Recruiter

[Company name], a German SMB in [industry] based in [city], [X] employees, is looking for a Recruiter to independently steer the recruiting funnel for [X] open roles per year.

Your mission

As Recruiter you steer the entire recruiting process independently: intake sessions with the managers, sourcing, screening, structuring the selection rounds, negotiation and the onboarding handover. You report directly to [senior management / HR leadership / the HR generalist].

Key responsibilities

• Steer the current 8-12 open roles with a clear reading of the pipeline and a weekly update to the hiring managers.
• Run intake sessions with the managers (60-90 min per role): brief clarification, must-haves vs. nice-to-haves, compensation room with a market check, selection-process design.
• Active sourcing on LinkedIn, XING, GitHub and target-group-specific channels with calibrated Boolean queries and personalized InMails.
• Write job postings and publish them on the right job boards: AGG-compliant, pay-transparent, with clear language against unconscious bias.
• Screen inbound applications and run structured first conversations (30 min) with a calibrated scorecard.
• Support the hiring managers through the selection rounds: structured interview preparation, scorecard upkeep, debrief moderation, calibration of the decision criteria.
• Negotiate the offers: compensation structuring, benefits explanation, an outline of the onboarding plan.
• [Where applicable] Maintain and develop the ATS and the sourcing stack, produce the monthly recruiting cockpit (time-to-fill, funnel status, channel yield, cost-per-hire).
• Contribute to the employer brand: careers-page upkeep, employee stories in cooperation with marketing, Glassdoor and kununu monitoring.

Profile

• Required: 3 to 7 years of recruiting experience, of which at least 2 in an independent in-house role; operational command of LinkedIn Recruiter (Boolean sourcing, targeted InMails) and at least one ATS (Personio, Workable, Greenhouse, Recruitee); experience with structured intake sessions and hiring-manager advice; strong written and spoken German.
• Desired: experience at an SMB [of comparable size]; tech-recruiting experience [if relevant]; business-fluent English for international hires; familiarity with multiposting tools and referral programs; knowledge of the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the EU AI Act.
• Disqualifying: agency-only experience with no in-house phase in a full-time role with a stakeholder-advisory remit; rejection of modern sourcing tools or of Boolean logic; no experience with intake sessions.

What we offer

• Gross annual compensation: fixed [40,000-62,000] €. [Optional] a small bonus per completed hire [€250-1,000 per hire] or an annual special payment under a collective or works agreement.
• Model: [full-time, hybrid 2-3 days / week on-site, based in city X].
• Benefits: [company pension, bike leasing, vacation, home-office policy, professional-development budget].
• Stack: [ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, multiposting tool, collaboration tools].