Senior Recruiter, Newsroom (Temporary)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Recruiter (temporary role) to help cover our staffing needs for six months, focused on Newsroom and Wirecutter Editorial roles. 

Responsibilities include managing our hiring process, sourcing qualified candidates, and applying advanced interviewing techniques. Ultimately, you’ll employ your specialized skills and network to help us bring the right people on board. This is a hybrid position, requiring 3 days per week in our NYC headquarters.

If you have experience recruiting in our industry, and you’re a proven partner to close hard-to-fill roles in an efficient manner, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers
• Meet with managers and HR to identify hiring needs and develop a hiring plan 
• Build and maintain positive relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders
• Maintain ongoing communications with hiring managers and candidates on the hiring process to provide a positive and communicative experience
• Partner with hiring teams to interview candidates through a structured interview process
• Advise hiring managers in making hiring decisions
• Work with team members to coordinate the interview process
• Source qualified candidates through job sites, databases, networking, etc.
• Select and present qualified candidates to hiring teams
• Create reports on hiring progress and other recruiting metrics
• Maintain a pool of candidates through strategic sourcing, research, and excellent candidate experience
• Identify and provide insights on trends, issues, and opportunities in the marketplace that affect candidate pools and share them with NYT leadership team and hiring partners
• Articulate blockers and challenges in your searches and come up with solutions to address them
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
• You will report to the Director Talent Acquisition, Newsroom.

Basic Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience working in high-touch, full-cycle recruitment
• 2+ years of experience recruiting in a creative or editorial environment 
• 4+ years of experience managing requisitions in an ATS, e.g., Greenhouse
• 1+ year working on an in-house talent acquisition team

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience building and improving hiring processes and providing excellent candidate experience
• 1+ years of experience working in an OFCCP-compliant environment
• Experience in newsroom recruitment

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