Contract Medical Recruiter

About the role

You'll manage full-cycle recruiting for assigned work groups, from identifying hiring needs through candidate selection, offer negotiation, and search closure. Your searches will span entry-level positions through specialized healthcare roles, including exempt and non-exempt positions.

Working with hiring managers and geographically dispersed teams, you'll prioritize searches, develop recruitment strategies, and guide candidates through the hiring process.

Material Employment Conditions

Hybrid work arrangement combining onsite work at our corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with remote work.

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to define position duties and qualifications, develop recruitment strategies, and establish search priorities and timelines. Advise on hiring practices and sourcing trends.
• Build qualified candidate pipelines through job postings, social media, job fairs, professional associations, and industry networking, including ongoing relationships with passive candidates.
• Screen and interview candidates, guide hiring teams through candidate selection, and negotiate employment offers.
• Provide timely, responsive communication to candidates and hiring teams, creating a positive experience for both selected and non-selected candidates.
• Meet and exceed recruitment performance goals for time to fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance rate, and diversity of final candidate slates.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with applicable employment laws and accurately document all recruitment activities in the applicant tracking system.
• Identify recruitment process inefficiencies and recommend and implement improvements.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
• Experience using SmartRecruiters or another applicant tracking or HR information system, along with recruiting channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, social media, job fairs, and industry networking.
• Ability to build qualified candidate pipelines and conduct cold calls.
• Experience building strong business relationships with hiring managers, executives, and other decision-makers.
• Experience with Excel, reporting, and recruitment metrics, supported by strong analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of applicable local and regional employment laws.
• Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, including the ability to read, write, and speak English effectively.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed, virtual teams, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively while managing multiple searches.
• Solid business acumen and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make quick decisions amid ambiguity and changing recruitment priorities.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information and making decisions using sound judgment.
• Ability to obtain a base security clearance, if required.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3 years of healthcare industry experience.
• Experience recruiting for technical, medical, or specialized roles supporting government contracts.
• Experience working in a large, multinational organization with a matrix reporting structure.
• Strong sourcing and professional networking skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Benefits Language (FTE roles)

• Full-time positions are eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Additional benefits include a 401k plan, paid time off, and an annual bonus.
• International SOS Government Medical Services complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.