Senior Recruiter, Public Sector and Municipality

Job Description

Introduction

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you'll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

 

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.


How you'll make an impact

Position Summary:
Leads research and recruiting activities on behalf of our public sector and municipality clients.  Collaborates with Senior staff and Management in driving all aspects of the research/search process including managing the execution and direction of research; search strategy development; position specification development; candidate interviews, assessment and presentation, in support of client needs.


Key responsibilities further include:  

  • Mapping role criteria
  • Defining position description and document specifications
  • Identifying prospective candidates through targeted company research, industry sources/networking, relevant prior searches and internal sources
  • Conducting in-depth phone interviews to qualify prospective candidates against position requirements and key competencies. 
  • Proactively identifies opportunities and needs for improvement. 
  • Concurrently manages multiple clients/searches at moderate volume of moderate to high complexity.  
  • Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products/services or processes.  
  • Often leads the work of small project teams; may formally train junior staff.

Additional Considerations:


About You

Required:

  • MUST have public sector and municipality talent sourcing and recruiting experience.
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in retained search or corporate recruiting/talent acquisition is required.  
  • Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations.  
  • Experience with database/CRM management.  
  • Polished communication skills, proficiency in detailed interviewing.  
  • Demonstrated ability to handle challenging client and candidate issues in a wide range of organizations with skill and tact.


Desired: 

  • Advanced degree preferred, but not required.  
  • Experience in retained search or corporate talent acquisition is highly desirable.

Work Traits:

  • Exceptional organizational skills.  
  • High attention to detail.  
  • Client focused along with relationship building skills.  
  • Creative and persistent/determined.  
  • Comfortable working with tight deadlines.  
  • Flexible, adaptable, creative and innovative.

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. 

 Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

  • Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
  • Life and accident insurance
  • 401(K) and Roth options
  • Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
  • Educational expense reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

  • Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
  • Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
  • Training programs
  • Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
  • Charitable matching gift program
  • And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

 

Search firms, consulting firms, or individuals who submit unsolicited resumes acknowledge that those resumes are available for Gallagher's consideration without any obligation to pay finder/referral fees. Gallagher, or any of its subsidiaries, will only pay a fee for a successful candidate placement when there is an agreement in place with the providing entity and the candidate submission complies with the regional guidelines for such submissions.

Gallagher never extends an offer of employment or requests any personal identification information without having received an online application and conducted one or more in-person or video interviews. We also do not use Skype, Zoom, Telegram or Gmail as part of our hiring process. If you have received any communication referencing the offer of a job at Gallagher and you have not submitted an online application or been interviewed by a Gallagher employee, please do not assume that the offer is being sent from a legitimate Gallagher representative.