Talent Acquisition Sourcer - Level 3 or 4

Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Level 3 or 4) with Northrop Grumman Space Sector focuses on sourcing and pre-screening top talent, supporting recruiting strategy, technology optimization, and recruiting marketing.

Responsibilities

• Provide sourcing support across engineering disciplines and related manufacturing, operations, and functional areas, including sourcing, screening, and managing candidate relationships with recruiters.
• Balance competing priorities in a dynamic environment, delivering proactive talent acquisition solutions to recruiters.
• Source and recruit qualified talent while delivering strong customer service to hiring managers, candidates, and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with client-facing recruiters and hiring managers to assess hiring needs, develop formal targeted sourcing plans, and present them to teams.
• Support events-based sourcing, including focused invitational events and targeted career fairs.
• Attract cleared talent and maintain knowledge of security clearance requirements.
• Maintain data integrity within the candidate management system.
• Apply business-minded thinking to talent acquisition processes.
• Research market conditions and industry trends to inform decision-making and market positions.
• Connect talent management phases from acquisition through development, retention, and culture.
• Leverage data and market intelligence to design and execute staffing strategies.
• Leverage professional networks to source candidates for active roles.
• Source candidates via multiple channels, emphasizing LinkedIn, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs.com, Indeed.com, social media, and search engines with advanced Boolean searching and niche job boards.
• Promote employment brand messaging through social networking groups and forums to drive traffic to open roles and build positive relationships.
• Utilize CRM to log day-to-day sourcing activity in the candidate management system.
• Successfully source and attract passive external talent.
• Share sourcing data and insights in weekly reviews with hiring managers and TA leadership.
• Conduct extensive data mining of various social media platforms to identify candidate profiles.
• Conduct phone screens to pre-qualify candidates and maintain ongoing candidate contact.
• Develop a high-level understanding of the business, programs, technologies, and cultural challenges.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the external recruiting landscape within the function.
• Assess candidates for cultural alignment, competency, and skill fit through in-person or phone interviews.
• Synthesize candidate and hiring manager feedback quickly.
• Routinely pre-close candidates early in the process to ensure high acceptance rates.

Requirements

• Level 3: Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience sourcing technical talent across engineering disciplines (Systems, Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace) and non-technical areas (business, production, operations, supply chain).
• Experience sourcing cleared talent.
• Experience sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• HireEZ
• ClearanceJobs.com
• Indeed.com
• CRM (Candidate Relationship Management system)
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Workday
• Eightfold

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Overtime
• Shift differential
• Discretionary bonus
• Long Term Incentives

Relocation Assistance

• No relocation assistance available

Clearance

• Clearance required for start: No
• Clearance type: Secret

Travel

• Yes, 10% of the time

Salary Ranges

• Primary level salary range: $81,400.00 - $141,200.00
• Secondary level salary range: $101,400.00 - $176,300.00