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Talent Acquisition Data Specialist (1099)

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About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners better understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

Position summary

The Talent Acquisition Data Specialist (1099), plays a critical role in strengthening Nava’s data-driven hiring strategies. This position is responsible for managing, analyzing, and interpreting TA data to help inform strategic decisions across recruiting and workforce planning. You’ll ensure the Talent Acquisition team has accurate, timely insights into hiring performance, talent trends, and market intelligence to optimize how we attract, engage, and retain talent.Your responsibilities will include building and maintaining dashboards, generating ad hoc and recurring reports, and delivering key metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, and pipeline effectiveness. You will partner with TA teams on project-based analyses, supporting strategic hiring decisions and contributing to the evolution of our Talent Acquisition data platform.

Position type: Hourly, Full-time

Contract type: 1099 Independent contractor

Location: Remote (

U.S.based

)

Contract duration: Between 6-9 months

Reports to: Elle Moise

Start date: TBD

What you'll do

  • Analyze TA workflows and data to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and performance trends; recommend and implement process improvements
  • Build and maintain dashboards and reports that visualize funnel metrics, recruitment KPIs, and workforce trends for TA teams and leaders
  • Provide actionable insights from internal and external data to guide hiring strategy, forecasting, and workforce planning
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance tool integration, data accuracy, and process efficiency
  • Lead or support system migrations and data transitions from legacy frameworks to modern platforms, ensuring data integrity and minimal disruption
  • Monitor and analyze key metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, conversion, offer acceptance, diversity) to evaluate effectiveness and drive optimization
  • Collaborate with Talent Attraction and Employer Brand partners to assess and improve candidate sourcing channels
  • Perform descriptive and predictive analyses using tools like Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, R, or Python
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance with governance and privacy standards
  • Stay current on TA analytics and industry best practices to continuously improve strategies and reporting
  • Experience storytelling with data, i.e. understanding and explaining what the data is telling us
  • Required skills

  • 3+ years of experience in recruiting analytics, people analytics, or data management (government contracting experience preferred)
  • Proven experience implementing or integrating ATS platforms (e.g., Lever, Greenhouse, Workday)
  • Proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker Studio) and advanced Excel/Sheets skills; SQL or similar querying experience is a plus
  • Strong understanding of recruiting processes and metrics (pipeline, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, diversity, etc.)
  • Exceptional attention to detail, data accuracy, and confidentiality
  • Ability to synthesize data into clear insights and communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Desired skills

  • Experience with government contracting compliance data (EEO, OFCCP, or similar)
  • Exposure to workforce planning or labor market analytics
  • Passion for building data-driven recruiting strategies that support mission-driven work
  • Additional Information

    Please note: Consultants/Contractors are not eligible for Nava benefits unless hired in a full time capacity.

    Not considering C2C or agency referrals

    Other requirements

    All roles at Nava require the following:

    Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

    Must meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired.

    Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

    May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract.

    Location

    We have fully remote full time options if you reside in one of the following states:

    Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

    *If employed with Nava, you must be based in the U.S. and cannot work from outside the country. To be considered for a full time role, you must reside in one of the above states.

    1099/Contractors are eligible to work from any contiguous US state.

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    Please contact the recruiting team at recruiting@navapbc.com if you would like to request reasonable accommodation during the application or interviewing process.

    We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States.

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