Talent Recruiter

Organization Overview

Excel Academy is a network of 5 schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that prepares students in grades 5-12 to succeed in high school and college and engage productively in their communities. The majority of our 1,700 students identify as Latino or Hispanic and will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Families choose Excel because our students consistently outperform their peers in growth and achievement and are 5x more likely to graduate from college.

At Excel, we believe that every student—regardless of race, zip code, or economic status - deserves access to a free, high quality holistic education. During their middle school journey with us, students grow at a pace faster than most peers in their state. This is possible through a combination of high expectations, rigorous instruction, and individualized support. At our nationally ranked high school, students achieve at the highest level and are poised for success in their chosen college or career path.

Everyday, our team members choose to be positive, drive their own growth, uplift one another, and hold the highest possible beliefs for what students can achieve.

The Talent Recruiter will report to the Director of Talent and will be a member of the Talent Team. Excel’s Talent Team ensures that Excel has the diverse, excellent, and mission-aligned talent it needs to accomplish its mission. The team leads Network-wide recruitment initiatives and supports campus-based hiring by attracting high quality applicants and overseeing full-cycle recruiting. The Talent Recruiter will deeply understand Excel’s mission and model, attract high-quality candidates through direct outreach, online, and in-person initiatives, maintain trusting relationships with key strategic partners, and provide excellent customer service to our applicants and internal hiring teams.

Excel Academy is engaged in a 10-year growth plan, expanding from a single-state high performing charter network serving 1,400 students to a multi-state network serving 3,600. We currently operate five campuses and expect to run up to eight over the next 10 years, an aspiration which will require tremendous growth in Talent function. The Talent Recruiter will play a key role in staff recruitment and scaling our Talent function.

This role is expected to operate in a hybrid manner, roughly 2 or 3 days/week in person in our Chelsea, MA or Providence, RI office and 2 or 3 days/week remotely. Our team has found that this mix of deliberate in-person and remote work reinforces a strong and collaborative team culture as well as time for focused work offsite.

Starting Salary &

Start Date:

$60-80k, commensurate with experience. The ideal candidate would start in the Fall or Winter of 2025.

Serve as the primary recruiter for a subset of searches

• Represent Excel excellently and authentically in various settings
• Collaborate with Excel’s hiring managers to execute a full-cycle recruiting strategy that involves: sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, salary calculations, hiring, and onboarding for 30-50 open roles
• Develop and maintain partnerships with peer organizations and post-secondary institutions that help expand Excel’s brand and network, with a targeted focus on diversity
• Manage recruitment operational tasks, including role postings, Linked In Recruiter sourcing, completing reference requests, and salary calculations
• Attend and participate in on-site interview processes

Co-Lead our external communications initiatives to attract diverse, excellent, and mission-aligned talent to Excel

• In collaboration with the Director of Talent and Excel’s Communications team, develop an external communications strategy for all MA roles in the network and execute on that strategy
• Participate in and co-lead our Referral Champions program
• Register for, manage, and attend career fair opportunities as an Excel representative (coordinate event logistics, including registration)
• Use sourcing data frequently to inform our external communications talent strategy and make recommendations

Serve as the bridge between Network and School-based hiring teams

• Ensure our…