Job Posting Title:

Senior Recruiter

Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

Position Open To:

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Earliest Start Date:

May 01, 2025

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

Job Details:

Senior Recruiter

Job Summary

This is not just a recruiting role—this is your opportunity to be a builder and define the future of health!

Purpose

As The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School launches the next chapter in academic medicine with the creation of a new, world-class medical center, we are reimagining how talent acquisition supports that mission. The Senior Recruiter will play a key role in designing and scaling a forward-thinking Talent Acquisition function that is aligned with the school’s bold clinical, academic, and research growth strategies. This is a hands-on role for a high-energy, solutions-focused recruiter who thrives in dynamic, purpose-driven environments and is eager to influence the direction of daily operations while contributing to long-term strategy.

Why Join Us

At The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, we are not just recruiting talent—we are cultivating the teams that will redefine health and care in Central Texas and beyond. You will join a mission-driven institution during a transformational time and have the unique opportunity to help build a talent acquisition function from the ground up, influence the culture and daily direction of our team, and directly impact the future of academic medicine and our core values:

Excellence

Impact

Collaboration

Compassion

Humility

Stewardship

What You’ll Do

• Build & Scale a Best-in-Class TA Function: Support the development and optimization of a growing talent acquisition infrastructure, creating scalable processes that align with the organizations rapid expansion across academic, clinical, technical and administrative roles.
• Strategic Partnership & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to department leaders across the enterprise. Translate complex hiring needs into effective recruiting strategies and offer insights that shape hiring decisions and workforce planning.
• Hands-On Recruitment Execution:
• Source, screen, and engage highly qualified candidates in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. Manage a robust requisition load with a hands-on, can-do attitude and a commitment to white-glove candidate and hiring manager experiences.
• Data-Driven Decision Making:
• Leverage recruitment data and metrics to evaluate process performance, inform sourcing strategies, and provide transparent reporting to stakeholders.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement:
• Identify and implement creative sourcing techniques, branding strategies, and outreach efforts to attract top talent—especially in hard-to-fill, healthcare-specific roles.
• Technology & Process Optimization:
• Actively participate in improving our applicant tracking system (ATS Workday) and adjacent tools to streamline recruiting workflows, automate tasks, and improve candidate engagement.
• Internal & External Talent Engagement:
• Represent Dell Med at job fairs, professional events, and community engagements. Contribute to our growing employer brand in alignment with our values of equity, innovation, and service.
• Mentorship & Leadership:
• Support the onboarding of new recruiters and foster a collaborative learning environment. Lead or contribute to special projects within the TA and HR function.
• Other related duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of Five (5) + years of full-cycle recruitment experience with a strong preference for candidates who have worked in hospitals, academic medical centers, or other healthcare-related settings.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume and/or complex recruitment portfolios in dynamic environments.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in HR systems and tools, including ATS (preference for Workday experience), sourcing platforms, and analytics dashboards.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong preference for candidates who thrive in fast-paced, autonomous environments and are energized by navigating ambiguity and building within evolving, high-growth cultures or start-up environments.
• Professional certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP).
• Demonstrated experience with brand marketing, sourcing strategy, or workforce development initiatives.
  
  
  

Salary Range

$76,000+ depending on qualifications

Total Rewards

• Competitive health benefits, with full-time employee premiums covered at 100%
• Voluntary vision, dental, life and disability insurance
• Generous paid vacation, sick time and holidays
• A defined benefit retirement plan with employer matching funds
• Additional voluntary retirement programs: 403(b) and 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust training through LinkedIn Learning, plus other professional development opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• An expansive employee discount program, including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID
• Free rides on all Capital Metro buses with staff ID card
  
  
  

For details, see:

• hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits
• hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards
  
  
  

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
  
  
  

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest
  
  
  

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.