Recruiter Position Available In Middlesex, Massachusetts

Recruiter
locations
Cambridge, MA
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 2 Days Ago
job requisition id

JR101269

The Opportunity
Lesley University is seeking a self-motivated Recruiter to join our team. This position offers a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in the university’s recruitment strategy and build relationships with prospective candidates. As a key member of our Talent Acquisition team, you will be responsible for overseeing the full-cycle recruitment process while ensuring an inclusive and engaging candidate experience from the initial screen process to offer negotiation.
The selected individual, reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, will lead full-cycle, high-volume recruitment across university departments. This includes sourcing candidates, managing search processes, supporting search committees, and coordinating interviews and offers. The role requires strong collaboration with hiring managers, effective communication of Lesley’s mission and benefits, and a focus on inclusive hiring practices. The Recruiter will also support onboarding, maintain candidate pipelines, and use tools like Workday to ensure an efficient, compliant, and positive hiring experience.
Qualities and Capabilities
The successful candidate will have:
at least 2+ years of full-cycle, high-volume recruiting or related experience; facilitates an inclusive recruitment experience for candidates from initial screening through offer negotiation;
exceptional communication (verbal and written), planning, organizational, problem-solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills;
strong attention to detail and ablility to juggle shifting priorities and manage time effectively;
ability to work across the university to create and implement initiatives that align and engage employees and candidates;
proven ability to exercise good judgment and discretion;
proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn applicant-tracking software or other recruitment systems (Workday experience preferred);
ability to effectively source passive candidates, build talent pools and learn new recruitment processes as well as technologies;
a comprehensive knowledge of talent acquisition, human resources, employment laws, and regulations, normally obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration (or related field) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Why Lesley
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.
Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual’s capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.
Expressing Interest
A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included for full consideration.
At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people — regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by applicable state and federal laws — can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly, the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University’s Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity’s webpage for the University’s entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information.
Who We Are
At our core, we are a caring and compassionate community bound together by our passion for improving the lives of others through education, mental health, and the arts.
Connected Through Caring
At Lesley, we believe actively advancing our own and all other’s potential leads to a just and humane world. Lesley is the only university in the country focused on advancing human potential through the life-time cultivation of professionals in education, mental health and the arts. We share an eagerness to build just and humane communities in a stressful and rapidly changing world.