Recruitment Manager

About the Recruitment Manager Role: The Recruitment Manager will be an essential part of the growing and dynamic KIPP Colorado Talent Team. The Recruitment Manager will drive regional staffing strategy by designing innovative and robust sourcing and ensuring an equitable hiring process for all candidates. The Recruitment Manager’s primary goal is to staff KIPP Colorado Schools with top-tier, diverse talent to provide all of our students receive a high-quality education. 

The Recruitment Manager is a full-time, exempt administrative role reports to the Senior Director of Recruitment. This role is funded for no more than two years.

About KIPP: Together with families and communities, KIPP creates joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. KIPP is a national network of tuition-free, public charter schools open to all students. There are 255 college-preparatory KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than 100,000 students. Nationally, KIPP students are graduating four-year colleges at three times the national average for low-income students. 

Who we are:  KIPP Colorado Public Schools is a network of six  free college-preparatory public charter schools open to all students. Our 350-person staff educates 2,600 students from ECE to 12th grade. At KIPP Colorado, we partner with our KIPPsters, educators, families and communities to ensure that we are all united around the goal of a choice-filled future for our KIPPsters. Our KIPP Forward Team supports our 1,000 high school Alumni as they create their own paths. Our core values of excellence, belonging, belief, advocacy and courage are central to who we are and how we operate at all levels of our organization.

What we do: We believe in the unique gifts and brilliance of every student. We believe in setting a high bar for joy and academic excellence to ensure the infinite possibilities our students have before them become a reality. We aspire to create and reinforce a culture of achievement, belonging and support. We know that every student is different and we personalize learning based on a student's needs, skills, and interests.

Role Responsibilities and More About How You’ll Spend Your Time in this Role

Candidate Sourcing and Cultivation 

• Conduct competency based phone screens and candidate cultivation calls 
• Manage and drive hiring processes with urgency and competitiveness 
• Maintain accurate candidate tracking systems and candidate statuses
• Manage end-to-end applicant communications during the hiring process to ensure a professional, inclusive and positive selection experience
• Cultivate potential applicants through phone and email
• Leverage candidate database in re-engaging past applicants
• Maintain a strong and diverse talent pool of qualified active and passive candidates through a variety of creative sourcing techniques 
• Implement hiring processes that balance efficiency, urgency, and equity with a positive candidate experience
• Manages recruitment partner organization relationships, as delegated

Recruitment 

• Support in identifying solid and reliable recruitment and sourcing channels that yield qualified academic and administrative candidates that represent the populations within their schools
• Drive applicant numbers by networking, using LinkedIn, social media, targeted internet recruitment, and referral generation
• Build productive relationships with school-based hiring managers who are ultimately satisfied with their level of support 
• Implement and  suggest improvement to hiring processes that ensure a clear understanding of projected school vacancies
• Cultivate successful relationships with applicants and converting them into hires
• Implement strong support and timely hiring processes

Hiring Manager Communication

• Partner with hiring managers to identify expectations, clarify processes, provide regular updates, offer guidance on interviewing, selection, and offer process
• Support school and regional leaders in making hiring decisions and coaches hiring managers to select excellent candidates
• Meet regularly with Hiring Managers to discuss the teacher pool/vacancy progress and make changes to recruitment strategies as needed

Vacancy Tracking and Data Analytics 

• Regularly review applicant and vacancy data and partner with Talent Team inform recruitment and cultivation strategy
• Report on progress regularly to hiring managers and relevant senior leaders

Professional Responsibilities

• Believe deeply in the mission, values, and Race, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (RIDE) commitments of KIPP Colorado Schools and that all children can and will learn.
• Providing an active presence, strategic supervision, and intentional monitoring to ensure student safety and engagement in rigorous learning (regardless of my role and its proximity to students)
• Take ownership for the development of your craft (meet 1x/1-2 weeks with a manager, implement feedback, engage in active practice, etc.)
• Meet professional obligations including and not limited to meeting deadlines and honoring schedules.
• Collaborate with colleagues and seek feedback in the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Reflect on professional practices to meet individual professional development goals. 
• Assume personal responsibility for student achievement. 
• Actively participate in professional development, grade level, and department meetings.
• Actively engage in all school-wide professional development.
• Serve as a positive, contributing member of a grade team, collaborating with colleagues to tackle common challenges and implement grade-wide initiatives.
• Share candid, solutions-oriented feedback with peers and leadership on a regular basis.
• Maintain strong attendance each day and be on time to all responsibilities
• Assist with both student and staff recruitment.
• Other duties as assigned

Manager Role Level Specifics, Scope of Work, and Level of Responsibility For more about how you’ll lead at the Manager level, please visit the KIPP Colorado Role Levels Matrix (this is an internal document, only).

About Your Skills and Qualifications at the Manager Level:

• Bachelor's degree (required)
• Spanish bilingual (preferred)
• 2-3 years of successful recruitment experience, ideally at a charter management organization, school district, or non-profit organization (required) 
• Experience with a variety of recruitment strategies, including networking, LinkedIn, social media, targeted internet recruitment, and referral generation, and applicant tracking systems (required) 
• Experience managing an applicant tracking system (required) Jaxx HR (preferred) 
• A full understanding and Commitment to an Exceptional Student Experience (more about that HERE) (required) 
• A strong commitment to anti-racist hiring practices and a commitment to racial equity
• Ability to use data to drive decision making
• Demonstrates the ability to understand and navigate issues of identity, power, and privilege
• Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail; outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage the ambiguity and multiple priorities inherent in an entrepreneurial environment
• Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative and teamwork
• Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to one’s work

• Multi-faceted, multi-skilled, resourceful and willing to do whatever it takes to help the school reach a level of academic excellence
• High level of detail orientation and sound excellent organizational skills
• Strong communication, feedback and facilitation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Articulate, professional demeanor with strong self-confidence and initiative.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with the creativity and versatility to work productively in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, high-energy environment with a proven ability to meet and complete multiple deadlines and tasks with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop productive working relationships with stakeholders across functional and organizational lines
• Passionate commitment to KIPP Colorado mission and to high standards of excellence

Compensation and Benefits: 

Staff retention and satisfaction is imperative for KIPP Colorado. We seek to provide competitive compensation and benefits including the following:

• Competitive Market Salary: Starting salary for this role begins at $72,000
  • Please submit a comprehensive resume to assure all your experience is accounted for! (Tip: We don't care if your resume is more than one page, we are eager to see and compensate you for all of your experience and accomplishments.) 
• Excellent Healthcare Plan: 100% of employee-only monthly premium paid by KIPP Colorado and options for family enrollment and coverage, through United Healthcare. 
• Time Off !!!:  More than 6 weeks of annual vacation and Paid Time Off (PTO) 
  • Based on hire date, employees are eligible for up to 8 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) 
  • All employees receive summer break through an Org closure,  based on work location and position
  • Access to Parental and medical leave: Includes 6 weeks paid and 6 weeks unpaid for a total of 12 weeks (after your first year).

• Career Trajectory: Access to opportunity to to move up, across schools, and grow your career and weekly coaching session to refine your craft. 
• Mental Health Care: Immediate and ongoing access to mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program. 
• Technology & Access: Equipment provided: laptop &  phone 
• Retirement Planning: Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program, including a PERA 401k option.
• Move to Join Us: Relocation reimbursement (when applicable)
• Additional Pay: Most school offer various stipend opportunities
• All the Insurance Options: 
  • Wellness reimbursement
  • Voluntary employee, spousal, and child life insurance
  • Voluntary long term disability insurance
  • Voluntary short term disability insurance
  • Optional Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

• All the Info: For more information, you can view our benefits FAQ here . 

 
 
KIPP Colorado Schools is dedicated to equal employment opportunities and fair labor practices. KIPP Colorado Schools, KIPP Denver Collegiate High School, KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School, KIPP Northeast Elementary, KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy, KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy and KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications, and the ability to perform a job without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, legally protected medical condition, veteran status, sexual orientation, or on any other basis made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. It is our policy to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.

Salary : $72,000