Senior Recruiting Associate job in Durham

Arabella Advisors is searching for a Senior Recruiting Associate join us as the backbone of the recruiting team. This person will help coordinate and manage recruiting, events, social media, and firm-wide new hire orientation. We need someone dedicated to our social mission, and who will serve as an exceptional ambassador of Arabella to job applicants. This job is only for very organized individuals that are obsessive about details and providing high quality customer service.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting processes for junior level positions, including screening resumes, conducting phone screens, managing assessments, coordinating interviews, and facilitating offers, and background checks
• Coordinate logistics for recruiting processes for all open positions across the firm, including posting positions, tracking candidates in the ATS, obtaining applications, scheduling interviews, and administering hiring assessments
• Manage logistics for new hire orientation, including coordinating new hire communications, scheduling sessions, and coordinating travel (when relevant)
• Ensure firm-wide commitment to DEI is reflected in our recruiting process Help manage logistics for the firm’s recruiting events, such as career fairs and virtual information sessions, including setting up events and coordinating marketing materials
• Provide exceptional customer service to job seekers -- responding to inquiries within 48 hours and, overall, ensuring candidates have a positive experience with Arabella’s hiring process
• Provide ad hoc support to other Culture and Talent team functions, as needed

To Be Successful in This Role, You’ll Need:

• 2 or more years of relevant professional experience
• A passion for the social sector
• Experience in a fast-paced customer-service role; service-oriented
• Previous experience with an Applicant Tracking System or other database management
• Obsessive attention to detail, organization, and strong project management skills
• Experience managing logistics, including travel and event planning
• The ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• A basic understanding of employer benefits offerings
• Experience using social media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, especially Word and Outlook

Our Core Competencies:

• The ability to provide excellent, reliable service, including the ability to effectively recognize and elevate potential challenges, gather the information necessary to create and carry out solutions, and support those solutions with clear communications and thorough follow up.
• The ability to manage time, resources, and priorities to complete tasks on time with high-quality results
• The ability to be a positive and professional liaison for stakeholders such as clients, team members, and senior leaders, including understanding how the role relates to those stakeholders and how to gather information and resources from them in order to achieve certain goals
• The ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally to various audiences over various mediums.
• The ability to effectively collaborate, including a willingness to go above and beyond to help the team achieve goals, solicit others’ perspectives, share knowledge, and participate in activities that support diversity and inclusion
• A demonstrated eagerness to learn and take on new challenges, including an openness to direction and feedback and a willingness to ask questions
• The ability to take ownership and be creative and solutions-oriented when encountering challenges that don’t have obvious answers, and to be resilient when things become difficult

About Arabella Advisors

Arabella Advisors helps foundations, philanthropists and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work on issues ranging from the social and economic advancement of women and girls, and conservation of our climate and planet, to reducing poverty and inequity in the United States and around the world. Our staff members are mission-driven and action-oriented, and have a unique combination of experience in philanthropy, business, nonprofits, government, finance, law, and other fields. We combine creative, strategic thinking with knowledge and networks developed through decades of hands-on experience. The fastest-growing philanthropic advisory firm in the nation, Arabella is also a certified B Corporation.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Advancing DEI within our firm and in our work with partners is critical to our mission. To be effective partners to philanthropists, nonprofits, and communities impacted by philanthropic dollars, we need to have a highly diverse staff, a workplace where individuals are encouraged to retain their uniqueness and can feel a sense of belonging, and a nuanced understanding of the racial, ethnic, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, and other disparities that undergird the issues we engage in and the interactions we have with one another. For us, equity means that our staff members, our clients, and the people they serve can experience the same level of success, no matter their starting place. We expect all our employees to share this commitment, and always seek ways to improve how well we live these values. Click here to learn more about DEI at Arabella and read our official DEI statement.

Working with Us

Due to COVID-19, Arabella Advisors remains a remote-first organization for the foreseeable future and until further notice. At this time there are zero requirements for in-office presence. To encourage work/life balance, we offer flexible work options.

Our salaries are closer to the range of a nonprofit and our benefits are excellent. You’ll start with three weeks of vacation, 80 hours of personal time, and 20 hours of paid time to volunteer at an organization of your choice. In addition to seven federal holidays, you get to pick four more from a list of inclusive religious holidays and your birthday. We have a competitive health package that includes medical, vision, dental, and prescription insurance, and a 401(k) plan that is fully vested from day one. We also provide funds for professional development, a fitness benefit, and cover part of your personal cell phone plan.

We are committed to having a passion-driven, inclusive, transparent, collaborative, healthy, and fun culture. We invite you to visit our careers page to learn more.

How to Apply

Submit a resume and a one-page cover letter online. The cover letter should address why you’re excited to work at Arabella and why you’re qualified for this specific job.

Arabella Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to racial equity. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please let us know.
We encourage you to read (or listen to) our DEI statement prior to applying. We make a particular effort to recruit people of color and members of marginalized groups to apply for open positions. Once you have applied, we welcome your feedback on how you have experienced our values around DEI in the recruitment process.

While Arabella is open to individuals from various locations applying to join our team, please note that we generally are unable to pay for relocation expenses.

We will review applications as they are received and look forward to hearing from you.