Manager, Recruitment

Location: Arizona or Utah

About the role

Teach For America (TFA) is seeking a dynamic Recruitment Manager to help drive the movement for educational opportunity by attracting top leaders to join the TFA corps. This role is crucial in addressing long-standing educational challenges by engaging leaders committed to teaching and leading change. As a Recruitment Manager - External (RME), you will execute a targeted recruitment strategy, aligning TFA’s efforts with each region's specific needs, history, and community story.

You will lead recruitment initiatives, including events, cultivation meetings, campus engagement, and key partnerships. Collaborating with internal teams, you will make data-driven decisions and employ innovative strategies to accelerate field recruitment. The ideal candidate thrives on collaboration, relationship-building, and executing long-term recruitment strategies across diverse campuses and communities.

As a Recruitment Manager, you will advance TFA’s Theory of Change, receive robust training, ongoing coaching, and professional development to hone your leadership and innovation skills.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute recruitment strategy at targeted campuses (15%)
  • Develop and execute a recruitment strategy that strengthens and amplifies the campaign landscape across subsets of schools.
  • Build strategy for stakeholder engagement, empowering key influencers (alumni, corps members, campus ambassadors) to steward the TFA movement.
  • Plan, execute, and improve strategy using data-based tools to identify gaps, patterns, and opportunities.
  • Make decisions aligned with TFA’s selection process through all stages of the application funnel.
  • Hire and manage part-time student employees to meet campaign objectives and build awareness of TFA and educational opportunity.
• Identify and conduct outreach to Corps Member prospects (35%)
  • Source high-potential leaders and develop outreach strategies to connect them with TFA.
  • Identify high-impact campaign levers (e.g., partnering with Career Services, prioritizing social impact summits).
  • Tailor communication to different audiences, crafting compelling messages that resonate with candidates’ motivations.
  • Initiate and nurture relationships with network partners and external stakeholders to deepen their commitment to TFA’s mission.
  • Plan and execute high-quality recruitment events and initiatives to drive candidate engagement.
• Execute recruitment strategies to drive applications and steward candidates (35%)
  • Leverage stakeholders and colleagues to plan and execute events, meetings, and strategies to compel prospective corps members to join TFA.
  • Build and maintain individualized relationships with candidates, tailoring cultivation strategies to their backgrounds.
  • Guide candidates through the admissions process, ensuring their investment in TFA’s mission and readiness to contribute to systemic change.
• Lead across the movement (15%)
  • Actively participate in organizational commitments, including selection, confirmation, and team meetings.
  • Stay informed about the educational landscape of partner regions, using local context to guide conversations.
  • Adapt to the changing needs of the team, region, or organization, supporting various initiatives as needed.
  • Responsibly steward resources through compliance with employee policies and expectations.

A week in the life

As the Recruitment Manager - External (RME), your week will involve actively recruiting at college campuses or through nonprofit partnerships. This may include attending hiring fairs, recruitment events, or engaging with key stakeholders at local colleges and nonprofits. You will cultivate relationships with leaders, connect one-on-one with prospective candidates, and inspire them to apply.

You will collaborate with your manager and internal recruitment partners to analyze campaign data, adjust strategies, and ensure the accuracy of prospect data in TFA’s CRM.

Requirements

• Prior Experience
  • At least 2 years of professional experience.
  • Teach For America alumni and/or experience working in low-income schools strongly preferred.
  • Prior recruitment experience preferred.
• Skills and Abilities
  • Proficient in planning, execution, and strategy design, with a focus on initiatives like in-person events and campus partnerships.
  • Exceptionally detail-oriented, able to manage multiple projects while maintaining high-quality results.
  • Skilled at building and nurturing relationships across diverse groups to foster strong partnerships.
  • Able to communicate clearly and persuasively in various settings, tailoring messaging to engage different audiences.
  • Committed to personal and professional growth, reflecting on experiences, seeking feedback, and incorporating it quickly.

Work Demands

• Travel will be required, varying week to week based on strategy and needs. Ability to travel independently to multiple locations.
• Occasional evening and weekend work is required.
• Ability to lift and transport up to 20 pounds for work purposes.

About the team

Teach For America’s Recruitment Team (RT) recruits a high-quality and large corps to fuel the movement toward educational excellence and opportunity. The team engages leaders across college campuses and professional sectors to discuss educational challenges and inspire them to join the corps as a means of expanding opportunities for kids and developing long-term commitment to the movement.

Pay

The applicable salary range for this U.S.-based role is based on the employee’s work location and aligned to one of three tiers according to a cost-of-labor index. Starting pay depends on education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought in between the range minimum and midpoint.

• Tier A: $61,300 to $82,000
• Tier B: $66,800 to $89,400
• Tier C: $72,300 to $96,700

View which tier applies to your planned work location here.