Recruitment Manager

Primary Responsibilities
 
As a Recruitment Manager, you will...
 
Set bold vision and direction for your ambitious campaign to inspire, enlist, mobilize extraordinary, diverse future leaders - people who have massive leadership potential and are on a trajectory to be leaders and influencers in our society - to become Teach For America corps members and join the movement for educational equity.

• Analyze the recruitment landscape to clearly articulate a vision for the long term success of a recruitment campaign on a college campus or within a professional portfolio
• Set and define strategy to achieve goals for outcomes tailored to college or professional cohort
• Design the communication, cultivation, and marketing strategies for your college campuses or for professional cohort, utilizing internal resources

 
Build, develop, and cultivate strong relationships and networks - both internally and externally - to advance your recruitment campaign. Influence candidates, external stakeholders, and internal partners to achieve bold outcomes.

• Identify, cultivate, and influence diverse leaders to apply to and join Teach For America.
• Communicate through multiple channels with diverse audiences to deliver a compelling, engaging message tailored to their motivations and interests.
• Meet with prospects to inspire and mobilize using appropriate RT messaging, resources, and interpersonal awareness.
• Effectively plan and execute events that deepen impact and contribute to pipeline growth.
• Mobilize and invest outstanding corps members, alumni, and fellow TFA staff to support recruitment efforts.
• Build and maintain relationships with campus leaders, partner organizations, and aligned communities to collaboratively grow conviction around the movement toward educational equity
• Invest, engage, and leverage key stakeholders and “gatekeepers” in your campus or professional community in your recruitment campaign (e.g., administrators, faculty members, career service representatives, advisors, presidents of organizations, etc).
• <For campus-based RMs> Recruit, hire and/or manage CCCs (Campus Campaign Coordinators), Campus Ambassadors, and/or other interns to meet objectives, and build awareness of Teach For America and the issue of educational inequity across the campus.
• Work with Recruitment Associates, Managing Directors, and other internal teams to address challenges within campaigns and make appropriate decisions to optimize your success.

 
Work across teams to plan, execute, and improve strategy relentlessly, using data-based tools to identify gaps, patterns, and opportunities within campaigns and develop solutions to achieve outcomes.

• Timely and accurately input and utilize data to ensure consistency and relevancy in reporting the progress of your campaign.
• Analyze data and trends associated with your campaign, utilizing the right data and correctly identifying the opportunity or challenge.
• Solve for problems through analysis and strategic reasoning, prioritizing choices and actions that matter and taking into account ambiguity and time considerations. Design and execute a plan for solutions in your campaign alongside Recruitment Associates.

 
Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Teach For America alumni strongly preferred
• At least 2 to 5 years of work experience required

 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
 
A strong RM candidate...

• Embodies deep conviction around Teach For America’s mission and Theory of Change and exemplifies TFA’s core values. Holds deep belief that educational inequity is a massive, urgent injustice, TFA plays a crucial role in long-term fight for change, and that we need to enlist as many outstanding, diverse leaders as we can to join the corps.
• Deeply believes in the necessity of building a diverse coalition of people working toward educational equity and successfully builds relationships across multiple lines of difference.
• Is oriented around attaining ambitious, reasonable goals (both individual and collective), and has a strong track record of achievement.
• Communicates clearly and compellingly (both verbally and written) across lines of difference and in multiple contexts - 1:1, small groups, large audiences.
• Is a natural connector and networker, adept at developing and cultivating relationships and networks, especially across lines of difference, in order to achieve results.
• Maintains honesty, optimism, and clarity in times of conflict, tension, and disagreement.
• Thinks strategically, using data to make timely and informed decisions  to prioritize actions that matter and have the greatest impact on campaign effectiveness.
• Always seeks to grow and improve - reflect on successes/failures, seek feedback, incorporate feedback immediately to improve, ask for the help or resources they need to be successful, and assume personal responsibility.
• Demonstrates ability and motivation to build community and team, virtually and in-person.
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, diverse, results-oriented environment.

 
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You can expect to hear back from the RT Talent Team with next steps if you are a potential fit for the team in our open locations. 
If you have questions or concerns, please contact [email protected] or visit https://www.teachforamerica.org/tfa-careers

Benefits and Salary
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included. Learn more at www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/employee-benefits.
 
Commitment to Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Teach For America encourages individuals of all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort. Learn more about our diversity on staff: www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/life-at-tfa/workforce-diversity-and-inclusiveness.
 
Teach For America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
 
This job description reflects Teach For America's assignment of essential functions and qualifications of the role. Nothing in this herein restricts management's right to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities to this role at any time.