Talent Acquisition Partner II - University Recruiting (Temporary)

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Company stock in total compensation

Health plans (medical/dental/vision)

Paid vacation and sick time

11 paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Stock discount through ESPP (15%)

Subsidized EV charging

Onsite fitness centers

Discounted gym memberships

Snacks and beverages

Merchandise discount (50%)

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner II for University Recruiting, based onsite in Long Beach, CA. This 8-month fixed-term role handles full lifecycle recruiting for critical university and intern roles, with opportunities for conversion to full-time.

Remote work is not available for this position. You will partner with hiring managers, manage sourcing, screening, interviews, and offers, and build pipelines with universities and career centers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-time university recruiting experience.
• Experience planning and supporting university and intern program events (career fairs, info sessions, conferences) and logistics.
• Agency and in-house recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting for aerospace & defense industry.
• Experience recruiting for high-volume nonexempt roles in engineering, software, and business operations.
• Strong communication skills with hiring managers, candidates, and partners.
• Experience sourcing for highly technical and niche roles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic hiring partner to hiring managers and leaders.
• Define requirements and ideal candidate profiles with stakeholders.
• Manage full life-cycle recruiting from sourcing to offers.
• Use Greenhouse ATS to build strong candidate pipelines.
• Build relationships with universities, student groups, and career centers.
• Represent Rocket Lab at events, career fairs, and conferences.
• Coordinate and support intern programs and social events.

Skills

University recruiting

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner II - University Recruiting (Temporary)

Long Beach, CA

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

PEOPLE & CULTURE

Rocket Lab’s People & Culture team is responsible for looking after our most valuable asset: our people. Across our global teams, the People & Culture team supports our people and departments across recruitment, new staff orientation, compensation, training and development. They make sure our growing and diverse global team is supported and capable of delivering our projects and customer’s missions, and they’re responsible for supporting their development, nurturing their skills and talent, and retaining the world-class people already on our team.

TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNER II - UNIVERSITY RECRUITING

Based onsite at Rocket Lab’s global headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates alike to fill highly critical roles. This is a full life-cycle recruitment position – you will own everything from initial sourcing and screening to extending offers. As a member of the TA team, you will be integral in fulfilling our mission to open up access to space to improve life on earth by hiring innovators who will help shape our rapidly expanding programs.

*This is an 8-month fixed-term role for immediate hire, with the potential opportunity to convert to full-time employment upon term completion. This role sits onsite at our Long Beach, CA headquarters – remote work is not considered for this position.*

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:

• Serve as a strategic hiring expert and partner to hiring managers and business unit leaders
• Partner with hiring managers to determine the requirements and expectations for their open positions, and the qualities of their ideal candidate
• Manage the full hiring life-cycle, from initial sourcing and screening to coordinating interviews and extending offers
• Utilize our ATS (Greenhouse) to build build strong candidate pipelines that meet business needs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with universities, student organizations, and career centers.
• Coordinate and represent Rocket Lab at events, career fairs, and conferences.
• Coordinate and facilitate intern program social events

YOU'LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of full-time university recruiting experience

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience planning and supporting university and intern program events, including career fairs, info sessions, conferences, social events with ownership of logistics, and material coordination.
• Agency and in-house recruiting experience
• Experience recruiting for the aerospace & defense industry
• Experience recruiting for high-volume nonexempt roles in engineering, software, and business operations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting high-performing teams
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with hiring managers at all levels, as well as candidates and external partners
• Previous experience sourcing for highly technical and niche roles

This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

Join one of the world's fastest-growing space companies and own a piece of it. In addition to competitive base pay,you'll receive company stock as part of your total compensation package, giving you a direct stake in our success. As we expand to new launch sites, groundbreaking missions, and global markets, your ownership has the opportunity to grow alongside the company.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes our industry-leading Employee Stock Purchase Program (with a 15% discount on company stock), top-tier medical plans (HMO, PPO, and a zero cost HDHP option with a significant HSA company contribution), dental and vision coverage, paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

Additional perks include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers (where available), discounted gym memberships, complimentary snacks and beverages, 50% employee discount on our popular merch store, and a variety of other employee discounts.

Level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base Pay Range (CA Only)

$75,000 - $90,000 USD

WHAT TO EXPECT

We’re on a mission to unlock the potential of space to improve life on Earth, but that’s not an easy task. It takes hard work, determination, relentless innovation, teamwork, grit, and an unwavering commitment to achieving what others often deem impossible. Our people out-think, out-work, and out-pace. We pride ourselves on having each other’s backs, checking our egos at the door, and rolling up our sleeves on all tasks big and small. We thrive under pressure, work to tight deadlines, and our focus is always on how we can deliver, rather than dwelling on the challenges that stand in the way.

FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN US OFFICES ONLY:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Learn more about ITAR here .

Rocket Lab provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment at Rocket Lab, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for the application/interview process for a job in the United States should contact Giulia Johnson at [e-mail]. This dedicated resource is intended solely to assist job seekers with disabilities whose disability prevents them from being able to apply/interview. Only messages left for this purpose will be considered. A response to your request may take up to two business days.

FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND OFFICES ONLY:

For security reasons, background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union, or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality. For more information on these Regulations, click here ITAR Regulations.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Rocket Lab Corporation’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.