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HR Business Partner II (Talent Acquisition) #5460

Senate

Washington, DCFull-time$87–152K/yrPosted 1 day ago

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Compensation
$87–152K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking an HR Business Partner II focused on Talent Acquisition. The role supports talent acquisition operations and advises employees and managers on workforce management processes. It resolves moderately complex HR issues, analyzes workforce data and trends, and collaborates on recruitment, personnel processing, employee relations, and related HR functions. The position also identifies training needs and may implement new HR strategies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment Lifecycle ManagementEmployment Law InterpretationCommunicationWritingOrganizationAttention to DetailJudgmentEmployee TrainingConfidential Information HandlingDe-EscalationComputer ApplicationsWord ProcessingSpreadsheet ApplicationsDatabase ApplicationsServiceNowCornerstone

Qualifications

6+ Years Talent Acquisition ExperienceBachelor's in HR Management or Related Field

Full job description

Summary

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a HR Business Partner II (Talent Acquisition). The complete vacancy announcement and application can be found on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/1VNZQ. This vacancy announcement closes at 11:59pm EST on the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted.

Duties

Provides Talent Acquisition operations support and partners with employees and managers by offering guidance, analysis, and recommendations that ensure workforce management processes are implemented compliant, accurate, timely, and aligned with business needs. Resolves moderately complex human resources issues. Performs data entry, monitors, and analyzes human resources and workforce trends/metrics. Collaborates with management and employees to conduct personnel processing, talent acquisition, improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention, and other related human resources functions. Suggests and conducts implementation of new HR strategies. Identifies training needs for workforce. Other duties, as assigned. Qualifications

Other Duties/ Responsibilities May perform duties of a contract representative (COR) as needed. Required Work Experience 6+ years of progressively responsible experience in Talent Acquisition with strong expertise in managing the complete recruitment lifecycle. Required Special Skills/ Knowledge Ability to interpret employment laws, regulations, and policies. Effective communicator, excellent writing skills, strong organization skills, strong attention to detail, sound judgement, ability to train employees, ability to handle sensitive/confidential information. Ability to de-escalate heated situations. Knowledge of personal computers, word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. Desired Qualifications Prior experience with ServiceNow and Cornerstone is preferred, but not required. Working Conditions Sedentary In keeping with the policy of conflicts of interest, relatives of Sergeant at Arms employees are not eligible to work in the Human Resources Office. Essential Services are functions and activities that are critical to the continuous operation, security, and support of the United States Senate. These services must remain operational without interruption to ensure the Senate can conduct official business. Positions supporting essential services require employees to be available and prepared to work including during inclement weather, holidays, weekends, late nights and overnight hours. Due to the nature of Senate operations, essential services, including network operations and infrastructure, cannot be suspended while the Senate is in session, and maintenance activities may be required outside of normal business hours.

Education

Bachelor’s in HR management or related field. How You Will Be Evaluated

Your application will be evaluated by a panel on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education. Highly qualified candidates may be interviewed and a reference check conducted. Other Information

The Sergeant at Arms is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the requirements of Senate rules, regulations, and applicable Federal Laws. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Decisions to grant reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please email [email protected] with “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. No moving, relocation or pre-employment travel expenses will be paid for this position, or while in application for this position.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,667 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$87–152K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$119–169K/yr42 salary ranges
  • US median$96–140K/yr2,675 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 19% below the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($148K) — in the middle half of Human Resources salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 63 open Human Resources jobs in Washington, D.C. and 5,667 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,000 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,441 of the 5,667 open Human Resources jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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