Regional Talent Acquisition Coordinator - San Antonio (Immediate Opening)

About the role

The Regional Talent Coordinator plays a key role in supporting IDEA’s mission by ensuring that high-quality candidates are actively engaged in the early stages of our recruitment process. This role focuses on outreach, candidate engagement, and logistics by helping build strong applicant pools across campus-based and regional positions.

Responsibilities

• Represent IDEA Public Schools at job fairs, recruitment events, and community outreach activities.
• Proactively source candidates through grassroots efforts (flyer promotions, cold calls, campus visits, referrals).
• Serve as the first point of contact for candidates, answering questions and ensuring timely responses.
• Manage the logistics of recruitment fairs, including registration, setup, materials, and follow-up.
• Post approved job descriptions in Jobvite and ensure postings remain active and up-to-date.
• Candidate engagement & logistics: coordinate candidate communication in the early stages of the process, ensuring a positive experience.
• Support scheduling for candidate interviews and hiring events as directed by the recruiting team.
• Data & Systems Support: track outreach activity (event attendance, candidate engagement, leads generated) and provide weekly updates to the regional recruiter or manager.
• Aid in managing regional prospect lists and communication campaigns.
• Support logistics for New to IDEA onboarding and track attendance rates for 100% of new hires.
• Own communication for 100% of new hires for week one onboarding.
• Partner with Regional Talent Recruiters by handing off qualified leads and candidates.
• Support the execution of regional recruitment campaigns as directed by the Talent Recruiter or Sr. VP of Talent.
• Participate in regional recruitment team meetings, sharing updates from events and outreach activities.

Requirements

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Comfort with outreach activities such as cold calling, advertising or event networking.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Canva and Google Suite required; experience with Jobvite or other ATS systems preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 1–2 years of related work experience in outreach, grassroots organizing, sales, customer service, or administrative/logistical coordination preferred.

Skills

• Make Strategic Decisions: Gather reliable information, ask clarifying questions, evaluate multiple options, align choices with team objectives, current responsibilities, and the broader mission of the organization.
• Manage Work and Teams: Set clear, measurable goals, reflect on progress, adjust actions as needed, prioritize work aligned with goals using a task management system, consistently meet deadlines through effective time management.
• Grow Self and Others: Demonstrate self-awareness by actively seeking and responding to feedback with curiosity and a growth mindset, identify development areas, implement feedback when appropriate, pursue opportunities to build knowledge and skills.
• Build a Culture of Trust: Demonstrate self-awareness and emotional intelligence, foster psychological safety and trust within the team, build respectful, reliable relationships, engage in direct, compassionate feedback, support a culture of honesty and mutual respect.
• Communicate Deliberately: Communicate clearly and professionally, deliver concise messages tailored to the audience, actively listen, engage in dialogue by asking and clarifying questions, follow up to ensure shared understanding in both individual and group settings.

Benefits

Compensation & Benefits: Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $20.74/hour and $25.93/hour commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment. Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/.

Application Process

Submit your application online through Jobvite. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.