We have a key opportunity for an experienced part-time contract recruiter to do meaningful, high-level work on your own schedule (no business development, no client management).

Contract Executive Recruiter

Part-Time & Flexible | Candidate-Facing Only | Private Equity Focus

About Spire Search Partners

Spire Search Partners is a 100% retained executive search firm built on a foundation of trusted C-suite relationships, data-driven research, and deep industry resources. With nearly 20 years of experience placing senior talent, we’ve evolved through areas of banking, capital markets, and asset management, but in recent years our focus has shifted heavily toward private markets – particularly private equity and portfolio companies.

We partner with elite mid-market PE firms and large institutions across the US, including several of the top funds in the world, as well as a deep book of lower middle market funds, to solve specific business issues by hiring critical strategic leadership. To stay deeply connected to our market, we actively engage our network by hosting executive roundtables throughout the year.

Our Core Coverage:

  • PE Firms – Accounting & Finance: CFOs, Controllers, FP&A, Portfolio Analytics
  • PE Firms – Portfolio Operations/Value Creation: Generalist, Value Creation, Digital, Human Capital, Finance Ops, GTM/Sales
  • Portfolio Companies: CFOs, Heads of FP&A, Heads of Finance, Chief of Staff

About the Role

This position is tailored for a seasoned professional or experienced recruiter seeking flexible, part-time work on their own schedule, having spent years in finance, consulting, operations, or a related field. There is zero business development or client management.

We provide dedicated sourcing support and automated outreach systems. An administrator handles scheduling directly onto your calendar. Your sole focus is to pick up the phone, build immediate rapport, apply sharp critical judgment, and keep top-tier talent moving through the pipeline.

  • Volume: Expect 5 to 15 pre-scheduled calls per week (15–30 minutes each), plus a few hours of targeted follow-up. Total commitment fluctuates between 5 to 15 hours a week depending on active mandates.
  • Compensation: $50–$75/hour

Who This Is For

This is a perfect fit for a retired or semi-retired executive search professional, or a corporate veteran returning to the workforce. It’s also a great fit for an experienced finance or operations leader who wants to apply their hard-earned business instincts on a highly autonomous, part-time basis without the constraints of a traditional corporate schedule.

Success in this role comes down to communicating with absolute credibility, moving with urgency when needed, and maintaining flexibility in your calendar. If you need a set schedule, avoid the phone, or struggle to form a quick, confident read on senior executives – this isn’t the role for you.

Core Responsibilities

  • Conduct First-Round Screens: Run evidence-based, structured phone interviews with senior executives. You will pitch the opportunity clearly and evaluate competencies without sounding like you are reading a checklist.
  • Apply Critical Judgment: Act as a true evaluator and deliver decisive written feedback to the Managing Partner on whether a candidate should advance, and why.
  • Warm Follow-Up Outreach: Call and leave polished voicemails for candidates who haven’t responded to our email/LinkedIn campaigns. This is warm follow-up, not blind cold calling – most candidates have already received multiple touchpoints before you reach out.
  • Pre-Call Prep & CRM Updates: Briefly review the candidate’s LinkedIn profile and company website before calls so you can speak fluently about their background and business model. Post-call, capture concise summaries that are clear to the internal team, drive referral generation if they aren’t a fit, and log updates in RecruiterFlow.

What You Bring

  • Experience: A strong background in finance, banking, consulting, or corporate operations. Strong preference for individuals with contingent or retained executive search experience.
  • Executive Presence & EQ: The gravitas to converse confidently with C-suite talent, read between the lines, and accurately evaluate those same qualities in the candidates you interview.
  • Operational Agility & Persistence: An organized, self-managed working style. This is a fast-paced environment where we expect a quick turnaround; when a candidate surfaces, we need to react and move them immediately. You are persistent, disciplined with follow-ups, and don’t let talent go cold.
  • Calendar Flexibility: While the weekly hours are light, you must have the flexibility to work across US time zones to accommodate candidate availability.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a brief note on your background to: [email protected]

No cover letter required; just tell us who you are and why this fits where you are in your career.