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Bright Horizons

Provider Recruitment Specialist

🇺🇸 Westminster, CO

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Enrollment

🗓️ October 12th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Bright Horizons is hiring a Provider Recruitment Specialist. The role involves researching and recruiting backup care providers nationwide, negotiating contracts, and maintaining provider relationships to support the growing backup care network. The specialist will independently manage recruitment priorities, onboard providers, and collaborate with regional teams to ensure network growth and quality standards.

Highlights
  • Research and identify backup care providers across assigned and non-assigned markets.
  • Evaluate providers based on quality standards including licensing and reviews.
  • Conduct cold outreach and guide potential providers through recruitment and onboarding.
  • Negotiate provider rates within program standards.
  • Obtain and audit provider documentation to ensure complete and accurate records.
  • Maintain positive relationships with contracted providers.
  • Track activities and outcomes for each assigned market.
  • Collaborate with regional teams to manage and expand the nationwide provider network.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Requires a high school diploma or equivalent; associate degree preferred; 2+ years in customer service, recruitment, sales, or vendor management with proven target achievement.

Provider Recruitment Specialist Full Description

Provider Recruitment Specialist

Westminster, Colorado, United States of America, 80020
Corporate  
Full time

Primary Purpose

Screen, recruit and contract providers to meet the growing needs of the nationwide backup care network. Provide support for other members of the Provider Accounts team regarding provider contracts. Research potential providers utilizing various resources to ensure quality, engage with potential providers that are determined to meet our quality standards and persuade the providers to join the BUC network.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

  • Research assigned markets to identify potential backup care provider solutions. Independently determine priority of non-assigned markets for recruiting new providers

  • Determine which providers in the market meet our quality standards based on research, reviews, licensing information and autonomous opinion.

  • Initiate, follow up and complete the recruitment process for qualified providers. This includes cold outreach to potential providers, explaining the BUC program clearly & concisely, persuading the provider to join our network and keep the provider engaged during the onboarding process.

  • Independently negotiate rates in alignment with standards set by the program.

  • Obtain and audit all required documentation from newly recruited providers in order to secure a complete account record. Ensure that if corrections are needed, those are completed and accurate

  • Assist in the development and maintenance of positive relationships with contracted providers.

  • Maintain a record of activities and results for each market assigned.

  • As required, work closely with regional team to complete the daily transactional work needed to successfully manage and grow the nationwide backup care provider network

Decision Making

Receives general direction and exercises some independent judgement

Influence

Regularly influences function or department

Impact

Enterprise

Job Requirements

Education
HS diploma or equivalent required
Associate Degree preferred

Experience
  • 2 years of experience in a customer service, recruitment, vendor management or sales position with a track record of hitting established targets required
  • 3 years relevant experience would be considered in lieu of applicable degree

Additional Job Requirements

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with negotiating contracts or difficult conversations
  • Proficient in basic Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Motivated to meet and exceed goals as an individual and contribute to the success of a larger team
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong organizational skills
  • General comfort level with generating reports and pulling data
  • Experience with presenting or general comfort level with public speaking