Contract Full-Cycle Recruiter

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Contract Full-Cycle Recruiter based in India. We are seeking an experienced Contract Full-Cycle Recruiter to manage end-to-end recruitment engagements across diverse professional specialties and seniority levels. In this remote, independent-contractor role, you will lead searches from intake and sourcing through candidate assessment, presentation, and placement. You will collaborate closely with clients and candidates to deliver a high-touch, consultative recruitment experience. Combining strategic search planning with hands-on execution, you will build qualified talent pipelines and maintain clear communication throughout the hiring process. You will also use recruiting technology and sourcing platforms to keep searches organized, efficient, and measurable. This opportunity offers flexible working hours and the chance to contribute to professional and executive recruitment engagements in a dynamic consulting environment. Accountabilities: As a Contract Full-Cycle Recruiter, you will take ownership of assigned recruitment engagements, ensuring that each search is strategically planned, efficiently executed, and aligned with client expectations. You will manage candidate relationships, maintain accurate recruiting records, and communicate progress and potential challenges proactively. - Take ownership of assigned recruitment searches following client engagement confirmation, ensuring continuity across client relationships, candidate communications, records, and next steps. - Lead recruitment intake discussions to clarify role requirements, business context, essential and preferred qualifications, success profiles, interview processes, and hiring timelines. - Develop tailored search strategies and manage full-cycle recruitment assignments from intake through placement, delivering defined recruitment services for fractional engagements.

- Build targeted sourcing strategies using LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals, applicant databases, direct outreach, and other relevant channels. - Create or coordinate job postings, review applications, identify qualified prospects, and develop strong candidate pipelines. - Conduct structured screening and interviews to assess candidates' experience, skills, education, motivations, and career objectives against agreed selection criteria. - Present qualified candidates with clear, evidence-based summaries highlighting relevant strengths, alignment, and potential considerations. - Serve as the primary recruitment delivery contact for assigned engagements, establishing communication schedules and providing timely progress updates. - Keep candidates informed throughout the hiring process, prepare them for interviews, coordinate scheduling, and communicate decisions and next steps. - Coordinate client feedback, interview stages, selection activities, and offer communications while respecting client authority over hiring and compensation decisions. - Maintain accurate and complete records in Zoho Recruit or the designated applicant tracking system, including requisitions, candidate stages, screening notes, outreach activities, dispositions, and reporting data. - Use LinkedIn Recruiter, comparable sourcing tools, and relevant job boards to identify talent, engage passive candidates, and optimize sourcing channels. - Monitor pipeline progress, candidate feedback, sourcing effectiveness, and search timelines, adjusting recruitment strategies when necessary. - Manage assigned work within agreed weekly hours, escalating capacity constraints, conflicting priorities, or delivery risks promptly to the reporting manager. Requirements: The ideal candidate brings substantial full-cycle recruiting experience, strong sourcing capabilities, and the organizational discipline needed to manage multiple searches independently.