Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Buxton is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to support client hiring needs through end-to-end recruiting and consistent candidate delivery. In this remote role, you will help strengthen the client brand across markets while guiding hiring managers and candidates through the selection process for a period of 06+ months.

This role centers on full life-cycle recruiting, relationship building, and strategic talent planning, with the autonomy to develop new candidate sources and shape near- and long-term recruiting direction. You will also advance your business acumen as you partner closely with teams and manage recruiting execution across multiple locations.

Role overview

• Own full life-cycle recruiting to deliver high-quality candidates aligned to client hiring needs.
• Lead efforts to advance client brand across markets in a remote environment.
• Guide hiring managers and candidates through the selection process.
• Support 06+ months of recruiting engagement in this remote role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct full life-cycle recruiting by building strong relationships with hiring managers, candidates, and the recruiting community.
• Use creativity to generate new candidate leads.
• Contribute to both the near-term and long-term recruiting vision.
• Increase business acumen to support effective recruiting strategy and execution.

Requirements

• Full life-cycle recruiting expertise, including proven experience with sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing candidates, and managing recruiting relationships.
• Strategic recruitment capability to recruit across a broad and deep range of positions in multiple locations, with a focus on national and multi-location hiring.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience partnering with hiring teams to develop recruiting strategies, sourcing plans, assessment approaches, and closing methods, including management of customer and partner expectations.
• Excellent organizational and documentation practices, including maintaining accurate records on candidates, searches, hiring manager interactions, and other recruiting activities in an applicant tracking system.
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with recruiting and talent acquisition processes, including Department of Defense (DOD) regulations.
• Prior experience recruiting Contract Administrators for DOD or similar organizations, with familiarity with role-specific requirements and regulations.

Skills preferred

• Familiarity with BrassRing Kenexa Applicant Tracking System.
• Familiarity with Phenom Candidate Relationship Management (CRM).
• Familiarity with Paradox.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.

Location and compensation

• Location: Remote (remote).
• Pay: USD 48 - 49 per hour.