Director of Recruitment & Selection

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Summit Public Schools is seeking a Director of Recruitment & Selection to lead the network-wide strategy for attracting and selecting top-tier, diverse talent across our school sites and Home Office. Reporting to the Senior Director of People Operations, you will build and scale data-informed recruitment systems, cultivate strategic talent pipelines, manage the Manager of Recruitment & Selection, and partner closely with leaders across the organization to ensure we are fully staffed to deliver on our promise to students.

This position is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What if all students graduated high school with the knowledge, skills and habits they need to lead a fulfilled life? This is the question that guides our mission at Summit Public Schools .

Summit is a leading network of public schools that collectively prepares a diverse community of young people with the skills, knowledge, and habits to attain economic empowerment and success in a chosen concrete next step toward a fulfilled life. We operate 10 schools serving over 3,000 students in the Bay Area and Seattle, WA. 100% of Summit graduates are college-ready, and Summit graduates complete college at double the national average.

We need exceptional, diverse, and mission-aligned individuals to join our team to help prepare our students for a fulfilled life. Join us!

At Summit, attracting and hiring outstanding talent is one of our highest-leverage opportunities to transform student outcomes. The Director of Recruitment & Selection ensures that Summit schools and the Home Office are fully staffed year-round with high-quality, diverse educators, leaders, and support staff. Leading through a data-driven lens, you will own the network-wide recruitment strategy, refine selection systems and procedures to deliver exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences, and cultivate strategic partnerships that build robust talent pipelines.

Core responsibilities will include:

• Lead network-wide strategy for recruitment and selection across all school-site and Home Office roles to build a robust candidate pipeline.
• Advance diversity and equity by designing fair, inclusive, and bias-aware selection processes that attract, hire, and retain candidates from historically underrepresented backgrounds.
• Define and elevate our employer brand by partnering with teams and leaders to refine Summit’s recruitment messaging, candidate communications, and digital attraction channels
• Build strategic partnerships with universities, placement agencies, and other organizations—including the Marshall Teacher Residency—to source top-tier talent.
• Drive proactive sourcing strategies and build active talent pools for all roles, prioritizing hard-to-fill, high-impact instructional and leadership roles.

• Analyze recruitment metrics within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and other systems to evaluate funnel performance, refine sourcing strategies, and report insights to the Senior Director of People Operations, executive leadership and the Board.
• Optimize selection workflows by auditing, building, and scaling modern hiring tools, technologies, and interview protocols from the ground up to elevate candidate and hiring manager experiences.

• Manage the Manager of Recruitment & Selection through goal setting, routine coaching, performance development, and clear role alignment.
• Coach hiring managers and school leaders on effective talent planning, inclusive selection methods, and structured…