University and Early Careers Recruiter

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Our University and Early Career Recruiting team are trusted partners to the business, responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle and delivering a seamless and strategic hiring experience in close collaboration with hiring teams.

We're seeking a dynamic, passionate, and outgoing University and Early Careers Recruiter to help us attract the brightest emerging minds in science, engineering, and technology. In this role, you'll be responsible for identifying and engaging top student talent from leading universities and research institutions, with a focus on individuals specializing in AI, engineering, Machine Learning, data analytics, and computer science. If you're energized by building meaningful connections and shaping the future of tech talent, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and recruit candidates for internships, fellowships, and early-career full-time roles, managing the full-cycle recruitment process.
• Build trusted partnerships with hiring managers, providing data-driven guidance on talent availability, recruitment timelines, and sourcing strategies.
• Partner closely with the University Recruiting Senior Manager to align on recruiting priorities, execution plans, and delivery against hiring goals, for interns/emerging talent.
• Serve as a point of contact for campus engagement, including career fairs, research symposiums, hackathons, capstone presentations, and virtual info sessions.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with academic partners, including faculty and research centers, to continue to position MITRE as a top destination for research-driven careers.
• Collaborate with business and marketing partners to co-create candidate attraction and recruitment marketing initiatives that strengthen MITRE's employer brand and attract key talent.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through timely communication, transparency, and a high-touch, personalized recruiting approach.
• Reach out to referrals in a warm, professional manner upon receiving the resume.
• Engage in on-campus events, including career fairs, to build relationships and convert prospective candidates into applicants.
• Leverage sourcing tools, talent events, marketing campaigns, academic partnerships, and social platforms to drive candidate engagement and build high-quality pipelines.
• Create formal offers in Workday system and negotiate final offers as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• 5+ years of Recruiting/Talent Acquisition experience, 3+ in Campus recruiting
• Strong grasp of emerging technologies such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science.
• Experience managing and prioritizing high volume requisition loads
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, adept at engaging and serving as a consultant to all levels of management and leadership
• Experience with ATS and HCM systems required, preference for Workday experience
• Ability to travel up to 50%; requires a minimum of two days per week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in government contracting and/or non-profit recruiting, with a demonstrated understanding of government hiring practices and clearance requirements.
• Professional services, technology, and/or government contractor industry experience highly preferred.
• Ability to build trust and rapport across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal awareness and relationship-building skills.
• Exceptional communication skills; written and verbal

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$99,600 - $124,500 - $149,400 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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