Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects

Talent Acquisition Team

KIPP Texas is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. We work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond!

Job Description

The Talent Acquisition Team at KIPP Texas attracts, recruits, and selects a top, diverse workforce committed to creating joyful and academically excellent schools to meet the organization’s current and future staffing needs. KIPP Texas is seeking a Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects to support key strategic and operational initiatives related to candidate attraction, recruitment outreach, and selection implementation.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead Talent Acquisition Projects (25%)
  • Evaluate project’s progress, making recommendations to adjust project scope or implementation plans, escalating issues, and enacting mitigation risk strategies that might prevent on time and/or quality project delivery.
  • Coordinate and align key stakeholders across the team to ensure seamless project execution.
  • Facilitate user group feedback sessions and incorporate findings into project plans, deliverables and services.
  • Provide direction to, motivate, and lead project teams to develop quality deliverables and/or services based on project requirements.
  • Ensure strong project closure, including, transferring and training appropriate users or owners on implementation of project processes, policies, and services.
  • Maintain all projects and strategic initiatives documentation, including, project plans, reports, budgets, communications, etc.
  • Regularly communicate with plans and forecasts to internal stakeholders, including escalating risk of over capacity concerns.
• Employer Attraction (20%)
  • Act as a brand champion of KIPP TX’s employer value proposition.
  • Monitor Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn and plan and execute activities for engaging reviewers.
  • Collaborate with the marketing team to amplify KIPP TX employees as ambassadors for our brand.
  • Incorporate employer value proposition messaging into all KIPP TX promotional materials, including career fair materials, recruitment + selection events materials, and job descriptions.
  • Identify and make recommendations on new opportunities to expand brand awareness for recruitment.
• Recruitment Outreach and Campaigns (30%)
  • Lead recruitment campaigns to attract high-quality applicants, particularly for hard to fill positions at KIPP TX.
  • Develop systems for tracking, reporting, and evaluating recruitment campaigns and marketing activities.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to improve recruitment marketing campaign results.
  • Create and implement mass outreach campaigns in Smartrecruiters to drive applicant conversion rates.
  • Compile and oversee the implementation of the KIPP Texas statewide calendar of sourcing, recruitment, and hiring events, including career fairs, job fairs, information sessions, and in-person events.
  • Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team to assist in the development of regional-based recruitment and hiring events and engagements.
  • Serve as administrator for recruitment platforms, including LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and ACP lists.
  • Work closely with regional based talent acquisition portfolios to understand hiring priorities and craft customized recruitment strategies.
• SmartRecruiters Communities Management (15%)
  • Develop and implement a strategy to optimize our Communities (CRM) in our applicant tracking system.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership and the Talent Strategy team to design and maintain CRM infrastructure.
  • Develop workflow processes to streamline and optimize Communities ensuring accurate and up-to-date CRM data tracking, auditing, and cleaning across the Talent Acquisition team.
  • Leverage CRM data reports to identify and escalate pipeline funnel gaps.
  • Serve as a member of the Talent Division Team and Family (10%)
    • Champion KIPP Texas’ mission and core values, modeling our values in your work, decisions, and relationships.
    • Model the Talent Division’s culture to foster high-performance, inclusion, and belonging.
    • Support key team culture initiatives.
    • Build a network of engaged stakeholders across the organization.
    • Leverage a diverse set of perspectives to implement and strengthen our talent practices.
    • Serve as an expert in sourcing and recruitment practices.
    • Foster a culture of collaboration through active participation in manager, team, division, and organizational meetings.
    • Demonstrate a growth mindset through co-creating a personalized learning plan and participating in development experiences to improve your practice in cultural competence leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Degree in management, business or human resources preferred
• Minimum of 3 years experience in project management, talent/HR, or full cycle recruitment
• Experience working in education, non-profit, or high-stakes service industry, preferred
• Experience in marketing, communications, or sales strongly preferred
• Passion for advancing KIPP Texas’ mission

Additional Information

• Salary: $67,000
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage options for employees and their families.
• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
• Paid family leave.
• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.
• Employee assistance programs.
• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school throughout the workday.
• The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.

Travel Requirements

• Minimal travel: May travel to other school sites or regional offices for professional learning, meetings and other work related activities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KIPP Texas ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability.