About City Teaching Alliance 

Our mission is to improve educational and life outcomes of children in urban schools by preparing culturally responsive, effective career educators who accelerate student achievement and disrupt systems of racial and socioeconomic inequity. City Teaching Alliance accomplishes this by recruiting outstanding candidates, equipping them with state-of-the-art training, and linking their certification to their demonstration of effective teaching practices and skills. Our residents and teachers will provide the necessary proof points to make a national case for educator effectiveness and accountability. Learn more about City Teaching Alliance on our website: https://www.cityteachingalliance.org/

Overview

The Assistant Director of Recruitment and Partnerships is responsible for overseeing the development and execution of the organization’s overall resident recruitment strategy, and establishing and cultivating partnerships that will bring additional candidates to City Teaching Alliance. This includes setting a recruitment strategy and goals at a national level, partnering with regions and across the organization to coordinate Recruitment efforts, and managing a team of Recruitment Managers. The AD of Recruitment is also responsible for learning from our recruitment data, and developing and evolving our recruitment strategy over time. They oversee candidate recruitment including our campus and local recruitment strategy, lead generation, outreach and communications, and candidate cultivation. The AD of Recruitment and Partnerships is responsible for meeting all goals around applications, participants who receive offers and sign their Letters of Intent, and participants who show up at Summer Institute.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Manage Campus Interns and Generate Campus Leads

• Hire, support, and supervise team of college interns to build brand awareness, generate on-campus meetings, and identify potential prospects for City Teaching Alliance
• Set vision and strategy for the Campus Activator role and outcomes, including goals and responsibilities for the role, in line with recruitment strategy
• Set annual goals and progress benchmarks for the Campus Activator team and for individual Campus Activators, in line with the broader Recruitment team vision
• Build campaign pipeline for targeted college campuses through sourcing efforts on Handshake, LinkedIn, and RippleMatch
• Manage relationships with University Career Centers to support recruitment efforts
• Research and build a portfolio of contacts across colleges/universities as well as local partner schools to identify potential City Teaching Alliance candidates

Candidate Cultivation and Stewardship

• Develop and cultivate relationships with prospective participants throughout the application process through virtual and in-person interactions
• Send weekly outreach invitations to prospective candidates driving them to apply or meet with a recruiter
• Conduct meetings with candidates and stakeholders to discuss the City Teaching Alliance mission, vision, and program
• Invest candidates in our program through storytelling and compelling conversations
• Support and steward candidates through the application process through ongoing cultivation and follow ups
• Uncover key motivations and barriers of prospects to identify most compelling levers for prospect conversions
• Meet weekly benchmarks and goals around meeting conversions, application benchmarks, and event partnerships

Building Partnerships

• Build partnerships across the team and organization, including site team members, to invest in recruitment best practices and support
• Build partnerships with university stakeholders, campus organizations, and candidate networks to bring additional prospects into the recruitment funnel
• Work closely with Marketing team and Strategy team to determine and execute compelling marketing campaigns on campus with key stakeholders

Data Management and Analysis

• Manage recruitment data in Salesforce, ensuring clean and accurate inputs
• Take detailed notes on prospect conversations in order to track progress and monitor follow-up
• Strategize and manipulate data in Salesforce to identify key areas of opportunity

Culture and Learning

• Positively contribute to and help shape a healthy and thriving team culture
• Commit to anti-racist behaviors and actions
• Seek and implement feedback and engage in learning conversations

Selection and Admissions

• Participate in teacher selection and interview days
• Build and maintain relationships across regional teams to support and enhance recruitment efforts
• Steward candidates through the application process
• Support in the confirmation and retention of accepted candidates through ongoing check-ins and cultivation

Target Start Date: July 15, 2024

Location: Remote with a strong preference for Baltimore, Dallas, DC, or Philadelphia

Time Commitment & Compensation: $62,818 - $66,828 is subject to a geographic differential which could increase or decrease it by 4% or 8% depending on city of residence. We are an anti-racist organization that prioritizes equity so we do not negotiate salaries.

Qualifications 

• B.S./B.A. degree from an accredited institution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Results oriented and motivated by clear goals
• Management experience of part time or full time staff
• Ability to analyze data and use analysis to inform strategies and recruitment efforts
• Self-directed and a self-starter who is comfortable operating in gray space
• Ability to work as a part of a remote team
• Ability to travel independently occasionally throughout the country as needed to support the regional recruitment efforts
• Willingness and ability to attend events in the evenings and on the weekends as necessary

Qualified individuals who are fully invested in City Teaching Alliance’s mission and vision and who thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented setting are encouraged to apply.

City Teaching Alliance Values 

WE SERVE CHILDREN.

Children are the center of our work. We rely on the communities we serve to guide and inform the decisions we make about our curriculum, program and practice.

WE ARE AN ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION.

We are committed to ongoing knowledge seeking, reflection, and action to deliberately oppose racism. We are an inclusive organization that values the diversity of people, backgrounds and perspectives. We are active allies who pursue justice in the communities in which we live and work.

WE ARE LIFE-LONG LEARNERS.

We are dedicated to continuous improvement, innovation and excellence. We strive to be on the forefront of what is best for teacher education and students based on research and practice.

WE VALUE EACH OTHER.

We value each other as whole people. We are servant leaders who foster a supportive working environment that is empathetic and caring, and values direct, constructive feedback.

EOE Statement:  We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.