Senior Manager, Recruitment

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Job Title: Senior Manager, Recruitment

Grade: MGT E

Annual Salary: $118,125

Location: Washington, DC

Organization Overview: We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union of about 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services. We believe in and fight for our Vision for a Just Society: where all workers are valued and all people respected, no matter where we come from or what color we are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come. We are an anti-racist union determined to check corporate power and uproot structural racism through unions, worker power, collective action, and government, legislative, and political action. We fight for Unions for All and a Government that Works for All so that all of us, across race and place, can have power together in unions and participate fully in our democracy.

Purpose: The Senior Manager, Recruitment leads the full-cycle talent acquisition strategy for the organization, ensuring the SEIU attracts, engages, and hires high-performing talent across all business units. This role provides strategic leadership for recruitment operations, partners closely with senior leadership, and drives initiatives that elevate the SEIU employer brand, optimize hiring processes, and support long-term workforce planning.

Primary Responsibilities: Any one position may not include all of the specific duties and responsibilities listed. Examples provide a general summary of the work required and should not be treated as a total and complete list of expected duties to be performed by employees in the classification.

Strategic Talent Acquisition Leadership

• Develop and execute a comprehensive recruitment strategy aligned with organizational goals and workforce planning needs.
• Partner with executive and senior leaders to understand talent gaps, future hiring needs, and organizational priorities.
• Lead the design and implementation of innovative sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality candidates.
• Oversee recruitment operations, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and compliance across all hiring processes.
• Apply an anti-racist and equity-centered lens to recruitment strategies, hiring practices, and decision-making to mitigate bias and advance inclusive hiring outcomes.
• Partner closely with the Unionwide Capacity Director to align recruitment strategy with unionwide capacity-building priorities, workforce pipeline development, and long-term organizational growth goals.

Team Management & Development

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of recruiter(s) fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Set performance goals, conduct regular coaching sessions, and support professional development.
• Allocate workload and resources to ensure timely and effective hiring outcomes.

Full-Cycle Recruitment Oversight

• Guide the team through all stages of recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, and offer negotiation.
• Ensure a seamless, high-quality candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.

Employer Branding & Candidate Experience

• Partner with Communications to strengthen employer brand presence across digital platforms, events, and recruitment campaigns.
• Champion a positive, inclusive candidate experience and implement improvements based on feedback and analytics.

Data, Reporting & Process Optimization

• Use recruitment analytics to track KPIs such as time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and candidate satisfaction.
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership to inform hiring decisions and workforce planning.
• Evaluate and optimize recruitment tools, systems, and workflows to enhance efficiency and scalability.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Build strong relationships with hiring managers, HR organizational partners, and cross-functional leaders.
• Manage external partnerships, including staffing agencies, job boards, and recruitment technology vendors.
• Ensure alignment with organizational values, DEI initiatives, and compliance requirements.

Direction & Decision Making: This position reports to the Director of People, Talent, and Human Resources and is responsible for exercising sound jud