Senior Recruiter

We are looking for a Senior Recruiter to find, recruit, and close top tier talent for First Street. The ideal candidate is excited about team building, process building, contributing to broader People initiatives, and working at a growth stage company. This role will play a critical part in scaling First Street during a period of organizational growth with the opportunity to support hiring across a wide range of functions including go-to-market, product, engineering, operations, and climate science. Recruiting will remain the clear primary focus of this role, with occasional opportunities to support onboarding and broader People initiatives. This role will have significant visibility across leadership as First Street continues scaling its teams and capabilities. The Senior Recruiter reports to the Director of People.

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  Manage the entire recruiting process from role kick off to closing

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  Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and leadership teams on hiring strategy, talent market trends, interview design, and candidate calibration

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  Build a pipeline of candidates through a variety of inbound and outbound sourcing channels, including our job board, linkedin sourcing, and your personal network

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  Help refine and scale recruiting processes, interview practices, and talent operations as the company grows

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  Drive searches across highly specialized and competitive talent markets, balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience

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  Utilize AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini

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  Conduct recruiter screens, assessing for company stage and mission alignment as well as domain expertise

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  Use data-driven insights to improve recruiting efficiency and influence hiring decisions

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  Obsess over exceptional candidate experience

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  Serve as an expert-user on our internal recruiting tools and processes

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  Maintain strong data integrity in Ashby

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  ** Work out of the NYC HQ at least 3x per week

• 4-10 years of full cycle experience recruiting in a fast paced environment

• Strong understanding of recruiting best practices

• Mission alignment with an interest in the climate technology space

• Experience supporting a range of teams and working across different domains

• Direct experience working with members of the executive team

• Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), like Greenhouse, Lever, or Ashby (we use Ashby)

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills

• Excitement about early stage and everything that comes along with that: process building, being scrappy, getting your hands dirty (we do not have recruiting coordinators or sourcers)

• Subject matter expertise in GTM recruiting

• Recruiting experience at a Seed round through Series B company

• Experience building sourcing agents with Claude Code

• Experience understanding and pitching stock options to potential employees

• Previous experience with Ashby

• A mix of agency and in house experience

• Prior experience and a network of talent in New York City

• Prior experience and a network of talent within the Climate Tech space

• Interest in getting more exposure and occasionally helping out on the People Operations side of the team, especially with onboarding

Our anticipated US base salary compensation range for this role is $90,000-$140,000 plus competitive benefits package, which includes equity, 401(k), paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as work location as well as additional factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, competencies, and relevant education. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

• Impact: We only focus on things that move the needle

• Drive: We are driven by the role we play in connecting climate change to financial risk

• Ownership: This is our company and we act accordingly

• Urgency: We move quickly because the world depends on it

• Resilience: We have a growth mindset in all that we do