement.
• Coordinate interviews, maintain clear communication with candidates and hiring teams, and support offer development, negotiation and acceptance.
• Build and maintain pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs, documenting activity and candidate status accurately in Highspring's recruiting systems.
• Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience that reflects Highspring's culture and provides clear, timely information throughout the recruiting process.
• Provide accurate pipeline reporting, identify risks or bottlenecks and support recruiting projects, events and process improvements as needed.

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What Do You Need to Succeed?

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 3 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including responsibility for sourcing, screening, stakeholder management and offer support.
• Demonstrated success recruiting in a corporate, professional services or search firm environment while managing multiple concurrent roles.
• Proven ability to identify and engage passive prospects using a range of sourcing platforms, tools and professional networks.
• Results-oriented approach with the ability to prioritize competing demands, meet deadlines and maintain attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment and a service-oriented approach.
• Ability to ramp up quickly, work independently within established processes and collaborate effectively as part of a distributed team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools and structured or behavioral interviewing practices.
• Availability to work agreed-upon hours and remain responsive to candidates and stakeholders throughout the temporary assignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience recruiting talent in consulting, professional services, managed services, talent solutions or shared services functions.
• Working knowledge of recruiting compliance requirements and consistent hiring practices.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following talent markets:
• Consulting and professional services including public accounting/advisory career paths
• Technology, data and enterprise systems, including IT advisory career paths in ERP systems implementations, data & analytics and CIO advisory services
• Management Consulting candidate market

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Highspring believes that the following pay range reasonably estimates the hourly compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure to be between the range below.

Compensation Range

$32-$55 USD

EEO Notice

Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers.