Recruitment Manager

Position Title: Recruitment Manager
Reports to: Resource Manager
Location: Washington DC

Lionbridge (NASDAQ:LIOX) is a global outsourcing company that combines onshore, near-shore and offshore resources with proven program management capabilities to deliver value throughout a client's product or application lifecycle - from development through globalization, testing, and maintenance.

With a history of managing complex IT projects across multiple time zones, languages, and cultures, Lionbridge helps clients mitigate the risk of global sourcing by implementing best practices for knowledge transfer, project governance, and offshore transition. Lionbridge stays close to its customers by managing global program execution from solution centers in twenty-five (25) countries.

Position Description
The Recruiting Manager is responsible for leading all linguistic (e.g. interpreters, translators) recruitment efforts for the Washington DC office. This position also will ensure that each linguist candidate completes applicable compliance and quality requirements, including the completion of any required government security documentation. This position reports directly to the Resource Manager of Lionbridge Federal.

ResponsibilitiesManage a team of 4+ recruiters. Create, implement and manage creative programs for attracting, recruiting and screening new linguist candidates. Rapidly increase freelance and full time linguist resources for new contracts upon award. Network and develop contacts with cultural organizations and other groups to recruit linguists in rarer languages. Analyze data to determine which recruitment efforts will have the greatest impact on profitability, and lead recruitment team accordingly.Manage the negotiation and documentation of payment agreements with new linguists, within the office guidelines. Participate in cross-departmental meetings to continually improve processes for qualifying new linguists. Be proactive in implementing agreed upon processes.Work closely with the QA department to ensure that testing and training requirements are completed in a timely manner.Work closely with the Production team to assess all new recruitment needs.Work closely with IT Department to implement recruitment tracking processes and tools.Collaborate with the Lionbridge corporate recruitment team to better workflow processes and leverage various skill specialties for the development of each team. Provide organized reports that clearly demonstrate recruitment progress to Resource Manager


Required Skills/BackgroundExtensive experience recruiting for DoD or Civil sector federal contracts.Three (3) years minimum of staff management experience.Ability to develop and mentor subordinate recruiters. Experience in recruiting, qualifying and contracting vendors – preferably linguists.Innate ability to prioritize work responsibilities based on business requirements.Strong skills in analyzing data to make informed decisions.Experience in conducting online research.Ability to develop and organize reference materials for recruiters, such as past recruiting efforts and their success rate.Innovative, goal-driven and organized.Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written. Able to represent Lionbridge with a high degree of professionalism.Proven capability to work effectively in a team-based environment.


Desired Skills/BackgroundMust be eligible for a TS security clearance, possession a plus EVM training or experience preferredFlexibility to travel up to 50% timeWork experience in the language industry.Fluency or proficiency in a language in addition to English.Six Sigma Lite training preferred



Education/Certification Required
BA or BS in a related field

Contact
Candidates interested in this position can submit resumes to employment.was@lionbridge.com  .

 

Why Lionbridge?As a world leader, Lionbridge will provide you:

-  Opportunities for learning. Lionbridge has strong project management methodologies and industry leading workflow solutions, allowing you to expand your career and skill set.

-  Opportunities for career growth. There are a variety of career paths within Lionbridge. Whether you want to strengthen your technical skills, your management skill or see other parts of the world, Lionbridge provides these opportunities to employees.

-  Opportunities to work with major customers – Lionbridge works with the 10 largest firms in the world and two-thirds of the Global50.Through its worldwide presence, Lionbridge will allow you:

-  To work in a multi-cultural environment. Lionbridge has 50 offices in 25 counties. Many of these offices work collaboratively on projects, exposing our employees to a wide range of cultures and work styles.

-  To travel and work abroad, including in fast-growing countries like China and IndiaBecause Lionbridge is technology driven, you will work with:

-  State-of-the art proprietary tools – the industry’s only web based Translation Memory Architecture

- Diverse expertise across technology platforms. Lionbridge supports client needs in Java, .Net, Mainframe Systems, Test Automation and more…

 

Lionbridge is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or marital status.

 

Agencies – Lionbridge does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party vendors. Only resumes received from contracted agencies/vendors will be considered. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Lionbridge will not be recognized and such agency will have no recourse from Lionbridge.