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. OHR encourages BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), immigrants, women, LGBTQIA , individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.

OHR seeks a high performing, skilled and committed manager to lead the Recruitment and Selection Division in sourcing and recruiting a diverse, highly qualified talent pool across the County’s 35 departments and agencies and to be part of improving the employee experience throughout the career span.

The Recruitment and Selection Manager have the following areas in your portfolio and will:

• Recruit top talent - Create and implement a forward-thinking and sustainable strategy for scouting and attracting candidates to County service, making strategic investments in tools, outreach and education events and making connections to public schools, institutions of higher education, and other sources to create pools of talent to meet the County’s staffing needs.
• Elevate and modernize delivery of the County’s recruitment program - Develop, standardize, and enhance current processes and policies to improve candidate experience, reduce time to fill, and train and grow recruitment professionals.
• Lead strategic collaborations with hiring leaders – Lead, advise and guide development of strategic workforce plans engage with the County’s hiring managers to deliver candidates to meet current hiring needs, to forecast and attend to future hiring needs, and promote Montgomery County as a premier employer regionally and nationally.
• As the Recruitment and Selection Manager, you will:
• Manage assigned staff and resources to delivery high quality recruitment services.
• Develop and manage recruitment advertising, sourcing, and communication strategies.
• Provide consultation and represent the County as needed in relevant matters under review by EEO, Merit System Protection Board, grievances, workers compensation, as well as in union negotiations related to recruitment and promotion issues.

To be a successful Recruitment & Selection Manager, you must:

• Demonstrate progressively responsible experience establishing the work program of and leading recruitment and hiring activities.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills; verbal and written communication skills and you are an active listener.
• Have strong customer service, human-centric, relationship and team management skills
• Have experience leading data-driven improvements, managing and analyzing relevant data.
• Be gifted in managing multiple and competing priorities and possess the necessary diplomacy to navigate a work environment where there are competing goals.
• Establish and maintain strong professional relationships with internal and external customers.

Additional Information:

As a manager/supervisor working in a union environment, this position has a responsibility for fostering a positive labor relations environment based on mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

This position requires the ability to attend meetings or perform work at locations outside the office. This position MAY require work during non- traditional hours to include early mornings, evenings/nights, weekends.

To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory trainings within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $86,401 (minimum) - $119,670 (maximum).

Included in your resume document, please provide a sample comprehensive organizational recruitment plan.

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: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.

Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in Recruitment and Selection or related human resources programs.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of experience and education may be substituted.

There are no preferred criteria for this position. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications will be placed on the eligible list with a rating of Qualified and will be eligible for interview.

Selection for interview will be based on the following criterion:

• Experience leading and managing recruitment and selection programs and processes;
• Experience managing and supervising teams, including training and performance management;
• Expertise in sourcing tools and recruitment outreach and education strategies;
• Working knowledge of labor and employment laws and legislation [such as: EEO, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, Pay Equity Act, Racial Equity and Social Justice Act, Ban the Box, Personnel Regulations, Collective Bargaining Agreements, etc.].
• Experience implementing human resource information systems,
• SHRM certification.