Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of New York

When you work at the New York Fed, you have the opportunity to make an impact in our communities and across the nation. Our mission-driven, curious, and dedicated colleagues apply their diverse perspectives and unique talents to support the strength of the U.S. economy and stability of the global financial system. At the Bank, we work full-time onsite with our teams. We believe being physically together allows us to draw on our collective strengths, while recognizing that the ability to work flexibly from time to time remains important to achieving our mission.

Our Unique Work:   

People & Engagement (P&E) partners with senior leadership and business groups to advance and support the Bank’s culture of excellence by inspiring and motivating colleagues with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. The Group achieves this through progressive people strategies and modern employee experiences that attract and retain top talent and helps everyone pursue continuous growth and meaningful work at the Bank.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter assists with the Bank’s recruitment activities, including professional, undergraduate, and graduate hiring, summer employment programs, the employee referral program, and the internal job posting process. Engages in core recruiting responsibilities such as sourcing candidates, building diverse and effective talent pipelines, conducting initial candidate outreach, and supporting early‑stage screening and selection activities. Effectively markets the Bank’s unique opportunities through various sourcing and networking channels.

You will also support and enhance the Bank’s onboarding experience by coordinating and facilitating new hire orientation and organizing events designed to help new employees acclimate and feel connected. Builds and maintains strong relationships across and outside the organization while driving overall operational efficiency within Talent Acquisition to ensure smooth, consistent, and high-quality execution of daily hiring and onboarding operations.

How You’ll Make an Impact as a Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter:

• Collaborate proactively with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers to clarify role requirements, team needs, and create effective sourcing strategies for assigned requisitions.
• Support end‑to‑end recruiting activities for designated roles, ensuring a smooth and well‑coordinated process from sourcing through offer execution.
• Source, engage, and screen candidates using multiple recruiting tools to build inclusive and effective pipelines and support early stage interviewing activities.
• Manage requisitions and recruiting workflow in Workday, ensuring accurate posting, candidate movement, dispositioning, and completion of offer and onboarding actions.
• Prepare and distribute offer letters, coordinating with rewards & recognition, finance, screening, and compliance teams to ensure all necessary information is collected and verified.
• Lead new hire orientation, creating a welcoming, informative, and engaging onboarding experience for incoming employees.
• Proactively provide operational and administrative support across Talent Acquisition, ensuring high‑quality execution of recruiting and onboarding processes while maintaining accurate, up‑to‑date information on Talent Acquisition resources within the Bank’s intranet.
• Ensure full compliance with Bank policies, practices, guidelines, and procedures, as well as Federal and State Laws
• Provide recruiting analytics and reporting, including key talent acquisition metrics such as time‑to‑fill, quality‑of‑hire, application volume, and other data that support informed decision‑making

 

The Unique Skill Sets We’re Looking For: 

• Demonstrated experience supporting Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, or other related work in a client-facing or operational capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and workflows with accuracy, organization, and timely follow-through.
• Experience with Workday or other Applicant Tracking System a plus
• Shows enthusiasm for growing within Human Resources and Talent Acquisition, contributing curiosity, professionalism, and a desire to expand our capabilities.
• Demonstrates strong collaboration skills and builds productive relationships with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
• Takes initiative and proactively supports recruiting and operational activities with consistent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Adapts quickly to shifting priorities and organizational needs, maintaining a flexible and solution-oriented approach in a dynamic environment.

Other Things to Know: 

Salary Range: $70200 - $105000/ year 

We believe in transparency at the New York Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.  

How We’ll Support You: 

Our programs and benefits are designed to support you through all your life stages:

• Learning & Growing: Educational assistance, career development tools, and stretch opportunities
• Supporting Your Family: Parental leave, adoption assistance, back-up dependent and elder care, college planning resources, and more
• Managing Your Health: Comprehensive insurance plans, leave policies, onsite Health & Wellness Center, and onsite Fitness Center
• Optimizing Your Finances: Pension plan, 401(k) with generous match, financial planning resources, and subsidized public transportation program

Our Culture is deeply grounded in our Touchstone Behaviors— By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your ability to Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership. These competencies shape our culture here at the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success and set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career. Learn more.  

 

Apply now if you’re ready to join us in strengthening the U.S. economy together. Want to consider our other opportunities? Click here to see all our open roles.

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules. 

  

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.  

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. 

This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take approximately two months to be completed. The screening covers areas such as

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)No

Job CategoryHuman Resources Family Group

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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