Montgomery County Office of Human Resources (OHR) is committed to building a talented and skilled workforce; enhancing the employee experience; and assuring service excellence for County residents.

OHR recruits and selects, administers benefits, manages performance, promotes and delivers professional development, health and wellness programming to 10,000 employees. OHR is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and values diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and cultures.

Our mission is to cultivate strategic partnerships, drive organizational change, and empower our workforce through transformative human resource solutions. We envision a welcoming workplace, an innovative workforce — a model organization. In our daily work, we strive to embody our REACH values: Results-oriented, Empowering, Agile, Collaborative, and above all, Human-centric.

About the positions:

OHR is seeking driven, enthusiastic, customer-centric, and self-motivated Human Resources Specialists (Recruiters) to join OHR’s collaborative and innovative Recruitment and Selection Team. This team is dedicated to advancing the mission of Montgomery County by facilitating an equitable recruitment and screening process resulting in a diverse and inclusive workforce. The incumbents will work in partnership with County leaders to actively seek out and court candidates, develop candidate pipelines and ease the recruitment and selection process for both candidates and hiring managers.

Duties Include:

• Partners with hiring managers and HR liaisons to understand current and anticipated future hiring needs and proactively identifies strategic recruiting solutions to meet those needs.
• Manages the full cycle recruitment process for positions in assigned business units.
• Develops and executes innovative recruiting and sourcing strategies, including use of social media, web searches, referrals, and industry-specific sources, to ensure a pipeline of highly qualified talent
• Proactively develop pools of qualified candidates, in advance of need
• Manage candidates seamlessly through the interview process
• Regularly update hiring managers and others regarding the status of recruitment activities
• Develop, deliver, and support training for relevant staffing activities
• Create and maintain best practices for recruitment and diverse talent sourcing
• Performs salary analysis and negotiates salary offers with applicants
• Facilitates delivery of an exceptional customer and applicant experience.
• Provides guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices and the development and use of valid selection criteria.

To perform the job successfully, candidates should be:

• Excellent communications skills and demonstrated “can-do” approach to employee sourcing
• Experience working in a highly collaborative culture to deliver a high-quality talent sourcing program
• Experience utilizing job boards and social media sourcing tools
• Experience conducting outreach, hosting community events, and networking with colleges, universities, professional and other organizations to recruit candidates

Additional Information:

• Candidates must have the ability to travel to various locations throughout the County.
• The Office of Human Resources offers a hybrid work environment that allows for some telework opportunity.
• For information on benefits and our total rewards policy Check out our competitive benefits here!

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business or Public Administration or related field.

Experience : Positions may be filled at the Human Resources Specialist I or II level as follows:

• Human Resources Specialist I, Grade N18 , we require one year of applicable professional experience in Recruitment.
• Human Resources Specialist II Grade N22 , we require two years of applicable professional experience in Recruitment.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted. Possession of a graduate degree in one of the above fields may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

There is no Preferred Criteria. All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated Qualified, placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for an interview.

Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with education and experience in the following:

• Active sourcing of candidates, using social media and other resources.
• Forging and maintaining productive partnerships to support recruitment activities.
• Leading and participating in HR project teams to develop and implement enhanced processes, procedures, and systems.
• Using Human Resources Information Systems and applications.
• Using Applicant Tracking Systems