Manager, Talent Placement

ob Description

Manager, Talent Placement Location: New York, NY (preferred) or Boston, MA Position available October 1, 2013
Organizational Overview: Founded in Boston in 2005, The Achievement Network (ANet) is an entrepreneurial, rapidly expanding nonprofit organization on the cutting edge of education reform. ANet partners with schools serving low-income students to build their capacity to use data effectively to dramatically improve student achievement. ANet recognizes that the effective use of student achievement data is critical to a school’s efforts to close the achievement gap. ANet offers a comprehensive solution to boost a school’s capacity to adopt a data-driven approach, involving three key strategies:
I. Implement standards-aligned quarterly assessments and user-friendly data reports to determine which standards students are mastering and also where there are gaps in student learning. II. Provide intensive coaching to help schools use the data effectively to create action plans to address gaps in learning and to re-teach concepts that students have not yet mastered. III. Facilitate a peer network of leaders and teachers for best practice sharing and collaboration to accelerate improvement in schools across the network.
ANet has experienced tremendous growth over the last four years, and now serves over 350 schools educating 100,000 students in Massachusetts, Chicago, Newark, New Orleans, New York City, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. Across our national network, our partner schools are outperforming their peers, with schools in most of our networks achieving twice the gains of non-ANet schools. Our strategies and services have consistently helped schools – whether district or charter, new to ANet or long-time partners – achieve breakthrough results for their students.
ANet has received a prestigious Investing In Innovation grant from the federal government as well as New Schools Venture Fund’s “Organization of the Year” award in 2011. ANet is an innovative organization experiencing tremendous growth; by 2017 ANet expects to reach 250,000 students while continuing to deliver breakthrough results for schools.
Position Overview: We are seeking a Manager, Talent Placement to ensure that ANet has a seamless hiring process in place to guarantee that we are well poised to recruit and hire a diverse, talented team. In recent years, ANet has doubled in staff size, and we expect to grow rapidly in coming years. An ideal Manager, Talent Placement is inspired to fuel this growth by owning and executing an outcomes-oriented staffing process. The Manager, Talent Placement will drive ANet’s hiring efforts, by managing an efficient set of staffing strategies aligned to our ambitious diversity and hiring goals. This person will collaborate strategically with managers across our teams to build and support their capacity to identify, attract, and hire the best talent for our organization. This person will also manage data tracking systems and tools to drive the improvement of our hiring efforts. This person will report to the Managing Director, Talent Acquisition.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Actively scout diverse, extraordinary talent for our teams : • Build relationships and conduct informational interviews with candidates who have short or long-term interest in ANet
Build capacity of hiring managers to effectively recruit and hire diverse, extraordinary talent for our team • Strengthen capacity and directly support managers for targeted recruiting and hiring skills and processes (such as interviewing and evaluating candidates) • Thought partner with hiring managers on topics such as role definition and profile, optimal recruitment vehicles, and hiring decisions • Monitor actively pipelines and conversion rates for all openings with direct support to managers where needed
Manage systems and processes to drive overall hiring performance and ensure key openings are staffed in a timely way with quality hires • Manage and maintain data tracking systems, including ANet’s online application system, for dashboard reporting to teams and hiring managers • Refine recruiting and hiring toolkit (prospect rubric, hiring rubric, profiles, job descriptions, etc.) for key roles • Leverage data on hiring cycles and past hires to improve recruitment strategies in real time and for future recruitment cycles
Required Skills and Characteristics: In order to be successful in this role, ideal candidates should demonstrate the following: • Belief in The Achievement Network’s mission, core values and strategy: Embracing assessments and data as meaningful tools for raising student achievement, professional development as a critical lever in improving school achievement, and network collaboration as a powerful means of spreading best practices across schools • Outcomes orientation and a passion for execution • Ability to compel and motivate others, both internally (with hiring managers and teams) and externally (with potential candidates) • Exemplary relationship building (able to understand diverse perspectives and build consensus around effective solutions) • Ability to balance multiple projects and competing priorities, with a high attention to detail • Exemplary written and verbal communication skills, with high professional standards and customer-service orientation as the face of ANet to external candidates • Motivated by an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, highly collaborative and team-oriented environment, with a desire to contribute to a growing organization • Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
Experience and Educational Background: Minimum of 5-6 years of work experience, including: • Experience recruiting and hiring staff, either for own team or for an organization with a demonstrated commitment to staff diversity • Experience building relationships and compelling action with external constituents (as a manager, recruiter, consultant, etc.) • Project and process management skills; staff management experience a plus • Experience in K-12 education (in schools, districts, non-profit organizations, etc.) preferred
What We Offer: ANet is a dynamic, entrepreneurial, team-oriented organization that is committed to the professional development of all staff members. Individuals who join ANet have the opportunity to join an exceptional team of colleagues committed to helping schools to close the achievement gap. ANet offers a comprehensive benefits plan including health and dental insurance; a 401(K) plan; 10 paid holidays as well as paid days off between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays; three weeks vacation (four weeks after two years with the organization); and short and longterm disability coverage.
Salary: Salary for this position is highly competitive and is based on prior experience and qualifications.
How to Apply: The Achievement Network is soliciting applications for this position immediately. To apply, please visit our website, http://www.achievementnetwork.org/careers/ and click the “Apply Now” button. You can review our positions, create an application, and upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling and urgent basis.
The Achievement Network is committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply to this position.