Director, HR Recruitment and Performance Management

Job Summary

The Director of Recruitment (DOR) works collaboratively with administration, faculty, and staff to support Lake-Sumter State College’s strategic staffing goals. This position leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of comprehensive recruitment and marketing strategies designed to attract highly qualified, mission-aligned candidates. The DOR ensures that all recruitment efforts—digital outreach, advertising campaigns, community engagement, and employer branding—effectively promote LSSC as an employer of choice.
The DOR oversees the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring processes are efficient, welcoming, and reflective of the College’s commitment to excellence and student success. This role also designs, develops, and deploys HR training programs for faculty and staff, including onboarding, professional development, compliance, and leadership training, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and best practices.
Additionally, the position manages and administers all faculty and staff evaluations through the PERFORM platform, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with institutional standards. The DOR fosters a collegial, respectful, and high-performing work environment through all recruitment, training, and evaluation activities.
Responsible for exemplifying our core values of care, communication, collaboration, and celebration to support our mission to transform lives and futures in our communities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract highly qualified, diverse, and mission-aligned candidates for all positions across the College.
• Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring efficient, welcoming, and consistent processes from job posting through onboarding.
• Develop and implement targeted marketing and outreach campaigns—including digital advertising, social media, employer branding, and community engagement—to promote Lake-Sumter State College as an employer of choice.
• Strengthen LSSC’s employer brand through storytelling, marketing collateral, recruitment events, and consistent messaging that highlights the College’s culture, mission, and core values.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with hiring managers, division leaders, and campus departments to understand staffing needs and ensure effective, timely recruitment support.
• Manage recruitment technologies and systems, including applicant tracking tools, career site content, and recruitment data dashboards to track key metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate and participate in job fairs, campus events, and community outreach initiatives to expand and diversify recruitment pipelines.
• Design, develop, and deploy HR training programs for faculty and staff, including onboarding, professional development, compliance, and leadership training, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and best practices.
• Oversee and administer all employee evaluations—faculty and staff—through the College’s PERFORM platform, ensuring compliance, accuracy, timely completion, and alignment with institutional standards.
• Provide training, guidance, and support to supervisors and employees on the evaluation process, system functionality, timelines, and best practices within PERFORM.
• Develop and maintain recruitment-related policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure compliance, consistency, and best practices across the College.
• Use data analytics to assess recruitment trends, measure marketing effectiveness, support workforce planning, and improve evaluation processes.
• Promote a collegial, respectful, and high-performing work environment through professional communication, relationship-building, and alignment with the College’s core values.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, innovation, and service excellence within the recruitment and evaluation functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong knowledge of recruitment strategies, talent acquisition best practices, and workforce planning in a complex organizational environment.
• Knowledge of performance management systems and processes, including administration of faculty and staff evaluations (e.g., PERFORM or similar platforms).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong partnerships, provide guidance, and represent the College professionally.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and analytics to assess recruitment trends, evaluate processes, and support strategic decision-making.
• Strong understanding and commitment to the mission, values, and operational needs of a state college.
• Ability to foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing work culture through collaboration and relationship-building.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to manage projects, prioritize competing demands, and lead teams effectively.
• Proficiency with HR systems, applicant tracking systems, performance evaluation platforms, and related technologies.
• Knowledge of state and federal employment laws and regulations.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills, with the ability to navigate sensitive and confidential matters appropriately.

Minimum Qualifications & Education

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• At least seven (7) years of progressive HR experience, including significant recruitment and talent-acquisition responsibilities.
• Minimum of five (5) years in a supervisory or leadership role.
  Experience managing employee evaluation or performance management systems (e.g., PERFORM or similar).
• Evidence of analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• SHRM certification and/or membership.
• Experience in higher education or public sector environments.
• Experience with recruitment marketing or employer branding initiatives.

Lake-Sumter State College provides a wide range of affordable, competitive, and comprehensive benefits that are a vital part of your total compensation package. These programs are centered around health and wellness, financial security, and professional development.