Job Description

Target Hiring Range: $99,518-$135,000
Department: Human Resources
Posting Date Range: 12/9/2025-12/23/2025
Pay Grade Range: $99,518-$168,496
Work Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Remote Work Status: Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: 3 days onsite in Building 888
All remote or hybrid work arrangements must be performed from within the continental United States, subject to Sergeant at Arms approval.
This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

Job Description

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner III to serve as a recruitment partner to hiring managers and leadership, providing guidance on hiring policies and complex recruitment challenges. They analyze recruitment trends and metrics and recommend innovative HR solutions that align with organizational goals. The incumbent will serve as a recruitment subject matter expert and must have experience with full lifecycle recruitment. This role requires adaptability to new technologies, strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels, and a commitment to superior customer service. The incumbent will support largescale recruitment projects and create tailored, customized recruitment training for hiring managers.

Core Competencies

• Analytical aptitude
• Relationship management
• Consultation
• Business acumen
• Ethical practice
• Attention to detail
• Verbal and written communications
• Service orientation
• Discretion

Key Accountabilities / Essential Job Duties

• Serves as a subject matter expert on recruitment processes, policies, and procedures; provides expert interpretation of employment policies, laws and regulations.
• Acts as a strategic partner to stakeholders to ensure alignment of talent acquisition process with departmental goals.
• Serves as subject matter expert in sourcing and engaging top talent through various channels to meet longterm organizational needs.
• Proactively analyzes recruitment metrics and trends and makes recommendations for executive decisionmaking and optimizes recruitment processes.
• Develops, implements, and executes recruitment outreach strategy, branding efforts and hiring events.
• Maintains and updates recruitment tools, resources and systems and technologies to support talent acquisition.
• Participates in interview panels and makes recommendations for the selection of applicants.
• Builds and maintains a robust candidate pipeline to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

Required Education

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources management, Business Administration, or related field.

Required Work Experience

• 8+ years of talent acquisition experience, including project leadership in complex projects or initiatives.

Required Special Skills / Knowledge

• In keeping with the policy of conflicts of interest, relatives of Sergeant at Arms employees are not eligible to work in the Human Resources Office.
• Advanced problemsolving and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing largescale recruitment projects.
• Advanced experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment technologies.
• Strong knowledge of and application of employment laws and best practices.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of colleagues, applicants, and external partners to achieve results.
• Confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information.
• Ability to proactively source and stay selfmotivated.
• Ability to work independently and complete projects with minimal guidance.
• High attention to detail and ability to organize, manage, and prioritize many tasks.
• Ability to interpret data effectively.
• Ability to adapt to changing situations.
• Ability to produce highquality work consistently.
• Ability to provide high levels of customer service.
• High aptitude for continuously learning new skills.
• Experience and skill in recruiting a diverse workforce in multiple disciplines.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering effective recruitment training sessions for hiring managers.
• Ability to create customized training materials and facilitate interactive workshops on structured interviews, behavioral questioning techniques, bias mitigation in hiring, and other recruitment topics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively convey complex hiring processes, provide clear guidance to hiring managers, and facilitate productive candidate interactions.
• Proactive problem solver who takes initiative to find creative and effective solutions.
• Must have high attention to details to produce high quality written communications and projects with minimal errors.
• Experience ensuring accuracy and compliance with recruitment processes to maintain consistency and fairness.
• Experience adjudicating criminal background checks.Experience communicating with leadership about recruitment projects, challenges and developments.
• Experience screening and recommending qualified candidates including candidates who have veterans preference.
• Experience reviewing, developing, and providing feedback on interview questions for hiring teams to effectively evaluate candidates.
• Positive attitude and commitment to delivering excellent customer service to stakeholders.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Skills Test

• As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicants proficiency in key areas relevant to the role.

Conditions of Employment

• To be employed by a Senate employing office in a paid position in the continental United States an individual must:
• Be a U.S. citizen;
• Be lawfully admitted for permanent residence and seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C.;
• 1324b(a)(3)(B);
• Be (i) admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C.;
• 1157 or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C.;
• 1158 and (ii) have filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or
• Owe allegiance to the U.S. (i.e., qualify as a non-citizen U.S. national under federal law).
• Employment is contingent on background / security investigation results.

Benefits At-a-glance

The SAA provides a highly competitive benefits package for all SAA staff. Our benefits extend beyond health care coverage to help provide employees with student loan reimbursement, professional development, transportation subsidy, TSP/retirement savings, access to our Employee Assistance Program, and more! For more information regarding SAAs benefits, please visit .

Accommodations

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the SAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAA and need special assistance or an accommodation to complete the application process, please submit your request to employment@saa.senate.gov email with Accommodation in the subject line.

Voluntary Self-Identification for Veterans' Preference

If you are identifying as veterans' preference eligible under the VEOA, please use this link to complete your application for Veterans' Preference AFTER you apply for this position. The link will also be available on the Thank You page after you have submitted your job application. Candidates only need to apply one time for veterans preference to be considered for all future veterans preference positions within the Senate Sergeant at Arms.

• All supporting documents must ONLY be provided within the Veterans Preference Application and within the stated deadline of the job announcement.
• Late applications for veterans preference will not be considered.
• Documentation to obtain veterans preference will not be considered if attached to the job application.
• If you need to revise or resubmit your Application for Veterans' Preference/documents, please withdraw your previous Application for Veterans' Preference and resubmit. If you require assistance, please email employment@saa.senate.gov .
• To view additional information regarding the VEOA, please click here .

An applicant who declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provide information and documentation regarding his/her disabled veterans status will not be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the individual may be ruled ineligible for veterans preference.

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