Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects

Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects

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. This individual will lead full cycle project management to ensure that KIPP Texas is positioned as an employer of choice that cultivates exceptional teachers, school leaders, and other school district staff who are deeply committed to our mission.

This multifaceted position requires strong project management skills, strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities, and effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects is responsible for delivering on key metrics in alignment with team, department and organizational level goals:

• % staffed for all schools by the first day of school
• % hired for all schools (for known vacancies) by the first day of school
• % hired or % staffed for high need teacher positions
• Employer attraction + brand awareness goals
• Sourcing conversion rate goals
• Other project management related goals

Role Responsibilities

Lead Talent Acquisition Projects (25%)

• Lead the full project management cycle of projects aligned to the talent multi-year plan and talent acquisition strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with the Managing Director, Talent Acquisition to align project goals with organization, division, and team goals and objectives.
• 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 Linked In 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.
• Represent KIPP Texas at career fairs, university recruitment events, and networking functions to build relationships with prospective candidates.
• Participate in engagement opportunities and…