Recruitment Manager, Behavioral Health Staffing

Onward Search is a national staffing company with 19 years of experience delivering specialized talent to leading organizations across the country. The company is launching a new staffing division to supply licensed behavioral health professionals to hospitals, health centers, recovery treatment facilities, and related healthcare providers. We are seeking an experienced Recruitment Manager to support the growth of this division by leading day‑to‑day recruiting execution while managing and developing a high‑performing recruiting team.  This role is ideal for a hands‑on recruiting leader who thrives in a fast‑paced, KPI‑driven environment and has deep experience recruiting behavioral health professionals.

 The Recruitment Manager will be responsible for full‑cycle recruiting, pipeline development, and team management within the Behavioral Health division. This individual will operate as a player‑coach—owning requisitions while guiding recruiters on best practices, candidate control, and delivery execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Hands-On Recruiting & Production

• Carry an individual requisition load, actively producing placements across priority behavioral health roles.
• Lead full‑cycle recruiting efforts, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Build and maintain strong, role‑specific pipelines through direct sourcing, referrals, and candidate relationships.
• Maintain strong candidate control and pre‑closing practices to drive conversion and starts.

Recruiting Leadership & Execution

• Set the standard for recruiting execution, activity levels, and candidate quality by leading from the front.
• Translate client demand into clear daily and weekly recruiting priorities, pipeline expectations, and submittal targets.
• Support execution against division hiring goals by balancing personal production with team delivery.

Team Leadership & Development

• Coach and mentor recruiters through real‑time training, deal support, and pipeline reviews.
• Provide guidance on sourcing strategy, candidate messaging, compensation conversations, and objection handling.
• Ensure accountability against KPIs including submissions, interviews, starts, and fill rates.

Operational Excellence 

• Partner closely with account leadership to align recruiting execution with client needs and timelines.
• Ensure recruiting workflows are efficient, compliant, and consistently executed across the team.
• Monitor pipeline health and market conditions to adjust sourcing and recruiting approach as needed.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in staffing, with behavioral health recruiting experience strongly preferred.
• Prior experience leading, mentoring, or managing recruiters in a team environment.
• Strong understanding of full‑cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple requisitions, candidates, and priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Experience working in a KPI‑driven, deadline‑focused staffing organization.
• Strong communication, coaching, and relationship‑building skills.
• Excellent organizational and time‑management capabilities.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to play a key leadership role in building and scaling a new Behavioral Health Staffing Division.
• High visibility and close partnership with executive leadership.
• Competitive compensation with incentive opportunity.
• Collaborative, growth‑oriented culture focused on operational excellence.

Salary:

• $75,000 - $95,000, based on experience.
• Commission eligible with annual bonus opportunity tied to achievement against budget.
• Comprehensive benefits and PTO package, including 401k, offered.

Company Overview

Onward Search is an award-winning recruitment and staffing agency with the mission to connect the nation’s top companies with the best creative, marketing and technology talent in the industry. Founded in 2007, our company is headquartered in Norwalk, CT and embraces a nationwide remote workforce.  

We have built a culture fostered on entrepreneurial spirit, integrity, teamwork and transparency. We believe different perspectives make Onward Search a better company and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment where every person feels like they belong.  

We’re proud to be recognized as “Best Companies to Work for Women” on Comparably, where we also hold an A+ rating for company culture and rank number one in diversity score amongst staffing companies in our industry.   

Onward Search offers medical, dental, vision benefits, as well as a 401k program, for all eligible full-time employees. 

Applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply. 

Onward Search is an equal opportunity employer. We value a culture of inclusion and diversity within our workforce and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from prohibited employment conduct, including discrimination or harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, civil partnership, status as a covered veteran, status in the Uniformed Services of the United States, citizenship and any other characteristic protected by State and Federal law.