Position Summary:

The Recruitment Manager will ensure that the most effective, outcomes-oriented and mission-aligned educators join the staff of Mastery Charter Schools. The Recruitment Manager will develop strategic partnerships with school leaders and hiring managers to understand the vision and direction of our schools and the talent needed to achieve this vision. Operating with both a critical eye and a customer service-driven mindset, s/he will cultivate strong applicant sources, manage relationships with top prospective applicants, and guide candidates through the selection and hiring process. S/he will execute and maintain a high-caliber staff hiring process, including resume screening, interviewing, supporting campus hiring managers, and matriculating candidates.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Building strong relationships with principals and hiring managers to get to know and accurately represent the unique opportunities of each school in his/her portfolio of 5-8 elementary schools in Mastery's Philadelphia network
• Manage excellent communication with candidates and schools through regular touch points that are marked by transparency, honesty and a “talent advocate” mindset
• Coordinate efforts to ensure that offers are accepted and are prepared to join the Mastery team
• Support with building and maintaining relationships with mission aligned organizations and elementary teaching pipeline programs with the goal of attracting the nation’s top teachers to Mastery Schools
• Acting as a representative of Mastery Schools at targeted events, and speaking compellingly and factually about Mastery’s history and mission
• Conducting a rigorous and competency-aligned interview process for prospective staff
• Supporting recruitment events, including networking events, selection days, and career fairs
• Representing Mastery Schools in a realistic and inspiring manner
• Training and supporting campus hiring managers with scheduling and facilitating interviews and demonstration lessons for finalist candidates
• Some evening and weekend commitments 
• Travel to Mastery's campuses weekly and scheduled career fairs

Qualifications:

• Exceptional detail-orientation and organization skills – can tell you all of his/her campus hiring needs and all of the moves that s/he is making to place great candidates into open seats at any time
• Strong customer service and communication skills – stands out to applicants for his/her timeliness, sparkling communication, and impeccable follow through
• Ability to manage complex projects and prioritize – busts down brick walls to get great candidates into our schools
• Solid Excel, applicant tracking system, and related software skills – knows that consistently using our systems with our protocol is how we can learn more about our processes to get better and faster
• Entrepreneurial zeal and a sense of humor strongly preferred
• Hungry for feedback and opportunities to learn and grow as a talent professional

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years of recruitment or relevant professional experience
• Elementary school teaching experience highly preferred
• Experience in urban education a plus

About Mastery:

We believe educational inequity is the most pressing social problem facing our country and the civil rights issue of our day. Mastery exists to help solve this problem. Our ultimate goal is to create a model urban school district that serves all students with excellence. We are organized around one driving mission: All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams. To fulfill this mission, we attend to the whole child – academically and emotionally – matching high expectations for students with high levels of support.

Mastery Charter Schools is a nonprofit network of more than 24 schools serving over 14,000 students in Philadelphia and Camden.   We are the largest turnaround school operator in the nation and have been lauded by President Obama and the US Department of Education for our ability to dramatically boost academic achievement in historically low-performing schools.

We know neighborhood schools matter, all students deserve access to a great education, and the people in our building can grow and develop sustainably to make the biggest impact possible in this work.

Mastery Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. We offer a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.