** This position is an anticipated vacancy and is expected to be vacant by 03/01/2019. However, the current incumbent has a right to rescind their retirement, leave, or resignation up until the day of the expected vacancy date. Your hire will not be confirmed until the position is vacated. **

POSITION: Senior Manager of Recruitment and Cultivation
REPORTS TO: Managing Director of Recruitment, Cultivation, and Diversity Programs

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Boston Public Schools (BPS) Office of Human Capital is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining a racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse group of highly effective and culturally proficient teachers and principals every year. We continue to focus our efforts on three key "levers" for human capital reform: Cultivate and Recruit, Hire Early, and Develop and Retain. These levers remain at the center of our strategy for accelerating student learning.

Within the Office of Human Capital, the Recruitment, Cultivation, and Diversity Programs (RCD) Team combines talent recruitment, pipeline development, teacher development, and diversity programs to support candidates and employees from recruitment throughout their careers in response to the district's workforce diversity needs.

As an integral member of the RCD Team, the Senior Manager of Recruitment and Cultivation will be responsible for contributing to developing, implementing, communicating, and evaluating a comprehensive and progressive recruitment, cultivation, and selection strategy to generate a qualified, diverse pipeline of exceptional educators who are aligned with the district's mission and core values. The Senior Manager of Recruitment and Cultivation will cultivate and maximize relationships with our partnership pipeline organizations, national partners, local communities, internal pipelines, and other stakeholders.

The Senior Manager of Recruitment and Cultivation must be a dynamic, highly motivated, results-oriented individual with the ability to inspire top-quality educators to join the BPS. In addition, the Senior Manager of Recruitment and Cultivation must possess excellent marketing and leadership skills and the ability to effectively network with a wide range of constituents to build the support necessary to execute an ambitious recruiting campaign.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

I. Outreach

• Collaboratively develop and implement an annual local and national recruitment strategy that engages the Boston community and beyond in building a pipeline of high-quality prospective teachers and administrators that reflect the diversity and learning needs of the BPS student population.
• Establish and manage individual pieces of the Recruitment Team's annual recruitment calendar and budget for activities, events, and timelines.
• Strategically use time to maximize recruitment efforts, including cultivating an online presence and recruitment strategy.
• Analyze pre and post recruitment activities, marketing and communication efforts, and other recruitment strategies to contribute to overall Recruitment strategic planning and effectiveness.
• Provide targeted supports to all internal pipeline programs such as the Accelerated Community to Teacher Program (ACTT) and the BPS Teaching Fellowship, including logistical and strategic support, and participation in recruitment and selection of new and current members.
• Build deep relationships with key partner organizations (e.g. universities and community organizations) to incorporate a progressive ability to reach target applicants and develop pipelines of future candidates.
• Conduct recruitment outreach and advertising activities for the recruitment of outstanding principal and assistant principal candidates.

II. Identification

• Collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate screening and selection processes for top educator candidates that align with district and school needs, goals, and strategic objectives.
• Organize and/or attend career fairs, interview days, and other events
• Support screening and selection effectiveness of all candidates by providing focused support, guidance, and training to hiring managers and school leaders that enable them to meet their goals and student needs.
• Support the management of the Recruitment Fellows initiative, including the recruitment, selection, and ongoing supervision and management of each year's Recruitment Fellows cohort.
• Contribute to the improvement and implementation of tools and systems to identify and share top priority candidates with schools whose needs match those of the candidates.
• Work with internal hiring and school-based teams to identify staffing needs and assist with targeted recruitment efforts for high-need schools and hard-to-fill vacancies.
  
  

III. Cultivation

• Collaboratively plan and implement an in-depth cultivation strategy that engages potential future Boston educators through events, networking, online engagement, and personal outreach in order to build the pool of future educators from the greater Boston community who reflect the diversity of BPS students.
• Participate in in-depth cultivation work for top priority teacher candidates including personal application and interview support, event coordination, and facilitating connections between school leaders, top candidates, and hard to fill and high-need teaching positions.
• Manage the Cultivation Fellows initiative, including the recruitment, selection, and ongoing supervision and management of each year's Cultivation Fellows cohort.
• Actively promote the use of technology for recruitment processes, champion the online applicant tracking system, and lead effort to develop tools and collect data for long-term recruitment planning.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to high potential candidates to assist in matching them with an appropriate school placement.
• Collaboratively plan and execute targeted events and communications designed to match top priority candidates with school leaders and specific vacancies, including demonstration days, showcases, workshops, and more.

Qualifications - Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• A passion for improving urban public education and supporting schools to ensure high-quality teaching and learning for all students
• Experience developing and implementing a recruitment plan designed to attract high caliber talent into an organization or program
• Ability to manage a program with multiple and competing priorities and work as part of a team across multiple departments to accomplish goals
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop partnerships and strategic relationships with a wide range of diverse constituents and communities.
• Stellar judgment, high-level project management and organizational skills, and excellent problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience in creating evaluation tools and utilizing evaluation tools to collect and analyze data to inform future work.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs, MailChimp, social media outlets, and other technology-based systems.
• Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment

Qualifications - Preferred:

• Fluency in one or more of BPS' official languages (Arabic, Chinese - Cantonese or Mandarin, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese)
• Demonstrated experience in developing strategic partnerships with public school leaders and administrators
• Experience working in and/or with faculty in BPS or experience in urban public education
  

Terms: Managerial, Tier C. This position is subject to the City of Boston residency requirement.

Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohc (under "Employee Benefits and Policies") for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.

The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record (inquiries only), disability, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.