Recruitment Specialist

Location: Any US Office including Boston, MA

LOCATION INFORMATION

In order to be considered for a position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the location specified without relocation support or visa sponsorship now or in the future, unless explicitly noted otherwise in the position overview. If a position does not specify a location, applicants whose primary residence is a location where JSI is registered to conduct business will be considered:

• U.S. Locations: AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IN, IL, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, PA, RI, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, DC, and WI.
• Global Locations: Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and U.S.
  
  

Position Category: Direct hire, paid in US

Posting Date: 06/18/2026

Deadline Date: 06/24/2026

Salary Range: $76,344 - $122,846 Commensurate with experience and location.

Description

Organizational overview

JSI is dedicated to strengthening health and education systems to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities. We believe all people should have what they need to live their healthiest lives and reach their full potential. To accomplish this, JSI works hand-in-hand with government agencies, community organizations, and the private sector to design pragmatic strategies for complex problems. We drive measurable impact in public health, health care, and education to enhance the well-being of people in the United States and around the world.

As a global organization, JSI has designed, delivered, and scaled programs in more than 50 countries worldwide. In the U.S., JSI has worked in evaluation, training and technical assistance, policy, and strategy in all 50 states and has teams in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, DC, Georgia, Colorado, and California.

Position Overview

As part of the People & Culture team, the P&C Recruitment Specialist executes JSI’s global talent acquisition and workforce management strategies. Acting as the data-driven engine for active recruitment campaigns, this role blends high-touch candidate care with sophisticated platform management to ensure a seamless hiring experience across all divisions. By clearing recruitment bottlenecks and providing immediate operational surge support, this position coordinates closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-divisional teams.

This full-time, temporary (3-month initial contract) position reports to the Director, Talent Management and can be based in the U.S. where JSI is registered.

Responsibilities

People & Influence

• Partner with hiring managers and internal recruiters to guide candidates smoothly from sourcing to onboarding, preserving a high standard of candidate care.
• Interface confidently with candidates, employees, and organizational leadership to advise and coach teams on active recruitment protocols.
• Partner closely with the international P&C team to provide operational guidance and technical support to country program teams, establishing an accessible HR advisory resource for distributed field operations.
  
  

Results & Execution

• Execute day-to-day operations for a high volume of open requisitions, including screening resumes and conducting behavioral phone interviews from internships up to senior technical roles to yield high-quality candidate shortlists.
• Coordinate complex, multi-stage virtual panel interview scheduling across diverse domestic and international time zones to align schedules efficiently.
• Manage the hand-off process of finalized hires to the onboarding team, tracking administrative documentation to guarantee start-date readiness.
  
  

Thought & Strategy

• Collect and analyze key operational recruitment data to present trends, including sourcing channel effectiveness and pipeline diversity, to inform strategic outreach.
  
  

Expertise & Growth

• Manage system functionality within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to optimize daily recruitment workflows and maintain system health.
  
  

Financial & Resource Management

• Audit and manage data integrity within JSI's ATS, ensuring candidate profiles, scores, and requisition statuses remain accurate.
• Build and maintain weekly recruitment data dashboards using advanced Excel features to deliver clear operational metrics to talent acquisition leadership.
• Provide ad-hoc operational support to the broader corporate People & Culture team, such as assisting with special departmental initiatives, updating internal HR documentation, supporting audit readiness, and helping compile or format materials for organizational working groups, as requested.
  
  

Qualifications

Education, experience, skills, and competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Health, or Organizational Psychology, a related field, or equivalent experience. SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification is preferred.
• 7 years of progressive, hands-on experience in corporate recruiting, talent acquisition, or HR coordination. Experience working within a fast-paced global nonprofit, public health, or federal contracting environment is highly valued.
• Previous experience working within JSI systems, culture, and operational frameworks is strongly preferred.
• Advanced, power-user proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HRIS platforms. Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (e.g., pivot tables, data cleaning, trend visualization) are required to translate data into actionable leadership reports.
• Demonstrated analytic, proactive problem-solving, organizational, project management, and time management skills with meticulous attention to detail, with maturity of judgement in confidential matters; ability to thrive in a self-directed, fast-paced environment, and operate with a high sense of urgency and ownership with little oversight.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a proven ability to confidently interface with and advise leadership at all levels.
  
  

Language

• Fluent oral and written English communication skills. Fluency in a second language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, or others) is preferred.
  
  

Work environment

• Mostly operates a computer in a remote/virtual first environment.
• Ability to maintain a comfortable and ergonomic posture while working.
  
  

Work Authorization/visa Requirements/sponsorship

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
  
  

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
  
  

Interested candidates should submit their resumes and cover letters online by 06/24/2026.

No phone calls please.

Principals only please.