Company Description

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a network of 280 public charter schools, 15,000 educators and 175,000 students and alumni. 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.

WHY TEACH AT KIPP?
At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools - especially our teachers. Their skill. Energy, Love. Their determination. On the good days and on the hard days. So we support our teachers to make the most of those gifts

The KIPP Difference

• Respect - For our teachers’ innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth, and for the lives they lead beyond our walls. We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers play in lighting paths to opportunity for students
• Support - As our teachers progress through the day, the year, and their careers, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead and support to grow
• Purpose - Together, our students, schools, families and communities share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. We need talented teachers to realize it. Shape the future for your students and yourself by joining us in our work.

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. As an organization that serves a student population that is over 90% Black, we center and value the experiences and perspectives of students, families, staff of color and the surrounding community. We also work to dismantle white supremacy.

In the current school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region is comprised of four schools educating around 2,500 students, kindergarten through tenth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida:

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 2nd grade, 6th - 8th grade
• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 7th grade
• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 10th 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.

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Recruitment Associate will support the recruitment team reach critical hiring season and outreach goals for KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools. This part-time role is responsible for cultivating high-quality prospects, supporting candidates throughout the application process, and working closely with the recruitment team to track and update hiring goals. The recruitment team is focused on furthering the organization’s mission by guiding candidates through the recruitment process to ensure our students have best-in-class talent in schools.

The RA builds deep relationships with School Leaders, external partners, the Shared Services team, and teachers to accomplish their goals.

This role will focus primarily in the following areas:
(1) Sourcing and outreach of potential candidates for both immediate and future roles
(2) Keeping meticulous records and updating the applicant tracking system
(3) Cultivating relationships with candidates by supporting candidates to complete important milestone in the interview process and screening candidates when needed

Success would be measured by reaching outreach/sourcing goals as a lever for meeting hiring goals, having high satisfaction survey ratings from candidates in process, and having ‘clean’ application tracking data.

The Recruitment Associate is a part-time role on the Shared Services team which oversees four schools currently and is actively planning for growth in future school years. We anticipate that weekly hours would typically be between 25-28 hours per week. The Recruitment Associate works in the KIPP Jacksonville Public School offices to collaborate with the team in-person. The hours would be set by the recruitment team but can vary week to week.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Sourcing and Outreach

• Source and schedule phone calls or virtual meetings with potential candidates for current and future openings (referral programs, cold sourcing, etc.)
• Use the ATS platform to track communication with candidates (i.e. first email versus last email touch points)
• Ability to articulate a deep passion for social justice and educational equity for all children to external parties

Candidate Cultivation and Communication

• Send applicants reminders to complete important aspects of the process (i.e. email or phone communication to encourage candidates to complete the next stage of the interview process)
• Create and utilize strong communication touch points for set case load of candidates to ensure high-quality candidate experience, as measured by candidate surveys
• Screen applicants for specific positions using rubrics, as outlined by the talent team, and communicate scores to applicable hiring managers and talent team members

Internal Relationship Building

• Build strong, trusting relationships with the recruitment team by working collaboratively through shared documents, email communication, phone calls, etc.
• Work with School Leaders to coordinate availability, schedule interviews, demo lessons, and/or performance tasks, as needed by the recruitment team

Logistics and Data Management:

• Maintain detailed records of the status for each available position
• Create detailed outreach records for potential candidates in the applicant tracking system
• Track metrics related to recruiting (e.g., candidates yielded by each source, time to hire, etc.) to evaluate various strategies and improve hiring efficiency.
• Other tasks as needed by the recruitment team or manager

COMPENSATION

• This role has an hourly pay rate of $18.50/hr for 25 - 28 hours per week.
• All staff members receive individualized support and professional development

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

• 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.
• Demonstrated grace-under-fire-professionalism
• Fearless networker
• Outstanding public speaking, writing skills and organizational skills, including the ability to articulate a deep passion for social justice and educational equity for all children
• Bachelor’s degree
• 1+ year of related work experience
  • Teaching, leading, or supporting in an urban public school or public charter school setting
  • Recruitment work in an education or non-profit setting

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• Clear project management skills with results
• Proven ability to adapt quickly with unfamiliar systems
• Prior experience with SmartRecruiters, or similar ATS is a plus
• Knowledge of Florida teacher certification pathways is a plus

Additional Information

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

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about positions at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please email Emma at ekosanda@kippjax.org. 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.