About Skylight
Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.
If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists. The work we do matters.
About the job
As a Talent Acquisition Partner, Sourcing Specialist, you’ll collaborate across the company, working directly with the Head of People Ops and hiring managers to build and maintain a healthy pool of qualified candidates. This role plays a vital part in making sure the right people are in place to drive high-impact solutions for our government customers.
What you’ll do
- Partner with hiring teams to understand Skylight’s current and future talent needs, aligning sourcing efforts with workforce planning and project demands
- Design and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage candidates across a range of technology-related talent pools
- Proactively reach out to and engage prospective candidates, assessing technical expertise and cultural alignment with Skylight’s mission and values
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of high-quality talent within our applicant tracking system, ensuring readiness for both immediate and future hiring needs
- Serve as a brand ambassador for Skylight, effectively communicating our mission, values, and employee value proposition to attract top-tier, mission-driven talent
- Deliver a consistent, thoughtful, and inclusive candidate experience throughout the sourcing and recruitment process
- Stay current on industry trends and sourcing innovations, continuously identifying opportunities to enhance tools, practices, and outreach methods
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of Skylight’s sourcing operations, bringing a strategic mindset and collaborative spirit to all aspects of talent acquisition
What we're looking for
Minimum qualifications
- Extensive sourcing experience at an in-house or agency environment
- Experience sourcing for technical and non-technical roles
- Ability to work independently, solve problems proactively, and develop creative approaches to sourcing and engaging candidates
- Experience and a passion for creating and ensuring positive candidate experiences
- Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter to conduct effective search strategies
- Experience ensuring the accuracy of data in our applicant tracking system (we currently use Greenhouse)
- Flexibility to adapt to the dynamic nature of hiring and staffing in our professional services environment
- Great organizational skills, including attention to detail
- Great written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
- Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
- A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
- Ability to travel for work from time to time
Nice-to-have qualifications
- Experience with AI-powered recruiting technologies (e.g., resume screening, candidate matching, sourcing automation, or analytics platforms) to improve efficiency and enhance the candidate experience
- Experience with Greenhouse or other similar ATS systems
- Prior civic tech or government contracting industry experience
Don’t meet 100% of the criteria but think you can do the job? We’d love to chat anyway! We’re on a mission to build diverse teams, and studies have shown that women and marginalized folks are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t check every box.
Other requirements
- All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.
- You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
- As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.
- You may be required to complete a company background check successfully.
- Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.
Position type
This is a full-time, exempt position.
Location
This is a fully remote position.
Care package
Salary
The salary range for this position is between $125,000–150,000, based on experience and qualifications.
Benefits
Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off-policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good
Interview tips
- Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
- Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
- If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [email protected].
We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you’re authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
