Job description
Title: Recruiter
Hiring Range: $43,500
Pay Band:
Agency: Department of Military Affairs
Location: Commonwealth Challenge
Agency Website: www.dma.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The Mission of the Virginia National Guard Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy is to intervene in the lives of 16-to 18-year-old teenagers by providing the values, skills, education, and self-discipline needed to produce responsible, productive citizens, and to do so in a highly structured learning environment.
This position would execute a recruiting strategy that ensures that there is awareness of the academy across the Commonwealth and that eligible candidates receive information and apply for enrollment into the program in sufficient numbers to maximize bed capacity and sustain the funded target for our graduates. Additional key responsibilities include the planning and organization of class pre-briefings (pre-screen procedures and trips), class in processing, and media/public relations required to market the program.
Minimum Qualifications
- Superior oral communication skills, including the ability to address large diverse audiences.
- Ability to write clearly and succinctly, including skills for designing and producing written communications in the form of applications, brochures, and advertisements.
- Skilled in creating brochures, newsletters, and editing pictures to include designing posters.
- Ability to apply good customer service, telephone etiquette related to program marketing and recruitment. Skilled in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office (proficient), and WordPress.
- Available to work weekends, travel overnight, and drive throughout the state of Virginia to recruit applicants.
- Must be flexible with work schedule.
- Must hold and maintain a valid Virginia Drivers License.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in military or corporate recruiting and marketing background.
Experience in journalism and broadcasting.
Web and digital media design experiences.
Degree from an accredited two or four-year college/university with a major in Communication or Marketing preferred.
bilingual in Spanish preferred.
Special Instructions:
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
o Extensive criminal background check
o Pre-employment drug screening
o Employment reference checks
o Virginia DMV Driver Alert System
o Pre-employment physical examination
Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of an extensive criminal background/security check and employment reference checks.
- The Department of Military Affairs is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons and applicants, without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, genetic information, race, religion, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy) or veteran status. DMA encourages and invites minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.
- We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) certified state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application and/or resume.
- AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.
- The application must be detailed and fully completed. All employment and periods of unemployment (if applicable) must be listed within the application; either on an attached resume, or manually listed in the “Relevant Work History” section. Each application is reviewed for documentation that shows the applicant meets the minimum and preferred qualifications stated in the job announcement. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide descriptive information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may result in your non-selection. This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration
Contact Information:
Name: Lindsay Glass
Phone: 434-298-3007
Email: lindsay.m.glass.nfg@army.mil
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.
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