**Description** AURA's mission is to provide innovative, open resources to enable discovery and excellence in research, to unify the astrophysics communities, and to promote public understanding of our universe and the benefits of science exploration. AURA carries out its role through its astronomical facilities. **General Description of Position:** The Senior Recruiter will lead high-level and specialized recruitment efforts, bringing expertise in sourcing and hiring strategies for senior, strategic, and hard-to-fill roles. This role also requires coaching and mentorship of teammates and will be a trusted advisor to hiring managers and key stakeholders. **Essential Functions:** **Responsibilities for all Sr. Recruiters** ( _These responsibilities apply to all individuals in this role_ ): 1. Strategic Recruiting Expertise: 2. Manage end-to-end recruitment for complex or senior-level positions, with a focus on delivering value-added outcomes with quality, creativity, and speed. 3. Build and maintain talent pipelines for assigned positions, particularly specialized, hard-to-fill, STEM, and leadership roles. 4. Collaboration, Advisory & Mentorship: 5. Partner with hiring managers, HR Business partners, and other key stakeholders to develop recruiting, selection, and interviewing plans focused on hiring the best candidate aligned with the business needs in the least amount of time. 6. Research and provide strategic insights on market trends, salary benchmarks, and talent availability, aimed at hiring the workforce for today and the future. 7. Support and coach teammates by sharing knowledge, listening, providing guidance and training on best practices in recruitment and sourcing. 8. Data-Driven Insights: 9. Gather, track and analyze recruitment metrics and suggest process improvements based on relevant data. 10. Leverage analytics to assess recruitment performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to leadership. 11. Maintain and enhance recruitment dashboards for real-time tracking of progress and KPIs. **Delegated/Specialized Responsibilities:** These responsibilities may be assigned to specific individuals based on organizational needs, expertise, or focus areas: 1. Employer Branding and Talent Marketing 2. Lead employer branding efforts to enhance the company’s reputation as a top workplace in key industries and regions. 3. Develop and execute targeted marketing campaigns across social media platforms, career sites, and industry events. 4. Manage and optimize the organization's presence on employer review sites and recruitment channels. 5. Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy 6. In partnership with DEI staff, champion initiatives to promote diverse and inclusive sourcing, recruitment and hiring practices and outcomes. 7. Partner with DEI staff, HR and business leaders to develop and sustain diverse talent pipelines. 8. Facilitate and coordinate DEI and interview competency training, including unconscious bias, equitable, effective and legally compliant recruiting for managers and recruiters. + All AURA employees are responsible for the proper management and control of all AURA property within their work area, whether assigned to them or someone else. This responsibility includes reporting any known missing, stolen, or non-working property in their work area to their supervisor or the AURA Property Officer. + Responsible for ensuring compliance with government award terms and conditions assigned to this position or subordinates of this position as defined in the Vela Award Management system, https://cas.aura-astronomy.org/Awards . **Other Functions:** + Other duties as assigned **Required Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:** + Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience and/or education. + 5+ years of full-cycle, strategic recruitment experience. + Significant experience in recruiting for technical, science, specialized, senior, or hard-to-fill roles. + Strong communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills. + Demonstrated emotional intelligence, integrity, cross-cultural competency, and work ethics. + Committed to tracking, measuring and reporting metrics and improving processes. + Must be creative, strategic, results oriented, collaborative and inclusive. + Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment tools. **Preferred Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:** + Ability to communicate in Spanish, desired but required. + Experience with international recruitment. **Physical Demands** The physical requirements described here represent those necessary to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. + Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods. + Occasionally required to move about the workspace to access tools, files, or equipment. + Regularly engages in tasks that involve handling, positioning, or moving objects weighing up to 10 pounds, and occasionally up to 25 pounds. + Requires the ability to focus on small details and accurately perform tasks involving fine motor skills. + Sufficient coordination and range of motion to operate tools, equipment, or systems relevant to the role. + Some travel may be necessary, both within and outside the contiguous United States. **Disclaimer:** The statements above describe the general nature and level of work required for this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. This organization promotes an Equal Employment Opportunity workplace and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. **Location:** Flexible. Preferably hybrid at an AURA office in Tucson, AZ; Maui or Hilo, Hawaii; or Boulder, CO. Remote options may be considered for candidates in states where AURA is registered as an employer. **Salary Range:** $95,000-110,000. The final salary will depend on skills, qualifications and experience. AURA offers an outstanding benefits package designed to support both your professional and personal well-being. This includes a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a 10% retirement contribution from day one, generous paid leave, retiree medical benefits, and a mission-driven work environment. Additional details about AURA's benefits can be found at https://hr.aura-astronomy.org/benefits-by-location/ . The position will remain open until it is filled. To be considered in the first round of reviews, please submit your application by **January 17, 2025.** + Submit a cover letter or resume, PDF files preferred. Please name any attachments with the following format: Lastname Docname. + Application documents that are not uploaded as part of the application may be sent to employment@aura-astronomy.org. Veterans, disabled individuals or wounded warriors needing assistance with the employment process should request assistance at employment@aura-astronomy.org The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is a consortium of 49 US institutions and 3 international affiliates that operates world-class astronomical observatories for the National Science Foundation (https://www.nsf.gov/) and NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/) . AURA’s role is to establish, nurture, and promote public observatories and facilities that advance innovative astronomical research. In addition, AURA is deeply committed to public and educational outreach, and to diversity (https://www.aura-astronomy.org/diversity/) throughout the astronomical and scientific workforce. AURA carries out its role through its astronomical facilities. **As a recipient of U.S. Government funding, AURA is considered a government contractor and is subject to Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action regulations. As an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, AURA does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender identity expression, lawful political affiliations, veteran status, disability, and/or any other legally protected status under applicable federal, state, and local equal opportunity laws. The statements below as well as the requests for self-identification are required pursuant to these regulations. We encourage your participation in meeting these federal reporting requirements which are included for protection and to assist us in our recordkeeping and reporting. Your responses are kept strictly confidential.** Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)