Early Talent Acquisition Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Oversee Early Talent requisitions from the initial intake to the starting phase, addressing significant and high-volume hiring requirements.

• Facilitate the hiring process for early talent by coordinating stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables.

• Develop compliant job postings, sourcing strategies, and interview plans.

• Adhere to Workday workflows, employment law regulations, and internal standards while ensuring precise, audit-ready documentation.

• Provide timely, transparent communication and deliver a top-tier candidate experience.

• Assist early-career candidates with professionalism, empathy, and a personalized approach.

• Contribute to early talent hiring strategies and demand planning utilizing data, market insights, and workforce analysis.

• Collaborate with Hiring Managers, Business Leaders, and HR partners to grasp workforce requirements and aid in hiring decisions.

• Collect and disseminate competitive intelligence and trends in the Early Talent market.

• Leverage dashboards, analytics, and recruiting trends to enhance sourcing strategies and increase process efficiency.

• Responsibly utilize approved AI and emerging technologies for sourcing, candidate engagement, data synthesis, and process enhancement.

• Establish and sustain pipelines of interns and early-career talent.

• Implement targeted outreach and nurturing campaigns.

• Share effective early talent sourcing and hiring methodologies across the global talent team.

• Act as an ambassador for the ICF Early Talent brand.

• Travel to college and university campuses for career fairs, networking events, and Early Talent programs.

• Represent ICF and Early Talent at community events.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• At least 2 years of experience in recruiting for early talent, university recruiting, campus recruiting, or a related field.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% during the fall and spring recruiting seasons.

• Capability to build collaborative relationships and convey data and market insights to stakeholders.

• Strong judgment, organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent communication, storytelling, and candidate engagement abilities.

• Expertise in sourcing, particularly regarding Early Talent initiatives, including proactive outreach and engaging passive talent.

• Experience with ATS/CRM systems (e.g., Workday, Beamery) and analytics tools.

• Demonstrated curiosity about AI-enabled recruiting technologies and the ability to integrate approved features into team processes.

• Familiarity with Early Talent platforms such as Handshake, 12Twenty, Simplicity, etc.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabilities, disabled veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Confidential accommodation support throughout the application and employment process.