Recruitment Services

The City of Lakeland is seeking qualified executive search firms to establish a pool of firms capable of conducting national recruitments for executive-level positions across the organization. The City seeks firms with demonstrated experience recruiting senior leadership for both traditional municipal government functions and specialized enterprise operations. Firms may submit proposals for traditional local government executive and leadership recruitments, specialized enterprise executive recruitments, or both. The selected firms will be utilized on an as-needed basis for upcoming executive vacancies. Some key responsibilities of the selected firms include: • Conducting national searches for executive-level positions • Developing recruitment strategies and timelines • Preparing position profiles and recruitment brochures • Conducting preliminary interviews and evaluating qualifications • Providing compensation benchmarking and onboarding consultation The City encourages responses from firms with broad-based municipal executive recruitment experience as well as firms with niche expertise in specialized operational environments. Some of the benefits of working with the City of Lakeland include: • Opportunity to work with a growing and dynamic city • Chance to contribute to the development of the city's leadership team • Collaborative and supportive work environment The City is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages firms with diverse recruitment specializations to apply.