Recruiter

Department: Corporate/Administrative

Location: Portland, OR

Description

As a Recruiter at Alta, you’ll be essential to our rapid growth, supporting recruitment efforts across the firm. In this full lifecycle recruiting role, you will manage all aspects of the recruitment process, from intake calls to offer negotiation. You’ll work closely with hiring managers to fill roles across a variety of levels, including interns, entry-level, and mid-level positions. You will play an instrumental role in sourcing and securing top talent to fuel our continued expansion.

Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years with 180 staff and 22 offices, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Responsibilities:

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Set and execute a full-cycle recruiting strategy, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding, ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Talent Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, leveraging your expertise to attract the right talent for the organization.
• Partnership & Collaboration: Partner with internal departments and hiring managers to assess needs, foster strong relationships, and share talent across teams.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Build recruitment strategies that support our DEI goals, advancing our commitment to diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
• Sourcing & Networking: Utilize a range of recruiting tools, including ATS/CRM systems, social media, LinkedIn, and professional networks, to source qualified candidates.
• Offer Negotiation: Collaborate with hiring managers to develop and finalize job offers.
• Event Management: Organize and lead recruitment events, such as career fairs, campus recruiting, and industry conferences.
• Cultural Advocacy: Promote Alta's mission, vision, and “People First” culture across all recruiting activities, championing our values and commitment to employee well-being.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Experience: 1-3 years of corporate or agency recruiting; engineering recruitment experience preferred.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Recruiting Expertise: Proven full lifecycle recruiting experience across various roles; A/E/C industry experience is a plus.
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Professionalism & Confidentiality: Must maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Organizational Skills: Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Commitment: Position requires a minimum of 40 hours per week, with potential overtime and occasional travel.
  
  
  

What We Offer:

Flexible Schedule:
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values.

Benefits:
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:

• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
• 401(k): Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays: 11 total company paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability
• Additional Benefits: Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities