KIPP DC Public Schools Hiring for Director of Recruitment Job at Washington, DC Full Time

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:

By 2025, KIPP DC will build upon two decades of proven results to develop into a more impactful, innovative, and inclusive school system that provides joyful, identity-affirming learning experiences so that all students and alumni achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Our work is grounded in a commitment to excellence, equity, and justice. We believe all students have the right to rigorous, relevant, and joyful learning experiences led by exceptionally talented and diverse educators who promote student achievement and a sense of belonging. We believe students and teachers best succeed when surrounded by an ecosystem of supports, including our central headquarters team that supports KIPP DC’s 20 schools, 7,300 students, and 1,300 teachers, leaders, and staff members dedicated to this mission.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Director of Recruitment will lead the KIPP DC recruitment team, which is responsible for finding and hiring high-quality talent for every role within the organization. Specifically, the recruitment team is responsible for candidate outreach, targeted recruitment, and selection processes for all teachers, residents, instructional support staff, and regional roles for KIPP DC, ultimately leading to approximately 200 hires a year. The Director of Recruitment will set the vision and strategy for recruitment and lead the team to execute that strategy. They will also coordinate and collaborate with other leaders and stakeholders to ensure that the strategy is meeting KIPP DC’s needs. This role is exempt and will report to the Chief Talent Officer.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team Management

• Lead a process to set vision, goals, and execution for the recruitment team and manage towards them

• Share organizational updates and talent updates with the recruitment team so that they can incorporate it into their work, for example, compensation updates that will be important for candidates to understand

• Lead cross-functional initiatives, including the annual Intent-to-Return process

• Identify and act on points of collaboration across the three sub-teams: Instructional Hiring, Regional Hiring & Recruitment & Outreach; problem-solve challenging situations and/or the design of systems

• Step in to fill any needs identified by the recruitment sub-teams, for example leading the hiring process for senior roles, supporting with school leader selection, participating in an outreach event

• Unite the team to identify and work through areas of improvement and innovation

• Lead by example to create and reinforce positive and productive team culture

Individual Management

• Manage the associate directors of three sub-teams on the recruitment team: Instructional Hiring, Regional Hiring, and Recruitment & Outreach, including setting goals, holding team members accountable, supporting team members, and providing professional development

• Onboard new team members and set individual goals with and provide coaching and feedback

Oversee Recruitment, Outreach, and Hiring Workstreams:

Recruitment & Outreach

• Working with the Associate Director of Recruitment & Outreach, design a three-year-long outreach plan that systematically builds a short- and long-term talent pipeline for all instructional (Lead Teacher and Capital Teaching Residency) roles at KIPP DC

Instructional Hiring

• Working with the Associate Director of Instructional Hiring, design and execute an equitable, consistent, and rigorous selection process for all instructional roles, including teacher, resident, assistant teacher, and instructional assistant, that includes aligning roles to competencies, creating exemplar interview materials, and supporting hiring managers

Regional Hiring

• Working with the Associate Director of Regional Hiring, create and execute an equitable, consistent, and rigorous selection process for all regional roles at KIPP DC, that includes aligning roles to competencies, creating exemplar interview materials, and supporting hiring managers

• Manage all staffing firm relationships, contracts and overall strategy on engaging with external recruiting partners; manage and track external spend to optimize cost

Collaborates with other leaders and teams

• Collaborates with talent leaders on cross-functional talent processes and initiatives, including offer letters, retention strategies, etc

• Serve as the point of contact to coordinate with HDQ teams whose work overlaps closely with the recruitment team such as the academics team, knowledge & learning team, human resources and talent operations teams

• Train and support hiring managers to develop competencies and create an equitable and consistent hiring process

• Ensure that senior leaders have the appropriate and necessary touchpoints and meeting structures with stakeholders to ensure effective execution of the recruitment and selection strategy

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree (required)

• At least eight to ten years of work experience, with at least 5 years of previous recruitment experience required and previous experience working in a school system required

• Experience managing others and/or driving results through others

• Strong understanding of current challenges, trends and strategies for talent acquisition in the current labor market

• Experience leading a team with strong culture to meet ambitious goals

• Ability to think strategically and creatively to solve big picture problems

• Ability to manage stakeholders through change when faced with major strategic shifts

• Experience using data in sophisticated ways to monitor progress towards goals

• Outstanding project management and organizational skills, and extraordinary attention to detail

• Flexibility, with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate a high level of responsibility and multiple priorities

• Deep commitment to racial and educational equity and the building of an organization that reflects the community KIPP DC serves; ability to hold self and others accountable for centering equity

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment and adept at developing relationships within KIPP DC

• Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to one’s work

Additional Information

HOW TO APPLY:

All interested applicants should visit online at http://www.kippdc.org/careers/apply-now/ and the job posting located under “Leadership and Support Staff” section. If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment Team via e-mail at [email protected].

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

KIPP DC Public Schools does not discriminate against, or tolerate discrimination against, employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis or protected class including, but not limited to, actual or perceived race, color, national origin, immigration status (except as necessary to comply with federal, DC, state, or local law), religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity or expression), marital status (including domestic partnership status), genetic information, political affiliation, pregnancy, family responsibilities, personal appearance, veteran status, uniform service member status, status of being unemployed, status of victim a survivor of domestic violence, sexual offense or stalking, matriculation or any other protected class under federal, state, DC, or local law.

Click here or here to review KIPP DC’s non-discrimination policy and KIPP DC’s Title IX Coordinator’s contact information.

KIPP DC requires all staff to provide proof that they are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccine (meaning they have received a full course of a COVID vaccine and receive a booster, when they are eligible) or obtain approval for exemption due to medical or religious reasons before beginning employment. New hires who have not received all doses of a COVID vaccine, who are eligible for a booster but have not received it, or who are awaiting approval for exemption will not be able to begin employment.