Talent Recruiter

About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas - founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

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 Talent Recruiter to ensure that KIPP TX attracts, recruits and selects exceptional diverse and mission-aligned talent who are passionate about and skilled at advancing KIPP Texas' mission.

Reporting to the Director, Talent Acquisition you will implement the KIPP Texas' talent acquisition outreach strategy, and lead the recruitment and hiring for a portfolio of schools and/or KIPP Texas SSP departments. Through working with stakeholders in your assigned portfolio, you will implement sourcing and outreach tactics, recruitment campaigns, and hiring processes to attract diverse and mission-aligned talent, ensure a seamless selection experience, and position KIPP Texas as an employer of choice in education in Texas.

Key Responsibilities metrics:

• 93% staffed for all schools by the first day of school
• 94% hired (for known vacancies) by the first day of leader onboarding
• 94% of roles filled within time to fill parameters
• Positive net promoter for candidate, hiring manager, and new hire experience
• 90% retention of new hires

Note:

These metrics may be adjusted or updated to align with evolving organizational priorities and needs.

• Implement innovative, multi-channel recruitment campaigns to attract diverse, high-quality talent, including digital marketing, social media outreach, and in-person engagement for a portfolio of schools.
• Participate in engagement opportunities and events with pipeline partnerships and programs to cultivate prospective big KIPPsters.
• Implement regional based strategic sourcing initiatives to proactively engage passive candidates and ensure a steady pipeline of talent for key roles.
• Organize regional and school-based recruitment events such as info sessions, virtual hiring fairs, shadowing opportunities, and open houses.
• Engage with regional universities and leverage on-campus recruitment outreach opportunities.
• Represent KIPP Texas at careers fairs, job fairs, conferences, recruitment and networking events.
• Maintain accurate records of recruitment resources and materials, including contacts and engagements in the CRM.
• Identify opportunities and adjust recruitment strategies to meet goals through actively monitoring and analyzing candidate funnel and pipeline data, matriculation data, and retention data.

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for a portfolio of schools or departments within KIPP Texas, ensuring that hiring practices support a diverse and representative workforce for school-based positions or central office staff.
• Foster a culture of belongingness and…