Manager, Recruitment (DMV)

TEAM: Recruitment Team (RT)

POSITION REPORTS TO: Managing Director, Recruitment

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 24th, at 11:59 pm EST

LOCATION: Maryland, Virginia, or Washington DC

What You’ll Do

Recruitment Managers (RMs) grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity by compelling top leaders to join the Teach For America corps and our Ignite tutoring fellowship program. As a Recruitment Manager, Internal, you will execute strategic plans for your campaigns, identify and connect with diverse top prospects to pursue TFA, and inspire a broad network of constituents to build a large, diverse, and talented corps. You will work in collaboration with Recruitment Managers, External, to execute lead generation and sourcing and outreach strategies across pools of undergraduate and graduate students and other key stakeholders.

As a Recruitment Manager, you will be on the front lines of the Recruitment Team’s (RT) work, fueling Teach For America’s Theory of Change and the broader movement for social equity across the nation. Aligned with the RT’s deep conviction around leadership, you will receive extensive training, ongoing coaching, and professional development to innovate and achieve success.

The RT keeps equity at the center of our work, as we believe it is essential to assemble a diverse team of recruiters in order to build the most diverse and impactful corps each year.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Recruitment Managers, Internal, take on the following responsibilities:

• Co-lead strategy to achieve recruitment goals for campus campaigns and partner programs, conducting routine analysis of progress to goals and outcomes.
• Build strategy for stakeholder engagement and empower key influencers to promote a stronger organizational brand.
• Maneuver within our agile team structure and make strong decisions to achieve your goals.
• Work across teams to plan, execute, and improve strategy, using data-based tools to identify gaps and develop solutions.
• Apply a racial equity lens to analyzing relevant data to develop strategies that eliminate racial inequities.
• Source diverse leaders and prepare outreach to connect them with Teach For America.
• Identify campaign levers to explore due to their potential for significant impact.
• Communicate through multiple channels with diverse audiences to deliver a compelling message.
• Initiate relationships with potential network partners and external stakeholders.
• Effectively plan and support the execution of events and other initiatives in pursuit of recruitment outcomes.
• Conduct equity checks cross-recruiter campaigns on viable pipelines as needed.

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Weeks vary based on context and needs of the campaign. As the co-lead to your campaign, your priority is managing the front end of the funnel strategies, including lead generation, lead nurture, and pipeline management.

Your Experience

Prior Experience

• Teach For America alumni and/or experience working in low-income schools strongly preferred.
• At least 2 to 5 years of professional experience.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong commitment to the Midwest and passion for recruiting a diverse corps.
• Demonstrates strengths in operating, planning, and execution.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage large volumes of work.
• Seeks to grow and improve through feedback and reflection.
• Engages in individual and collective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) developments.
• Enjoys building strong working relationships.
• Skilled at identifying opportunities and barriers within a given strategy.

Requirements

• Occasional campus travel may be required.
• Occasional evening and weekend work is expected.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Teach For America’s Recruitment Team (RT) is charged with recruiting a high-quality, diverse corps. The RT seeks to ensure all team-wide actions and initiatives reflect a lens of equity.

Your Compensation

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. The expected salary range for this role is set forth below:

• Tier A: $61,300 to $91,900
• Tier B: $66,800 to $100,200
• Tier C: $72,300 to $108,400

NEXT STEPS

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