Manager, Talent Acquisition (temporary)

We are looking for a collaborative Manager, Talent Acquisition to join our People, Equity & Inclusion team here at Common Cause, to support the continued growth of our organization. As our Manager, Talent Acquisition, you will build strong pools of candidates and develop selection tools to run rigorous and efficient hiring processes to fill our open roles. You will also manage operations for our talent acquisition work to help us build stronger systems and processes, and you’ll collaborate with members of our team and other staff to maintain strategic connections between our work and other priorities on our team.

This is a full-time, temporary role starting on November 1, 2026 and ending on April 30, 2027 (with the potential to extend this role longer). This role reports to the Senior Director, Talent Management and is remote anywhere within the lower 48 United States. We hope our new Manager, Talent Acquisition will start in October.

Responsibilities

Manage searches so that we continue to build a strong staff at Common Cause

Manage several searches at a time, collaborating with hiring managers, interviewers and other staff, and managing all communications with candidates

Recruit strong and diverse pools of candidates to support your searches as well as other searches on our team

Use rigorous and equitable hiring tools to assess candidates, including competency aligned rubrics and interview questions

Ensure searches stay on schedule and adjust for changes as needed

Leverage data consistently to determine if changes are needed to an individual search as well as to our processes or systems

Contribute to our People, Equity & Inclusion team strategy

Support implementation of our Collective Bargaining Agreement (for example, ensuring talent acquisition processes are consistent with CBA requirements )

Collaborate with other teammates to manage discrete projects and support strategic connections between our work and onboarding, performance management, and retention

Serve in a confidential capacity to hiring managers and executive leadership responsible for making decisions about staffing and labor relations strategies

Other duties as assigned