POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Senior
Recruitment & Retention Partner, the Recruitment and Retention Advisor –
Conditional Educators Program will support the district’s efforts in
attracting, hiring, and retaining the highest quality workforce. The incumbent of this position will support
the department’s efforts to develop and monitor a comprehensive recruitment and
retention strategic plan with particular focus on the retention of educators in
the first five years of teaching. As
part of this effort, the incumbent will partner with HR Partners, Recruitment Team,
and the Office of Talent Development to implement and execute the vision and
plan. Additionally, the Advisor will be
responsible for meeting established recruitment and retention goals and
objectives, recruitment and retention metrics reporting; as well as supporting
efforts to execute innovative recruitment and retention initiatives.
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Assists with the development
and implementation of recruitment and retention strategies; strong focus on the
recruitment of conditionally certified educators and retention of educators and
school leaders with support for other key areas on an as-needed basis;
Partners with key HR staff and
other key stakeholders to support the development, execution, analysis and
monitoring of initiatives and programs;
Establishes and maintains
strong, positive working relationships with principals and other key central
office staff to support the sourcing, assignment, onboarding, induction,
retention, development, and performance of high-quality candidates for all positions;
Partners with the certification,
staffing and recruitment teams to effectively support the employee lifecycle to
optimize recruitment, selection, hiring, onboarding, retention, and development
efforts of conditionally certified educators;
Partners with the Office of
Talent Development to develop and foster programs to engage new conditional
educators and school leaders; participates in the development of and attends induction
programs to nurture positive relationships with the educator and school leader cohorts;
Supports the development,
implementation, management, and monitoring of both internal and external educators
and “grow your own” pipeline programs;
Establishes outreach and
communication protocols and procedures to engage new educators and school
leaders;
Tracks, collects, and analyzes
retention metrics to inform strategic planning efforts; develops reports and
engages key stakeholders to support their retention efforts; leverages
technology to support recruitment and sourcing requirements and maintain up to
date candidate information;
Leads, coordinates, and
cross-trains HR staff and principals around best practices and the HR
Division’s recruitment and retention programs and initiatives;
Supports the annual educator
and school leader hiring forecast process by providing valuable insight and
data with regard to retention measures;
Leads the exit survey and
interview coordination of all departing educators and school leaders to track
and measure key attrition reasons to inform retention efforts and strategies;
Develops and leads an annual
declaration of intent process to collect educators’ and school leaders’ plans
for the next school year; and
Performs other duties as
assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Fully
informed and knowledgeable of recruitment and retention issues in K-12
organizations;
Ability
to make data driven decisions; proficient in a variety of technologies for data
collection and reporting (e.g. social media, Internet traffic, applicant
tracking systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and Internet);
Ability
to travel locally, nationally and internationally - frequent travel required;
Ability
to work a non-traditional work schedule;
Business
acumen;
Accuracy
and high quality customer service;
Drives
innovation; relentless about results with a strong sense of urgency;
Optimizes
talent and performance management;
Courage;
cultural sensitivity;
Effective
communication;
Mental
agility;
Collaborates
with others;
Committed
partner, personal credibility;
Influences
and networks;
Human
Resources measurement, assessment, and evaluation;
Technology
utilization including Human Resources information systems;
Data
driven, analyze issues and shift priorities, cope with ambiguity; and
Maintains
confidentiality.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university required in education, human
resources, business administration, public administration, or a closely related
field required; Master’s degree preferred. A minimum of five (5) years of progressive
work experience in human resources/human capital management or education
(teaching, building leadership); some of which has been in a large organization;
with at least three (3) years specializing in recruitment and retention
programs in an educational setting; or experience working in educational
settings preferably as an educator, administrator or central office staff.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
None Required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
No direct supervisory responsibilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Highly demanding and fast-paced environment; frequently required to work long hours and weekends. Annual leave may be limited during specified timeframes. Local and non-local travel is required.