Director, Talent Recruitment

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating 120,000 students in grades Prek-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools  is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose – college, career, and beyond – so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. 

In the 2025-26 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating more than 3,000 students, kindergarten through twelfth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 12th grade

For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.

• K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm 

• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm. 

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal. 

To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach where you can also view all of our job postings.

POSITION OVERVIEW

KIPP Jacksonville seeks an experienced talent leader for the Director, Talent position. The ideal candidate for this position will be aligned to our mission and will have clear talent management experience in recruitment/acquisition.

The Director of Talent is responsible for the talent recruitment team. They oversee critical talent and strategic areas for the growing organization. 

The Director of Talent is responsible for managing and developing team members, overseeing all recruitment/outreach activities/partnerships, executing the selection process with excellence, and supports the HR/MITDS with teacher certification resources as it relates to a prospect’s ability to matriculate. The Director of Talent also ensures the organization is meeting key strategic outcomes like having a teacher pipeline or a leadership pipeline to fuel the upcoming growth periods of the organization. 

The Director of Talent reports to the COO and sets all talent-related hiring benchmarks for year-round roles, instructional roles, and non-instructional roles. 

This role will focus primarily in the following areas: 

1. Managing regional talent members to hit key metrics

2. Oversee progress to goal in key hiring areas (% hired; % vacancies filled; outreach goals)

3. Ensure teachers and leaders are on track with key hiring outcomes

The DoT is a full-time role on the Shared Services Team which oversees four schools currently and is actively planning for growth in future school years. As a member of the Shared Services Team, this individual would be responsible for doing whatever it takes to ensure that students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.

This position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their manager. Typical hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but vary for this role based on the season. Some travel to community events during/after normal business hours would be required.
 

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Managing Others

• Lead the KIPP Jacksonville talent team by managing multiple talent recruiters 

• Meet regularly  with each school hiring team to monitor progress to goals on critical deliverables

• Supports schools and the human resources team to confirm teacher certification eligibility 

• Together with the COO, develop a strategic vision for a growing talent team that supports long-term hiring growth 

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with talent partners, schools, and local non-profits 

Design and Maintaining Systems

• Design, update, and/or maintain internal talent systems that allow the organization to continue to grow. These systems might include the selection processes for each role, tracking hiring goals, tracking certification requirements, etc. 

• In partnership with the academics team, contributing to actionable talent reviews to ensure our leader pipeline is healthy and robust

• Work to centralize best practices via playbooks and toolkits

• Other duties, as assigned 

COMPENSATION

• The annual salary for this position is between $67,000 and $75,000. This does not include any stipends for which the person in this role would be eligible. 

• Free individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)*

• 403(b) retirement program with a company match*

• All staff members receive individualized support and professional development*

*Offerings are subject to change each school year. Details would be outlined in an offer letter, if issued. 

REQUIREMENTS

• A deep commitment to KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville’s mission, vision, and commitments

• KIPP Jacksonville Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators and staff who embody them.

• Bachelor’s degree

• Proven experience as a talent recruiter

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in the education or non-profit setting

• Experience managing others

• Exemplary written and verbal communication, organizational, and project management skills (i.e. speaking to groups and designing a scope and sequence of written communications to a group)

• Ability to set large goals and then work to set interim benchmarks to meet targets

HIGHLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with school-based or regional talent recruitment/development  in a non-profit charter setting

• Master’s degree

APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings.  Link here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville 

If you're a current KIPP Jax team member, you should:

1) Inform your current manager of your interest in the role and

2) Complete the online application

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this position, please email Zac at [email protected]. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.