Talent Associate (2024-2025)

 TALENT ASSOCIATE

About Us:

As one of the highest performing charter networks in New York City, Classical Charter Schools is having a meaningful impact on education in the South Bronx. Recognized as four-time National Blue Ribbon Award-Winning network, Classical Charter Schools outperforms 97% of New York charters by providing a transformative education through a classical curriculum focused on art, music, Latin, debate and character education.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. All employees and applicants will be treated in all respects on basis of merit and qualifications without regards to their race, color, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, gender, veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by law. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to apply. At Classical, we provide comprehensive health benefits, competitive salaries, and opportunities for growth.

Position Summary:

The Talent Associate will drive our recruitment and selection efforts by:

• Developing and implementing a vision for recruitment—particularly emphasizing ClassiCorps, our selective three-year teaching fellowship
• Executing full-cycle recruitment selection for top talent, ensuring rigorous decision making and excellent candidate experiences
• Advocating for scholars and educational opportunity in and across a wide range of environments, including individual meetings, career fairs, classroom presentations and school tours
• Building a network of advocates among top talent pools
• Executing all selection processes both over the phone and in person, tracking scores and engaging in constant reflection and analysis to improve organizational decision making
• Actively source and identify candidates through various channels including LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, job boards, resume databases, associations, networking, and other marketing materials
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills and relentless drive to improve efficiency
• Experience creating customized recruiting and sourcing strategies by leveraging data and trends
• Ability to successfully navigate a fast-paced environment, prioritizing, multitasking and managing time efficiently
• Experience effectively utilizing Greenhouse Recruiting and other recruiting systems
• Analyzing and responding to data to better understand and guide strategy in:
  • Prospect and applicant behavior
  • Selection strategy, based on employee outcomes
• Partnering with the Talent Manager to build risk, retention and leadership development strategies for our network
• Developing some creative content internally and working with external organizations to develop other content that accurately and compellingly illustrates the Classical brand
• Create and share new content across social media to spread brand awareness
• Attend job and career fairs at different universities
• Give effective school tours to candidates
• Host evening after work events for the Mentorship Program

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree
• Experience for 2 or more years teaching in a charter school or working in recruitment for 2 or more years, ideally in high performing charter schools 
• Experience teaching in charter schools
• Experience with marketing and social media
• Excellent interpersonal, oral communication, and written skills
• Capacity to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently
• Ability to work independently and lead projects from start to finish
• Experience working with Recruitment Technology Systems
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Proven ability to take multiple perspectives to solve challenges in real-time
• A desire to build relationships and advocate for scholars with a wide range of audiences

Successful Candidates Will:

• Show alignment to Classical Charter School’s mission and approach
• Exhibit excellent work ethic and organizational skills
• Demonstrate application of our core values: Accountability, Innovation, Professionalism, Rigor, Tenacity, Transparency, and Urgency