Recruiter / HR Coordinator for US Based Co (Fully Remote) | PermitFlow | Remote Worldwide

<h3><strong>🚀 About PermitFlow</strong></h3> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">PermitFlow’s mission is to streamline and simplify construction permitting in the $1.6 trillion United States construction market. Our software reduces time to permit, supporting permitting end-to-end including permit research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring.</p> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">We’ve raised $5.5m+ led by Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, and the founders and executives from Zillow, PlanGrid, Thumbtack, Opendoor, Bluebeam, Uber, Twitter, HubSpot, Procore, Yelp, Brex, and more.</p> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Our team is remote first and consists of architects, structural engineers, permitting experts, and workflow software specialists, all who have personally experienced the pain of permitting.</p> <h3>✅ <strong>What You’ll Do: </strong></h3> <ul style="min-height: 1.5em"> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Identifying future hiring needs and developing job descriptions and specifications.</p> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Collaborating with department managers to compile a consistent list of requirements.</p> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Attracting suitable candidates through databases, online employment forums, social media, etc.</p> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Conducting interviews and sorting through applicants to fill open positions.</p> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Assessing applicants’ knowledge, skills, and experience to best suit open positions.</p> </li> <li> <h3>Completing paperwork for new hires.</h3> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Promoting the company’s reputation and attractiveness as a good employment opportunity.</p> </li> <li> <h3>Managing internship programs.</h3> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Keeping up-to-date on current employment legislation and regulations and enforcing them within the company.</p> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Providing recruitment reports to team managers.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>🙌 <strong>Qualifications & Fit:</strong></h3> <ul style="min-height: 1.5em"> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">2+ years of experience as a Recruiter or similar role</p> </li> <li> <h3>Excellent organizational abilities</h3> </li> <li> <p style="min-height: 1.5em">Outstanding communication and people skills</p> </li> <li> <h3>Familiarity with MS Office</h3> </li> </ul> <p>Check out <a href="https://permitflow.notion.site/Permit-Operations-Admin-International-ddfcaf8c789f41f4a5d42d771275ede4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">this page</a> to listen to what some of our international members have to say about working at PermitFlow!</p>

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