Recruitment Associates (RAs) work behind the scenes to support Recruitment Managers’ efforts to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity by compelling top leaders to join the Teach For America corps. As a Recruitment Associate, you will build and execute strategies to identify and initiate communication with a broad network to build a large, diverse, and talented corps. The Recruitment Associate will be supporting the efforts of the Recruitment Manager, who is the acting face of the campaign on each campus.
Recruitment Associates will support the Recruitment Team’s undeniably consequential work, fueling TFA’s Theory of Change and broader movement for social equity in the nation. Aligned with the Recruitment Team’s deep conviction around leadership, you will receive extensive training, ongoing coaching, and professional development to innovate and achieve success.
Identify and communicate with diverse leaders in order to build successful TFA corps recruitment campaigns (55%)
- ‘Source’ (identify and track) diverse and competitive seniors, juniors, and/or professionals as potential TFA corps applicants by conducting research and using resources on campus and/or within professional networks.
- Develop tailored individual communication based on audience (professors,campus faculty, college students, professional candidates, warm leads, cold leads) to build connections, plan full days of events and schedule individual meetings for Recruitment Managers and campus visitors, such as corps members or alumni.
- Provide operational and administrative support to Recruitment Managers to devise and execute strategies to engage a diverse group of potential applicants, and drive interest in applying to Teach For America through a variety of channels, such as planning events, and partnering with student organizations.
- Manage laterally across multiple layers, communicating trends, next steps and informed rationale in order to collaborate with and, at times, compel teammates (such as Recruitment Managers and campus interns) towards a specified campaign strategy.
Track, communicate, and utilize corps recruitment data to drive campaign strategy (20%)
- Manage data entry and maintain data accuracy.
- Manipulate and communicate quantitative recruitment data using Salesforce.
- Collaborate with teammates to analyze data, identifying problems and opportunities, and developing aligned solutions to drive campaign effectiveness.
- Make strategic suggestions to the Recruitment Manager based on the campaign’s data
Organize, prioritize, track, and manage workflow and resources for self and others (25%)
- Balance multiple projects at once, using internal resources to perform prioritized campaign responsibilities and ensure all deadlines are met.
- Organize and provide logistical coordination for recruitment events, information sessions, career fairs, and the visits of alumni and TFA staff.
- Provide administrative support including, but not limited to: conducting relevant research, managing teammates’ calendars, coordinating travel, etc.
- Identify candidates for campus or market interns, then provide those interns with reports, coaching, and/or direction to build a diverse list of prospects for outreach.
- 0 to 2 years of professional experience
A strong RA candidate …
- Has the desire and commitment to working behind-the-scenes and supporting a team. Feels equally satisfied by achieving goals both collaboratively and independently.
- Demonstrates extremely strong organizational skills, including detail-orientation, and is able to organize, prioritize, track and manage workflow/resources. Has the ability to strategically manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment.
- Can analyze multiple pieces of data and draw clear and aligned conclusions to impact strategy.
- Writes clearly and compellingly to influence action in others, both internally and externally.
- Is oriented around attaining ambitious, reasonable goals (both individual and collective), and has a track record of achievement.
- Learns, improves, adapts, and shifts seamlessly to evolving team needs and opportunities.
- Can manage multiple communication streams at once without allowing any balls to be dropped. Is able to keep communication and tracking systems up to date and accurate.
- 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.
- Embodies a deep conviction around our mission to find, develop, and support a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate.
- Acts in alignment with Teach For America’s core values.
By joining staff, you join a network of individuals committed to pursuing equity for all students and developing themselves as professionals in the process. We as an organization value the longevity of our employees and offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits plan. The salary for this position is also competitive and depends on your prior work experience. Please be advised, you will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.