Talent Acquisition Sourcer - Level 3 or 4

Northrop Grumman Space Sector offers a remote role with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and career growth. This Talent Acquisition Sourcer position focuses on identifying and pre-screening top talent, shaping recruiting strategies, leveraging sourcing technology, and collaborating closely with recruiters to deliver strong candidate flow in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

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

Responsibilities

• Provide sourcing support across engineering, and potentially manufacturing, operations, and related areas, including sourcing, screening, and managing candidate relationships with recruiters.
• Balance competing priorities in a fluid environment and deliver high-quality talent acquisition solutions to recruiters.
• Source and recruit qualified candidates while maintaining strong service levels with hiring managers, candidates, and stakeholders.
• Work with client-facing recruiters and hiring managers to understand needs and develop targeted sourcing plans, presenting them to the teams.
• Support events-based sourcing, invitational events, and targeted career fairs.
• Attract cleared talent and maintain a knowledge base of security clearances.
• Maintain data integrity in the candidate management database.
• Apply a business-minded approach to talent acquisition activities.
• Research market conditions and industry trends to inform decisions and marketing for positions.
• Link all phases of talent management from acquisition through development, retention, and culture.
• Use data and market intelligence to develop and execute staffing strategies.
• Leverage professional networks to source candidates for active requisitions.
• Source candidates from multiple channels with emphasis on LinkedIn, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs.com, Indeed, social media, and search engines.
• Promote employer brand messaging via social networks to drive traffic to open roles and build positive relationships.
• Utilize a Candidate Relationship Management system to track daily sourcing activity.
• Effectively attract passive external talent.
• Report sourcing data in weekly conversations with hiring managers and TA leadership.
• Conduct extensive data mining of social platforms to identify candidate profiles.
• Perform phone screens to pre-qualify candidates and maintain ongoing contact.
• Develop a solid understanding of the business, programs, technology, and cultural challenges.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the external recruiting landscape within the function.
• Assess candidates for cultural fit, competencies, and skills via in-person or phone interactions.
• Quickly synthesize feedback from candidates and hiring managers.
• Pre-close candidates early in the process to support high acceptance rates.

Requirements

• Level 3: Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• An additional 4+ years of experience may substitute for 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 with LinkedIn Recruiter or other sourcing platforms.
• Proficiency 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

Location and Travel

Location: Remote

Travel: Yes, approximately 10% of the time

Salary

Annual salary range: USD 81,400 to 176,300. Primary level range: USD 81,400 to 141,200. Secondary level range: USD 101,400 to 176,300.

Relocation Assistance

No relocation assistance available

Clearance

Clearance type: Secret. Clearance required for start: No. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.