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Success Academy Charter Schools

Senior Recruiter

New York, NY

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 53 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Job Description

As the fastest growing, highest-performing charter school network in New York State, Success Academy is reimagining K-12 public education. Nationally recognized for our innovative, whole-child school model and outstanding academic results, Success Academy educators are empowering children from all backgrounds with the knowledge, skills, and self-belief to succeed in college and in life. We now need a results-driven Senior Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team.

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As a Senior Recruiter, you'll play a pivotal role in our organization's growth. Your ability to think creatively to identify, attract and close top talent, paired with your expertise and drive for creating an efficient and highly personalized candidate experience will impact our community for years to come.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Full cycle recruiting across a variety of functions and teams, including Finance, Marketing, Advancement, Schooling and beyond
  • Juggle a variety of roles at once. At any given time you could be managing the pipelines for and working on filling 8+ open roles.
  • Assist with developing job posts, hiring plans, and rubrics. You'll work with the hiring manager to create job descriptions, screening rubrics, and drive the hiring process forward
  • Emphasize diversity. You'll look for proven traditional and creative methods to bring new points of view to the team.
  • Partnering with hiring managers on needs and priorities to implement best-in-class talent acquisition strategies and goals that are trackable, accountable, and efficient

A successful applicant will have the following experiences and education:

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience working in recruiting, preferably with at least 2 years of in-house experience
  • Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and stakeholder relationships
  • Strong consulting, communication and partnership skills with a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
  • A deep understanding of metrics and recruiting KPIs, with the ability to draw insights and build trackable strategies based upon data
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Excellent communication skills, inclusive of written, presentation, and verbal communication

A successful applicant will have the following traits:

Required Traits

  • Impeccable communication skills
  • Detail oriented and thorough
  • Adaptable and proclivity for change management
  • Highly organized

To join our team, please upload a cover letter and resume that outlines your candidacy. Your cover letter should explain in detail your qualifications for the position. Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed. (Note: While completing the online application your cover letter may be uploaded to the same screen where you will find the resume you uploaded earlier in the process.)

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

Compensation Range
Annual Salary: $110,000.00 - $120,000.00
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

Already an employee of Success Academies? Please go to your Okta Dashboard> Workday> Applications> Career to apply via our Internal Careers page.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/.

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA
Job ID: SuccessAcademy-1262915249
Employment Type: Full Time

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