Manager of Talent Acquisition

KIPP Capital Region is a part of a national network of high-performing public Charter Schools committed to creating joyful, academically excellent, and prepared students with the skills, ability, and confidence to pursue their paths to college, career, and beyond.

With the Troy Prep K-12 schools joining the KIPP Capital Region network for the 2022-2023 school year, our KIPP schools will serve more than 2,500 students across the Capital Region. We look forward to increased curriculum offerings for students, professional development for more than 350 staff, and enhanced family and community partnerships.

We are committed to furthering anti-racism, equity, and racial justice in all our efforts, and expect all of our stakeholders to participate in this work so that we can create a future without limits for our students, together.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Manager of Talent Acquisition is responsible for developing new, innovative, and competitive recruiting strategies, processes, and programs supporting business objectives to attract and acquire a qualified talent pool.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

General

• Manage cultivation and selection data in a database system
• Use data to set and track ambitious goals, inform decisions, and influence stakeholders
• Represent KIPP Capital Region professionally and engagingly at internal and external events

Recruitment

• Lead the region with advanced acquisition strategies to obtain top talent by achieving staffing objectives, including sourcing and evaluating candidates, coaching and advising hiring managers, and coordinating the recruitment process, relocations, and other related processes.
• Responsible for developing innovative strategies for proactively sourcing and cultivating a robust talent pool through internal and external vehicles, including but not limited to cold-calling/resume searches, networking, business relationships and partnerships, technology including digital and social media, employee referrals, internal movement, and other creative sourcing venues.
• Collaborates and directly supports hiring managers by coordinating a smooth, tailored recruitment process, including advertising vacancies and creating engaging job postings and marketing campaigns to attract a qualified talent pool.
• Identifies and provides metrics to help manage the talent acquisition process for the areas served and provides coaching/support/training for leaders to develop and continuously improve the acquisition process in the areas served
• Develop relationships with candidates, working to understand their motivations, barriers and needs.
• Plan, facilitate and coordinate interviews, ensuring hiring managers and candidates are prepared and clear on logistics.
• Host candidates during interviews and support the selection process, ensuring that all candidates have a warm, positive, rigorous experience and that hiring managers operate with fidelity to an equitable interview process.
• Working in close collaboration with the HR Operations team, manages the entire lifecycle recruiting process of attracting, sourcing, recruiting, and hiring/placing employees within the organization.
• Attend and actively participate in recruitment and networking events such as job fairs, College career days, organization-sponsored events, community, business partner events, etc.
• Ensures responses are sent to applicants and candidates for employment promptly
• Complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations concerning employment and interviewing process, including pre and post-hire employment documentation

Retention

• Reviews and analyzes data on employment activity. Makes recommendations to leadership and assists with retention planning.
• Become embedded in school communities and develop relationships with current staff and school leader
• Build and maintain relationships with staff, in order to execute an effective and efficient Intent To Return (ITR) process
• Partner with school leadership teams to support staff and schools if/when needed.

Regional

• Adheres to organization policies and procedures; promotes and supports mission, vision, and values, including developing and participating in internal surveys and data collection for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Expertise in the entire recruitment lifecycle and various attraction and selection techniques.
• Significantly demonstrated expertise in selection and assessment tools and methods, including experience with social media and recruitment branding.
• Proven creative thinking, innovation, and problem-solving skills. Regularly provides new and fresh solutions for recruiting and selling employment.
• Requires a perceptive professional capable of relating to individuals at all levels. As unique situations occur, the professional must be able to adapt, change and be flexible to Agency needs, goodwill, and public image.
• Advanced relationship management skills and demonstrated ability to establish strong business partner relationships.
• Ability to communicate at all levels clearly and concisely. Verbal and written communication must be effective and solution focused.
• Work independently and in a team environment in a fast-paced and energetic culture. Highly effective in dealing with ambiguity and must be able to manage to shift priorities effectively.
• Decision making, organizational, and communication skills, including attention to detail, oral and written communication skills, and listening and training skills.
• Demonstrated resilience and emotional management skills.
• Emphasis on time management, quick response times, and ability to manage multiple and shifting priorities. Strong project management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.), applicant tracking systems, and other technology for staffing (i.e., Sparkhire, Oovoo, etc.). Strong technical capability to learn online recruiting and applicant tracking applications.
• Understanding and knowledge of industry information and the competitive landscape.
• Knowledge of personnel policy and procedure and federal and state laws regarding employment practices, including OFCCP compliance.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with extreme discretion.
• Proven ability to implement change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Patience and flexibility with others and display a high social and emotional intelligence level.
• Manage and implement change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Significantly demonstrated project management skills.
• Significantly demonstrated collaboration skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented, mission-driven culture
• Possess a growth mindset and a desire to continually improve through feedback.
• Possess strong analytical skills with the ability to create, measure, and scale the proper workflow between candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team.
• Passion for and a commitment to the mission and vision for high-quality public education and the character traits we value: Affirmation, Joyful, Excellence, Community, Collective Power, and Optimism.
• Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma/GED
• Preferred: 2 or more years of entire lifecycle recruiting in a corporate environment with a proven track record designing and implementing full recruiting life-cycle strategies to attract and hire exempt and non-exempt candidates.
• Proven ability to source candidates using technology-based recruiting techniques to find passive and niche candidates.
• Good depth of online recruiting, primarily via internet job boards, social media, direct sourcing, and employee referral programs.
• Experience working within underserved communities, preferably in a charter or public school environment.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset and a desire to continually improve through feedback
• Must be a self-starter with excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic, entrepreneurial spirit, and flexibility to accommodate the high level of responsibility, multiple priorities, and rapidly changing environment
• Thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented, mission-driven culture
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule outside of regular business hours.
• Ability to create and work within an inclusive environment that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

WORK PERKS
When you join KIPP Capital Region, you are joining in on our promise to families that their children will enter college and the professional world able to thrive academically due to their literacy, numeracy, and core knowledge in science and social studies. We also promise that our students will develop a passion for learning and the drive necessary to persevere as they climb the mountain to and through college and career. Our graduates will be prepared to return to their community as teachers, leaders, and architects of continued growth in the Capital Region. And while the biggest perk to working at KIPP Capital Region is doing work that makes a lifelong difference in the lives of our students, you'll find that's not the only benefit we offer:

• Generous time-off
• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Aggressive employer 403(b) contribution match
• Childcare benefits
• Unparalleled work/life integration
• Casual dress code
• Relocation stipend (conditions apply)
• And so much more! For more information on the benefits of joining KIPP Capital Region, please view our Employee Benefits Summary.

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KIPP Capital Region offers a competitive salary ranging from $68,400 - $75,600

Salaries are determined using an equitable compensation scale that accounts for years of experience relevant to the role and longevity within the KIPP network. KIPP Capital Region will evaluate and determine the step/level a new hire will be placed within our teacher salary scale at point of hire.

All staff and educators at KIPP Capital Region are committed to anti-racism and inclusion, are part of a close-knit diverse community, and are encouraged to show up authentically, inspiring our children to do the same. Learn more about what it’s like to work at KIPP Capital Region: kippcapital.org/join-our-team/

Education

• High School or better