What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recruiter - DENTAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED position at Clove Dental?
Recruiting Associate
The role: Build and run Clove's hiring engine as we scale from 9 to 100 offices over the next 24-36 months. Own end-to-end recruiting across dentists, hygienists, assistants, office managers, and HQ roles. Build the AI-augmented systems that let one recruiter do the work of three. Series B closed with tier-1 healthcare investors. Reports to: CEO (transitions to VP People once that role is filled). Location: LA-based with travel to our offices
You will own:
- Pipeline building across all clinical and operational roles — priority on dentist recruiting (highest-impact, hardest-to-fill)
- Sourcing strategy across LinkedIn, Indeed, DentalPost, iHireDental, dental school alumni networks, and our offshore sourcer team (2 sourcers in the Philippines)
- Candidate experience end-to-end: screen, schedule, interview coordination, offer negotiation, close
- Manager partnership: weekly intake meetings with office managers and clinical leads to align on profile and pipeline
- ATS hygiene and reporting: weekly pipeline dashboard to CEO, monthly hiring KPIs by office and role
- AI tooling: build the Clove Recruiting OS — automated outreach sequencing, candidate scoring, market hourly-rate analysis, ATS integrations
- New hire 30-day touchpoint: check in with every new hire at day 30 to flag any onboarding or fit issues to the office manager and VP People
- Full onboarding experience
- Exit interviews and offboarding
- Compensation philosophy and bands
- Employer brand and careers page
KPIs:
- 15 placements/month (scaling to 25/month at 18 offices)
- 3 qualified candidates per open requisition at any time
- Time-to-fill: <21 days non-clinical, <45 days hygienists, <75 days dentists
- Cost-per-hire: <$1,500 (excluding signing bonuses)
- 90-day new-hire retention: >90%
Profile:
- 3-5 years full-cycle recruiting, healthcare or multi-site services strongly preferred
- Hands-on with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems (Greenhouse, Lever, or comparable), and modern sourcing tools
- AI-fluent — has built or used AI workflows for sourcing, screening, or outreach
- Strong communicator — can push back on managers asking for unicorn profiles
- Comfortable cold-reaching dentists and clinical talent
- LA-based; no visa sponsorship