Founding Recruiter (m/f/d)

Build Recruiting. Build Navius.

Navius is entering a new phase.

We don't want to build the next recruiting agency that sends out as many profiles as possible, manages processes, and mistakes activity for success.

We want to do recruiting the way we believe is right:

personal, committed, data-driven, and with a high standard for the quality of our work.

To achieve this, we are looking for an experienced recruiter who will not simply take over an existing role, but will build recruiting at Navius from the ground up.

As a Founding Recruiter, you will take responsibility for your own mandates and clients from the outset. At the same time, you will shape processes, technology, and the way we do recruiting in the future with us.

Results over activity is one of our central principles. Work begins with us with a clear goal and ends with a measurable result.

Responsibilities

You will be independently responsible for your recruiting mandates from initial consultation to successful placement.

In doing so, you will:

• directly advise our clients and challenge requirements together with them

• develop individual search and sourcing strategies

• identify and directly approach candidates

• conduct screenings and interviews

• provide well-founded candidate assessments and present them to our clients

• manage multiple recruiting projects concurrently

• work closely with hiring managers and decision-makers

• build and develop long-term client relationships

• help shape our recruiting processes from the very beginning

• use AI, automation, and modern recruiting technology where it actually makes our work better

Successful placement is not the end for us. Good work is also demonstrated by clients wanting to work with Navius again for their next hiring need.

And because you will be one of the first people building Navius, your role goes beyond delivery. You can help decide how recruiting will function at Navius in the future.

Qualifications

We don't have a perfect checklist. But you do need recruiting experience.

You will be a good fit for us if you:

• have already worked independently in recruiting for several years
• are familiar with active sourcing, interviews, and managing complete recruiting processes
• can advise clients and also contradict them if you have a different professional opinion
• take responsibility and can make decisions independently
• work in a structured and results-oriented manner
• have a high quality standard without getting lost in perfectionism
• are curious about technology and AI and are willing to try new approaches
• are eager to build rather than solely work with established structures
• communicate confidently and professionally in German and English, both verbally and in writing

We are interested not only in what you have done so far, but how you think and work.

Clarity is more important to us than short-term harmony. Responsibility is more important than excuses. Different perspectives and constructive contradiction are explicitly part of our collaboration.

Benefits

Work where it works for you

We do not monitor attendance. Work where you are productive – remotely, in a coworking space, or with us on-site. Coworking options are available throughout Germany.

Trust instead of micromanagement

We define goals and results. We do not want to control your calendar.

Real scope for development

You are not joining a fully established recruiting organization. You will help build it and can actively shape processes, tools, and working methods.

Modern equipment

Good hardware, professional recruiting systems, LinkedIn, and the tools you need to do your job exceptionally well.

AI is part of the job

Not as a buzzword. We want to consistently use technology where it makes us faster or better and frees up more time for the work where people make the difference.

Direct client access

No account manager between you and the client. You work directly with hiring managers and decision-makers.

Perspective

With Navius, our recruiting team is also set to grow. As a Founding Recruiter, you can eventually take on responsibility for this team.

Salary

€45,000–€50,000 gross per year plus variable compensation.

Our variable model rewards not the fastest placement, but good work, long-term client relationships, and subsequent business generated from them.

We respect focus. Meetings need a purpose, focus times are respected, and saying 'no' is expressly encouraged.

We are not looking for a recruiter to simply fill a vacant position in an existing organizational chart.

We are looking for someone who is eager to join early and help build recruiting at Navius.

Our five principles quite accurately reflect what you can expect from us – and what we expect from you:

Results over activity.
Clarity over harmony.
Responsibility over excuses.
Respect for time and focus.
Diversity as a performance factor.

If you can't relate to this, we will likely not be a good fit.

However, if while reading you thought multiple times 'This is exactly how I want to work', then we should get to know each other.

Forget the perfect cover letter.

Send us your CV or LinkedIn profile and a few sentences explaining why you are interested in building recruiting at Navius as a Founding Recruiter.

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