Talent Recruiter

ROLE TITLE: Talent Recruiter

POSITION REPORTS TO: Managing Director, Talent

LOCATION: Remote

ADDITIONAL DETAILS: The Talent Recruiter role is a full time benefits eligible term position with an end date of May 31, 2025.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

At Teach For America, we are inspired by a single mission – one day, all children will have access to an excellent education. In pursuit of that mission, we are looking for a Talent Recruiter to support the dynamic talent recruitment needs of our rapidly transforming organization by ensuring high impact, equity oriented, diverse talent is in the right role at the right time. A large part of this role is to ensure that Teach For America identifies, attracts and secures diverse talent for strategic positions to propel the organization towards its ambitious 2030 goal. You will be hands-on in sourcing and attracting candidates, keeping a pulse on the talent market and executing an exceptional process for our strategic hires.

Talent Recruiters report to Managing Directors of Talent.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Co-optimizing and executing on an end-to-end talent acquisition system for full-time, part-time and seasonal practicum staff roles
• Maintaining understanding of innovative recruitment tools, technologies, and best practices, while staying up to date on trends in field
• Supporting the creation and delivery of a narrative that allows Teach For America to attract and retain top talent; ground Teach For America’s employee value proposition and employer brand in a holistic understanding of our staff culture and experience
• Partnering with key stakeholders to develop a detailed profile of target candidates and implement tactical resource planning (both immediate and long-term).
• Leading briefing sessions with hiring managers to fully understand role and person specifications, appropriate target companies, skills and behaviors required etc.
• Creating and nurturing an engaged pool of potential and existing candidates, keeping them and the organization aware of potential opportunities.
• Participating in update meetings on active searches, providing status reports and presentations where necessary.
• Conducting initial shortlisting interviews; clearly positioning role requirements and opportunity whilst articulating our purpose and values.
• Building positive relationships with both hiring managers and candidates by promoting our value proposition and offering outstanding candidate experience throughout the selection process.
• Helping to drive Teach For America’s racial equity principals and initiatives throughout recruitment processes.
• Using TA technology to develop and nurture a pipeline of candidates (Workday Recruiter)
• Co-managing a secondary focus area alongside a Managing Director, Talent. Secondary focus areas include, talent mobility, onboarding, or executive recruitment. 

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Given the nature of this work and variability of priorities throughout the year, there is no consistent “week in the life.” However, the list below may help candidates understand some examples of how Talent Recruiters may spend time over the course of any week:

• Learning, then taking on, the challenge of our hiring process, from the top of the funnel to close; this includes sourcing, interviewing, evaluation, offer, and onboarding.
• Delivering a best-in-class experience to candidates, hiring managers and business leaders.
• Utilizing creative recruiting strategies that contribute to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.
• Participating in various Talent projects and initiatives to support Teach For America’s long-term growth and success (e.g. onboarding optimization, executive recruitment redesign, scaling talent mobility initiatives).
• Adapting as needed to successfully meet changing hiring volume and demands
• Embodying Teach For America’s values and culture to both prospects and employees

YOUR EXPERIENCE

The following types of professional experiences have lent themselves well to this work and our team:

Minimally, we’re seeking applicants with:

• 3-5 years of professional experience with a record of impact in the social impact sector
• Proven success in talent acquisition

Additionally, we’d welcome – and prefer – the following:

• Seven years of professional experience
• Experience working in the U.S. nonprofit and/or education sector, particularly those related to the challenges facing people from historically marginalized identities
• Experience leading and thriving during times of organizational change

To perform the job successfully, candidates will need to demonstrate the following orientations and mindsets:

Results-Driven: You are focused on outcomes (both quantitative and qualitative). You hold yourself and others to agreed-upon standards and you clearly define what it is you are trying to accomplish with a deliverable or contribution to the work/project. You develop and execute a strategic pathway forward so that you can deliver high-quality short-term results/deliverables and build capacity for longer term results.

Culture Keeper: You build relationships with colleagues demonstrating curiosity about others’ background and perspectives. You express interest in the team’s well-being and care. You leverage and celebrate differences. People who know you and work with you feel valued and respected. You accept and support your teammates in all of their humanity. You strive for the collective best, you see yourself as part of a team and recognize your impact on that team with a sense of possibility, adaptability, and optimism, as well as with responsibility. You feel a degree of ownership for the success of the team and the organization, and not just for your own success.

Feedback: You bring a growth mindset and curiosity to giving and receiving feedback. You offer honest, actionable, and timely feedback through the appropriate channels specific to the work or deliverable expectations using an equity-conscious lens. You strive to internalize and incorporate developmental feedback and ask questions to seek clarity when needed. You actively seek out and receive feedback from others when appropriate with the intent of growing professionally and enhancing work products.

Adaptability: You approach new ideas, changes in work, or challenges with a sense of possibility and a solutions-based attitude. You have the ability to adapt to various working and management styles. You have the ability to tailor approaches to projects across multiple types of natural tensions, including: speed vs. quality, repeat/copy-paste vs. customization, and physical deliverable vs facilitation. You develop innovative solutions when challenges arise.

Self-Awareness: You know where your skills are strong, where you need resources and support, and you actively seek to understand these things. You possess an awareness of your own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and their impact on others and work to positively impact others/mitigate harmful impact. You know where the boundaries of your experiences and vantage points are and you acknowledge that you have limits to what you can see. You know when to pull back vs. lean in in various settings. You demonstrate humility. You have the ability to both voice and navigate tensions with colleagues related to things like bandwidth, availability, and accessibility.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Members of the People Team must possess the skills, mindsets, and capabilities to operate with a fast-paced, agile structure by demonstrating the following core values that guide our work together:

Embrace Possibility: We approach our work with a sense of possibility, adaptability, and optimism. We invest time in new ideas, engage in thoughtful problem-solving, and explore innovative ways to team with each other and with our partners.

Be Well: We know that to do our best work, we must accept and support each other in all of our humanity. We have fun, laugh out loud, find joy in our work together, celebrate each other’s life milestones, and live unapologetically in our own skin. We practice flexibility related to where and how we get our work done, respecting each other’s professional preferences and life priorities. We carve out time to relax, recharge, and refuel individually and as a team.

Pursue Impact: We are committed to helping people thrive so they can bring the full weight of their talent and passion to the communities they serve. To do so, we pursue transformational outcomes and, in the process, we choose courage over comfort. We strive to deliver excellent work and an unparalleled experience to inspire effective action and advance equity.

Practice Curiosity: We don’t have all of the answers, so we listen closely to our colleagues, and our portfolio teams, as they tell us what’s working and what’s not. We embrace those who push our thinking while helping us make progress. This learning makes us and our work better.

YOUR COMPENSATION

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Tier A: $77,100 - $99,300

Tier B: $84000 - $108,300

Tier C: $90900 - $117,200

You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. If your location is not listed, please click here for additional total rewards information.