Recruitment Manager

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in Harlem, New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Recruitment Manager to join our Promise Academy Recruitment Team.

The Recruitment Manager will bring a passion for the mission of Harlem Children’s Zone: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.

We are seeking a Recruitment Manager to oversee and support the talent selection activities and processes for all Promise Academy Charter School teaching and select non-instructional staff. In this role, the Recruitment Manager will work closely with HR, internal selection committees, Principals, and the Superintendent to implement, refine and execute a rigorous, well-coordinated recruitment and screening process that ensures HCZ Promise Academy consistently selects the highest caliber teachers and support staff.

The successful candidate will have a successful track record in high volume, full life cycle recruitment environments, and experience developing and improving talent selection processes and systems (i.e., sourcing, screening, selection, and on-boarding) across several stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 2-3 years of experience working in a high-volume, full life cycle recruitment environment

Who you are

• A commitment to the mission and programs of HCZ
• Must be highly organized and possess superior attention to detail
• Strategic thinker with excellent time-management and follow-up skills
• Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
• Familiar with issues in education prevalent in underserved urban communities of color
• Experience working as a teacher or administrator in a K-12 school setting and/or experience in K-12 talent recruitment in the New York area is a huge plus

What you'll do

• Lead the full-cycle recruitment process for teachers, ensuring all selected candidates are properly assessed and evaluated throughout each phase of the recruitment process
• Manage and lead a team of Recruiters, providing coaching, guidance, and performance feedback to ensure individual and team hiring goals are consistently met
• Develop and maintain a system of disseminating resumes, coordinating interviews, and gathering/sharing candidate assessments and interview feedback with internal selection committees and other stakeholders
• Identify talent sources and sourcing strategies (e.g., colleges, graduate schools, recruitment events, online job boards, social media, and professional networks) and execute targeted outreach to attract qualified candidates
• Track open positions, and define and monitor relevant recruitment metrics that inform the design of strategies to meet and exceed recruitment goals
• Work closely with HR colleagues to manage job offers, including salary negotiations and reference checks, and ensure all new hires are appropriately on-boarded and are fully informed of, and introduced to, HCZ PA's organizational culture, policies and benefits
• Conduct regular industry research and remain knowledgeable about the education field’s talent landscape to refine recruitment processes and implement best practices
• Build high-quality productive relationships with internal stakeholders and develop meaningful external partnerships that strengthen HCZ’s candidate pipeline and advance the longer-term recruitment strategy
• Perform other duties as assigned

Scheudle

• Monday-Friday
• 3/2 hybrid scheudle

Benefits

As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.

Our exceptional full-time benefits include:

• Highly competitive base salaries
• Paid time off
• Employee referral bonus
• Career advancement
• No-cost health insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-and long-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• Wellness discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Financial wellness perks
• Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

The salary range for this position is $95,000-$105,000 per year. To be considered, interested applicants should apply directly through the posting. No telephone inquiries or recruiters, please. Replies will only be sent to qualified applicants. Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy Charter Schools will not provide work visas for candidates who require employer sponsorship to ensure work authorization in the United States. Harlem Children’s Zone is an EOE.