Human Resources Specialist - Recruiting

As the Human Resources Specialist for Recruiting, you will partner closely with hiring managers across the City to lead full-cycle recruitment efforts supporting more than 300 professional staff. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor by helping departments identify top talent, navigate hiring decisions, and ensure processes are fair, transparent, and compliant.

Expected duties include:

• Coordinating full-cycle recruitment processes in alignment with the City’s Hiring Administrative Policy
• Cultivating strong partnerships with hiring managers and employees to align recruiting strategies with City goals
• Providing guidance and expertise on recruitment processes, such as candidate sourcing, screening, and interviewing, to ensure compliance with City policies, bargaining unit agreements, and applicable laws and regulations
• Supporting the development and maintenance of job descriptions across a diverse range of positions
• Identifying opportunities to enhance the hiring processes and improve the overall candidate experience

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, or a related field 
• Experience with recruiting as a primary job function

• Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Strong customer service orientation

• PHR, SHRM, PSHRA or other related human resources certification
• Experience working in NEOGOV or other applicant tracking software (ATS)
• Experience in researching and implementing new tools, strategies, or procedures
• Experience interpreting and applying human resource policies
• Experience working in a public or municipal agency

Drug screening, and criminal background check will be required.  The annual starting salary range is $76,312 - $86,874, DOQ, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Applications, including a resume, must be submitted online no later than Sunday, April 12th, 2026.   

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