Talent Acquisition Specialist Supervisor (HRC4) Olympia | Internal Only

Full Job Description

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Supervisor (HRC4)

Location: Olympia, WA, Remote Optional (within SW WA), with periodic in-office meetings (office 1-2 days per month). Frequent in-state travel (1-2 times per month) is required with occasional nation-wide travel.

Closes: March 1st, 2026

Salary: $75,108 - $100,980 Annually

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist Supervisor to join our dynamic team in support of our Child Welfare (CW) Administration and Talent Team Sourcing. If you are passionate about contributing to a mission greater than yourself and are excited about the potential to create something new, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

The Opportunity:

This position focuses primarily on sourcing talent for the Child Welfare Operations Division and serves as the senior-level lead for advertising, sourcing, outreach, and recruiting strategy.

In this role, the incumbent will also provide oversight and direction for sourcing efforts supporting other divisions and functions, ensuring alignment, consistency, and effectiveness across recruitment initiatives.

The position directly supervises two (2) HRC3 Talent Team Sourcers.

Child Welfare is comprised of six regions with more than 80 office locations statewide. Nationally, turnover rates for child welfare professionals exceed 30% annually, creating significant challenges in maintaining the level of care our children, youth, and families deserve.

This position offers the opportunity to develop deep expertise in the unique challenges and complexities of recruiting child welfare professionals while gaining a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end hiring process.

Leveraging this insight, the incumbent will design and implement innovative, data-informed sourcing strategies to strengthen candidate pipelines, fill critical positions, and enhance the overall candidate experience.

This position reports directly to the Talent Acquisition Manager and has the option for 100% remote work and a flexible schedule, like the rest of the talent team. You can expect up to 20% travel to local offices, community organizations, and hiring events (day trips), as well as the occasional overnight trip for nationwide events. The official office location, and equipment pickup location is Olympia, WA.

This position will also assist in leading the work of the HRC2 Recruiters and fill-in as needed in full-cycle recruitment activities.

Some of what you will get to do:

• As an expert on recruiting and hiring, supervise the sourcing team to provide the agency's approach and efforts to hire top candidates for every position
• Assess and maintain agency policies and practices to recognize and mitigate bias and evaluate effectiveness of recruitment services in achieving workforce diversity, equitable and inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity.
• Create the agency best approaches to finding passive/active candidates using data and documentation.
• Manage the approach used to determine the best social media platforms, businesses, schools, trades, etc. used to advertise and source for specific positions.
• Develops and conducts presentations, training programs and workshops regarding human resource recruitment functions.
• Provides professional guidance, mentorship, coaching, and counseling for direct reports.

Lead HRC2 CW Recruiters:

• Review job postings for complete accuracy, legality and approach before they are released to go active.
• Help create a plan for screening the best qualified candidates

Recruitment of WMS positions

• Serves as expert on and oversees the agency's WMS2-04 recruiting and hiring efforts

Required Qualifications:

• Equivalent education/experience totaling six (6) years, as outlined below.

OR

• A Bachelor’s degree with a focus on business, human resources, social or organizational behavioral sciences, or related field.

AND

• Hiring manager consultation and education.
• Candidate sourcing and candidate screening to identify top talent.
• Networking and using social media to market and advertise positions and an agency.
• Contacting passive/active candidates regarding potential job opportunities.
• Utilizing an online recruiting System such as NEOGOV.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

• Four (4) or more years of progressively responsible experience as a professional HR Consultant with the State of WA, where an essential function of the job was sourcing and hiring potential candidates for DCYF positions.
• Senior level experience meeting with and providing consultation to leadership/management.
• Two (2) years supervisory experience.

How do I apply?
Complete your applicant profile and attach the following documents:

• Letter of interest describing what makes you the best fit for this position based on your education and experience.

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving.

We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.

If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

This position requires a valid driver's license.

For more information about this position or if you need an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, please contact Steven Loduha at steven.loduha@dcyf.wa.gov.

If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing, or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855)524-5627 or email support@neogov.com.

Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call (360) 902-2276 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (800) 833-6388.