First Street
Climate Risk Financial Modeling
SeniorRecruiter
“Senior Recruiter at First Street. Skills: Full cycle recruiting, Talent acquisition, Candidate sourcing, Hiring strategy advisory. Manage the entire recruiting process from role kick off to closing. Build a pipeline of candidates through a variety of inbound and outbound sourcing channels”
What You'll Achieve.
Find, recruit, and close top tier talent for First Street; Play a critical part in scaling First Street during a period of organizational growth; Help refine and scale recruiting processes, interview practices, and talent operations as the company grows; Drive searches across highly specialized and competitive talent markets, balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience; Use data-driven insights to improve recruiting efficiency and influence hiring decisions; Obsess over exceptional candidate experience
Industry & Context.
Work out of the NYC HQ at least 3x per week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4-10 years of full cycle experience recruiting in a fast paced environment, understanding of recruiting best practices, Mission alignment with an interest in the climate technology space, Experience supporting a range of teams and working across different domains, Direct experience working with members of the executive team, Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), like Greenhouse, Lever, or Ashby (we use Ashby), Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills, Excitement about early stage and everything that comes along with that: process building, being scrappy, getting your hands dirty (we do not have recruiting coordinators or sourcers)
Nice to Have
Subject matter expertise in GTM recruiting, Recruiting experience at a Seed round through Series company, Experience building sourcing agents with Claude Code, Experience understanding and pitching stock options to potential employees, Previous experience with Ashby, A mix of agency and in house experience, Prior experience and a network of talent in New York City, Prior experience and a network of talent within the Climate Tech space, Interest in getting more exposure and occasionally helping out on the People Operations side of the team, especially with onboarding
What You'll Do.
Manage the entire recruiting process from role kick off to closing
Build a pipeline of candidates through a variety of inbound and outbound sourcing channels
Utilize AI tools such as Claude
Conduct recruiter screens
assessing for company stage and mission alignment as well as domain expertise
Maintain data integrity in Ashby
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and leadership teams on hiring strategy, talent market trends, interview design, and candidate calibration; Support hiring across a wide range of functions including go-to-market, product, engineering, operations, and climate science; Occasional opportunities to support onboarding and broader People initiatives; Significant visibility across leadership
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
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