Program Recruitment Manager

GenUnity is seeking a creative and dynamic leader who wants to support a diverse community of everyday adults to build their capacity to critically evaluate, navigate, and drive change on community issues. The Program Recruitment Manager will be an integral part of GenUnity’s recruitment efforts, identifying and building relationships with prospective members; managing the interview and member selection process; and strengthening our partnerships with employer partners, Commonwealth Corporation, and community outreach groups.

Ensure you read the information regarding this opportunity thoroughly before making an application.

You will develop a leadership and social impact toolkit that is transferrable to any sector, including people leadership & stakeholder management, process management, and measurement & evaluation. You will report directly to and receive 1-1 coaching from GenUnity’s leadership team and be an integral part of a high-impact, up-and-coming social enterprise.

Responsibilities

This is a role for a connector of people - someone who enjoys learning about others and building long-term, collaborative partnerships. In addition to the key responsibilities listed below, this role may evolve over time to support new program development in Boston and beyond. Key responsibilities include :

Identify and connect with prospective members for GenUnity’s issue-focused community leadership programs

Identify and connect with prospective employer partners who want to sponsor their employees to participate in GenUnity’s programming

Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications team to tailor communications for and build relationships with external outreach partners who can amplify our program recruitment efforts

Engage and provide support to GenUnity staff in recruitment efforts

Represent GenUnity at virtual and in-person external-facing events, including tabling at community events and hosting “Taste of GenUnity” program info sessions

Application Process

Steward prospective applicants through recruitment pipeline, determining, where applicable, employer’s Commonwealth Corps eligibility; provide weekly updates to Recruitment team on applicant pool

Manage partnership with Commonwealth Corporation and employer sponsors; support applicants and their organizations through the Comm. Corps application, onboarding, and invoicing processes

Review program applicants, and manage interview and selection process in collaboration with Program staff

Collaborate with Program staff to update program application

Measurement, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement

Work with leadership team to establish annual and bi-annual recruitment goals that are aligned with GenUnity’s values, priorities, and growth forecast

Document / disseminate processes & best practices for organizational institutional knowledge and for onboarding & training future recruitment staff

Gather data to evaluate and improve recruitment strategies (e.g., LinkedIn outreach)

Actively offer feedback and maintain open communication around training needed, role scope, and other areas for improvement

About You

Your experience, ability, and skills

Proven people skills, including prior sales, recruitment, facilitation, or coaching experience

Experience using Salesforce, Airtable, or other CRM to track candidates from prospecting through onboarding

Project management experience, including work-planning or process management; experience using Asana a plus

Superb organizational skills, with the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities, as well as effectively communicate progress and delegate tasks

Ability to fluently navigate different movement spaces and issue areas, and bring various networks into relationship with GenUnity

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills

Grounds work in racial equity : analyzes and addresses the structural impacts of policies, practices, and decisions on different racial groups, and works to eliminate inequities

How you approach your work

Demonstrated commitment to the values of justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity; culturally sensitive and practiced at interacting effectively with a wide range of stakeholders

Highly relational, with a strong belief in the importance of relationship-building for success, both internally and externally

Self-motivated, innovative, and creative—can balance bold ideas and vision with ability to operationalize and execute

Process-minded and detail-oriented—thinks about how different aspects of a deliverable contribute to the final result

Track record of “rolling up your sleeves” and working collaboratively with others to bring projects to successful completion

Proactive and willing to try new things—asks questions for clarity and a better understanding of the bigger picture; asks for help when needed

Approach the work with a growth mindset and an openness to giving and receiving feedback for continuous learning and improvement

A great sense of humor—we’re serious about not taking ourselves too seriously!

Other Role Details

Compensation : Base salary will be $70K, with up to $7-10K per year in benefits. Note that salaries are expected to rise over time with the growth of the organization.

Benefits : Health, dental, and vision benefits will be provided by GenUnity. Frequent opportunities to work from home.

About GenUnity

Our vision is a community by everyone for everyone. A thriving society where :

Individuals understand how their actions affect others, especially those with different lived experience

Systems and policies reflect our values and shared humanity

Where everyone has the agency to engage at all levels to shape individual and collective quality of life

To build an enduring, equitable society, we must support everyday people to critically evaluate, navigate, and drive change on our most urgent issues.

GenUnity’s mission is to do just that - to strengthen the capacity of everyday adults to lead community-based change , a capacity we’re calling civic wellbeing .

We provide community leadership programs that bring together diverse cohorts of 40-50 adults that are multi-racial, cross-class, and intergenerational to unpack a local issue and how they can drive change. Since launching in 2020, we have now served nearly 200 members through 3 Housing program cohorts and 2 Health Equity programs. 97% of members feel more prepared and have gotten more involved in the community since joining our programs. Members have helped introduce new statewide legislation, collaborated with local governments on new projects, and advocated for change in the community and workplace.

Facilitators, not teachers : We do notteach people how to become civic leaders or what to think.Wecreate the conditions for people tolearnfrom their community andaboutthemselves.

Proximity : Proximity fostershuman connection andmutual understanding. We need tobe proximate to those we seek toserve.

Integrity : Wetake responsibilityforthe impact of our actions on others.

Awareness : We strive to be aware of,check our assumptions of others, and challenge our own pre-existing biases.

Emergence : Our work will need to be refined over time. We recognize theneed to create space fornew ideas andevenserendipity.

Transparency & collaboration : We believe transparency(e.g., an open-source approach)will help others keep us accountable to our values and inspire collaborationwith others.

Please submit your resume and complete our brief application here .

For any questions, please reach out to B. Joanna Chen at b.joanna.chen@genunity.org.

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Salary : $7,000 - $10,000