Direct Recruiter

Seeking a strategic Direct Recruiter in Jacksonville to deliver high-quality sourcing, market insights, and stakeholder engagement. Own the candidate journey end-to-end while influencing hiring strategies.

Are you Robert Walters?
Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services to organizations of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

The businesses we partner with want to make things happen. And they need people to do it. They have goals. They have challenges. They want answers.

We deliver the talent solutions they need to reach their goals. That might mean recruiting a permanent, temporary, or interim professional. It might mean putting together an outsourced team of 30 recruitment experts. Or it might mean reframing the way they think about remuneration or diversity.

Whatever the solution, we deliver better experiences and higher quality outcomes by taking the time to listen to, and fully connect with, the people and organizations we partner with. Our ability to truly understand them and share their compelling stories is what sets us apart.

By engaging with people's stories, we help organizations find the skills and solutions to succeed and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential.

The biggest opportunities start with a story, tell us yours today.

Function
The Direct Recruiter is responsible for delivering high-quality recruiting support through research-driven sourcing, strategic stakeholder engagement, and consultative delivery.

The Direct Recruiter owns the candidate relationship, managing the process end-to-end: sourcing, briefing, shortlisting, CV feedback, interview preparation, and offer management.

This role requires a recruiter who can come to intake meetings prepared with market context and insights, engage hiring managers proactively, and build compelling narratives for candidate outreach.

Responsibilities
Conduct in-depth market research and competitive mapping to support sourcing strategies

Proactively engage hiring managers with insights, context, and sample profiles during intake

Build compelling outreach narratives beyond transactional messaging to attract talent

Execute tailored sourcing strategies across varied disciplines

Manage full-cycle recruiting activities with a focus on detail, organization, and stakeholder partnership

Influence hiring direction through thoughtful recommendations and insights

Operate independently while maintaining alignment with multiple stakeholders

Maintain system data for accurate report generation

Meet or exceed hiring targets and service delivery expectations

Local requirements
Strong communication skills (written & verbal)

Strategic mindset — proactive rather than reactive

Highly process-driven and detail-oriented

Comfortable owning searches across different disciplines

Confidence in presenting to and challenging stakeholders

Works collaboratively to ensure consistent delivery

Takes initiative for self-learning and continuous improvement

As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters – Recruitment Outsourcing is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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