Senior Recruiter

Senior Recruiter 

Department: Human Resources / People Team 

Classification: Regular, Full-Time, Exempt 

Reports to: Senior Director, People Team 

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000 

Company Overview 

For more than 50 years, Insight Housing (formerly Berkeley Food & Housing Project) has provided a comprehensive range of housing, food, and support services to help those in need move from homelessness into a safe and affordable home of their own. We serve seven counties in the Bay Area and Northern California, and we are proud of our team members, who are deeply dedicated to our mission to ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our communities. 

Position Summary 

The Senior Recruiter is responsible for Insight Housing's talent acquisition strategy and operations — implementing recruiting workflows end to end, disseminating requisitions, anticipating roadblocks, and managing velocity across a full portfolio of open searches.

Insight Housing currently employs over 230 employees across 26 programs, operations, and administrative functions. Our workforce includes direct service staff, case managers, housing navigators, employment specialists, site supervisors, program directors, and administrative and operations professionals. We are actively building the staffing capacity to match the scale and complexity of our evolving program portfolio. On average, we have an average of 10+ open requisitions across our programs.

The person in this role should be prepared to recruit for positions that require a nuanced understanding of the nonprofit human services landscape, sensitivity to trauma-informed and culturally responsive practices, and the ability to identify candidates whose professional values align with Insight Housing's mission and culture.

This role also holds Insight Housing's 10-year talent acquisition vision, owns the ATS as a strategic asset, and partners closely with hiring managers to ensure today's practices support future growth. 

Strategic Talent Acquisition Leadership 

• Partner with the Senior Director, People Team to develop and improve recruitment strategy that is aligned with organizational goals and employer branding. 
• Partner with HR and leadership on workforce planning for program expansion and new site launches. 
• Advise leadership on labor market trends, talent availability, and hiring risks. 
• Refine the recruiting process from requisition intake through onboarding handoff. 
• Implement standard processes for internal transfers, promotions, and temporary support assignments. 
• Own requisition prioritization, routing roles for approval and keeping hiring managers and programs informed. 
• Resolve recruiting roadblocks and lead complex and/or time-critical searches, including executive and hard-to-fill roles. 
• Monitor recruiting pipeline, requisition time to fill, and staffing patterns to flag potential challenges early to leadership. 
• Own ATS (JobVite) optimization — configuring workflows, automations, and reporting to support scale.
• Stay current on recruiting tools and hiring trends in the sector and recommend changes that help Insight Housing stay competitive with peer organizations. 

Full-Cycle Recruiting & Hiring Manager Support 

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for roles across the organization, from requisition intake through offer acceptance and reference/background checks. 
• Partner with hiring managers to define job requirements, timelines, and selection criteria. 
• Review applications, conduct phone screens, coordinate interviews, and assess candidate fit. 
• Facilitate interview logistics — scheduling, testing, and collecting feedback. 
• Guide and train hiring managers and panelists on interview design, candidate evaluation, and equitable hiring practices. 
• Prepare, extend, and negotiate competitive,