DSST Public Schools Hiring for Senior Manager of Recruitment at Denver, CO Full Time

Senior Manager of Talent Recruitment**

We believe a diverse, equitable and inclusive team leads to innovation, which allows us to better support our students, families, and the community – regardless of background, experience, social and/or cultural identity. DSST aims to be an inclusive & equitable workplace by valuing race, gender, sexual orientation and all aspects of individual identities. When reading this job description, we hope you feel energized by what you see, feel and hear.

Overview Of Position:

DSST commits to serving our students and families with sustained excellence–and as a result, we seek to attract top talent who are fully dedicated to building high performing teams throughout the organization. This role is a leader in all of our recruitment work across all sixteen DSST schools. The role is a unique opportunity to identify, support, and hire the top talent for our students as we continue to grow as a network.

The Senior Manager of Talent Recruitment is a highly visible role who works closely with senior and executive leadership to drive the strategic direction and day-to-day service delivery of the Talent Acquisition Team. This position focuses on contributing to strategic planning, process improvements, operations, and team culture.

Vision and Strategy:

• Designs and implements an integrated sourcing strategy to optimize and drive a best-in-class recruitment program to meet current talent needs and future business growth.

• Collaborates with Network Leadership to identify effective strategies for attracting high-quality candidates to DSST Public Schools.

• Bring innovation and creativity as a talent leader with a focus on delivering operational efficiencies, systems changes, and improving DSST’s recruitment strategies to meet the challenges presented by a nation-wide education talent shortage.

• Lead on creation, execution, and evaluation of annual recruitment goals

• Analyzes data to identify trends and inform decision-making in real-time to adjust selection of outreach strategies and communications.

• Ensures that there is reliable data to evaluate workstreams and proactively works across school and home office teams to resolve issues; communicating data synthesis effectively both in writing and through visualization to communicate results and recommendations.

Leadership

• Coach and mentor recruiters, including helping creatively customize successful search strategies to drive individual and team results.

• Lead presentations to senior leadership on strategies and outcomes

• Create areas of accountability for each segment of the recruitment process and evaluate outcomes.

• Nurtures a culture of service, credibility and partnership. Fosters a high-performance culture through an ability to inspire and motivate direct reports to source top talent.

• Provides senior leadership and coaching in a fast paced, team based environment while being extremely adaptable and flexible.

Operations

• Manage and execute end-to-end recruiting from defining roles, to strategizing recruitment planning, to active sourcing.

• Develops, manages, and executes on recruitment special project(s) and strategic planning work.

• Leads Home Office based recruitment and hiring from sourcing through interview & offer processes.

• Determines reporting needs and analyzes/recommends data and processes that ensure maximum effectiveness of the TA function, aligned with operational needs.

• Understands business needs and talent gaps, short and long term, to ensure we have the talent/capabilities to drive strategy and achieve business plans.

• Prepares and monitors annual recruitment budget, participating in budget review meetings.

• Partners with Managing Directors of Schools, Principals, and hiring managers to develop and improve recruitment and selection systems and processes that ensure a dynamic candidate experience from prospect to application to offer.

• Assesses interview selection processes (in-person and virtual) to strengthen candidate engagement and screening efficiency.

Additional Duties:

• Model our Core Values, Commitment to the Human Condition, and our commitment to equity as a Leader within the Network

• Play an active leadership role in building and sustaining Home Office culture

• Engage with our school communities to actively build relationships between our schools and the home office

• Participate in & support the execution of Home Office & Network-wide events

Skills:

• You are highly attentive to detail and committed to prioritizing the needs of DSST staff

• You have strong communication skills and understand what it takes to provide a positive candidate experience

• You are eager to learn the inner workings of a growing charter school network and love operating in an all-hands-on deck work environment

• You take the time to understand the process behind what you’re doing and try to find ways to streamline your work

• You have a service mindset and will do whatever you can to remove barriers and distractions for school staff to ensure they can devote all of their focus to serving our students

Requirements

• 5 years of work experience consisting of at least 2 years of recruitment/hiring and 2 or more years in a supervisory role

• We are looking for someone that thrives in a fast-paced environment, learns quickly and is eager to serve our staff.

• Experience working with Recruiting and Human Resources systems such as Linkedin, Indeed, Greenhouse, Hubspot, and Workday

• 2-5+ years in management of adults required.

• Passionate about the mission of DSST Public Schools, and excited to build high-quality, diverse schools and Home Office

• Experience with change management on the organization level

• Excellent written and oral communication skills particularly when communicating with senior leaders

• Excellent organization, time management, and follow-through; a high sense of urgency

• Outstanding problem-solving and critical thinking skills and ability to use data to drive decision-making

• Excellent people leadership skills; able to provide timely and actionable feedback to inspire and move direct reports to action

• Ability to develop systems that achieve efficiency and scalability; can lead large scale workstreams

• Bachelor’s Degree required from accredited university required

• ​Experience in and understanding of 6-12th grade school systems and roles preferred

Vaccine Requirement

• Per the public health order made by Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) on August 2, 2021, all personnel of schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30, 2021. To comply with the DDPHE Public Health Order, all DSST employees, contractors and volunteers must be fully vaccinated by September 30, 2021. The DDPHE Public Health Order allows employers to consider and, in appropriate circumstances, grant requests for medical and religious accommodations related to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Classification: Exempt

Reports to: the Director of Talent Acquisition

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this role is $71,000-$79,520 and is commensurate with experience*

• Final salary may be adjusted based on years of experience in a relevant, aligned role of similar level and responsibilities up to 6 years of experience.

DSST Public Schools is committed to providing our staff with benefit offerings that empower each of our employees to make the choices that best meet their individualized and personal needs while also keeping cost in mind.

DSST Benefit Highlights Include

• Paid leave beginning from day one

• Instant access to benefits concierge for medical, dental, vision, appointment booking, and online doctor consultations etc.

• KISX Card assistance with high cost/low incidence surgeries, procedures, and major imaging

• Aflac supplemental insurance to help with out-of-pocket expenses not covered by insurance

• Two Dental Plan options offered through Aetna

• Employee Assistance and Counseling Support

• Annual Health Savings account (HSA) gift from DSST Public Schools

• Access to additional discounts through our benefit partners exclusively for DSST staff.

Competencies:

Commitment to Equity

• We believe that if we actively commit to equitable and inclusive practices aligned to our mission and values, our students and staff will achieve at high levels.

Commitment to Continuous Growth

• We believe that if we foster our own growth mindsets, our students and staff will develop a commitment to continuous improvement and thus maximize their potential.

Commitment to Healthy Team

• We believe that if we commit to modeling and fostering healthy teams, our students and staff will achieve a collective success that surpasses that of the individuals

Drives to Results

• We believe if we strategically develop systems and people with a driven sense of urgency and focus on results, our students and staff will achieve ambitious goals.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

DSST Public Schools proudly values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. Denver School of Science and Technology does not exclude participation in, deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of, ethnicity, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities. (Protected Classes).

DSST Public Schools does not unlawfully discriminate against a member of a Protected Class in admission or access to, or terms and conditions of employment, or in its programs and activities. DSST Public Schools shall operate as an equal opportunity employer and will provide and safeguard the opportunity for all persons to seek, obtain, hold and advance in employment within the district without discrimination. The District shall actively promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive, aggressive, continuing affirmative action program.

Further, DSST Public Schools affirms the rights of all Protected Classes to be free from intimidation, discrimination, physical harm and/or harassment.

DSST Public Schools shall inform students, parents, employees and the general public each school year that the educational programs, activities and employment opportunities offered by the district are offered without regard to ethnicity, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability. The announcement shall also include the name/title, address and telephone number of the person designated to coordinate Title IX and Section 504 and ADA compliance activities.

Any person having inquiries concerning the School’s compliance with the regulations implementing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact the Assistant Superintendent or Human Resources.

DSST Public Schools Overview:

DSST Public Schools (DSST) operates a network of tuition-free, open-enrollment public STEM charter schools. DSST schools operate within the Denver Public Schools (DPS) and Aurora Public Schools (APS) districts. Our schools focus on building a community where students and staff are valued for their unique talents. Meaningful relationships are at the core of our model which is why our schools are small enough so that every student is known and valued for their individuality. We have developed systems and structures to ensure our students will be prepared for college, career and life. The student population across the DSST network is 84% students of color and 71% qualify for free and reduced lunch. This year, DSST will serve approximately 6,000 students at fifteen schools on nine campuses across Denver and Aurora.

DSST Public Schools employees support each other not only to have fulfilling careers, but more importantly, to lead fulfilling lives that combines deeply meaningful professional work with personal well-being. Our core values are central to our program and to our results. These values are embedded in everything that we do and how we do it, both for our students and our staff. The six DSST core values are:

Respect – We appreciate each person and their story through our words, actions, and attitudes. We value their unique perspective and treat others with dignity.
Responsibility – We acknowledge that our actions and choices impact ourselves and our community. We take ownership for what we do and how we choose to do it.
Integrity – We act and speak with honesty, fairness, and thoughtfulness. We consistently align our words and actions.
Courage – We possess the confidence and resolve to take risks, push ourselves, and persevere in the face of pressure, adversity or unfamiliar circumstances.
Curiosity – We are eager to learn, questions, and explore. We have a thirst for knowledge, a love of investigation, and a desire to learn about ourselves, our community, and our world.
Doing Your Best – We put our best effort into everything we do. We know that individual and collective effort are required for our community to thrive.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $72,000.00 – $79,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

Experience:

• Recruiting: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location