Director of Talent

DIRECTOR OF TALENT

Who We Are

New Paradigm For Education (NPFE) is a non-profit Charter Management Organization (CMO) composed of educational practitioners, community advocates, and business leaders who have dedicated years of service to children. NPFE serves 2,100 students in Detroit, Michigan. We specialize in maximizing student learning potential through proven education practices and managing all phases of school design, planning, and program implementation.

Why New Paradigm for Education

NPFE is on a mission to ensure that all students in Detroit achieve at the highest levels, supporting educational transformation through increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support. NPFE’s Mission is to provide a quality education through shared responsibility in a safe supportive environment for all students to meet the needs of a global society. We are committed to excellence and strive to offer a new educational paradigm evident by increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support.

New Paradigm For Education seeks a self-motivated Director of Talent Innovation with a track record of success in school recruitment and strategic talent staffing, who is fueled by our mission, and highly motivated to build talent strategies that will attract and retain quality educators that will support students to achieve at the highest levels.

What You’ll Do

The Director of Talent Innovation will set a vision that ensures NPFE students have access to effective, diverse, and culturally responsive educators. The Director of Talent Innovation will create and execute ambitious recruitment goals, plan and execute a strong talent recruitment strategy that focuses on implementing best practices across the NPFE network. The Director of Talent Innovation will build rich and diverse talent pipelines, manage the selection process, and support NPFE with onboarding and retaining top talent throughout the school year. Ultimately, the Director of Talent Innovation will lead NPFE’s charge to recruit highly effective, diverse educators and to ensure that our network is fully staffed each year.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 8 years of working experience (required)

• Prior experience with talent recruitment, hiring, and/or teacher development in a school or district setting (required)

• Track record of achieving exceptional results in prior role(s) (required)

• Past experience working as an educator (highly preferred)

Job Requirements

COMPETENCIES

• Passionate about education and a deep desire to serve students

• An achievement orientation: self-directed and results-oriented, demonstrating initiative and follow-through and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances

• Inspires others to take action and accomplish goals, even when no direct reporting relationship exists

• Uses data to accurately assess areas for improvement and teaches others to do the same

• Accurately scopes and secures resources needed to accomplish projects

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills, including public speaking skills.

• Excellent relationship management, communication, and listening skills.

• A customer-service based approach to recruiting.

• Experience with organizational recruiting software, educator certification processes, and/or teacher development programs.

• Strong computer skills, including skills for social media and databases.

• Experience with marketing, digital advertising, and public relations preferred.

• Ability to model NPFE values and mission alignment all times.

Duties & Responsibilities

DATA TRACKING, SOURCING & CULTIVATION

• Track metrics related to recruitment, lead generation, cultivation, and selection

• Manage systems to track contacts made through cultivation, selection progress to date, and the next steps

• Develop and execute strong one-on-one cultivation meetings with prospects that lead to clear next steps

• Lead the network’s referral program, including developing investing staff, and follow through with referral engagement

• Develop and execute social media strategy for talent recruitment

• Support, execute, and refine strategic national and local outreach, including but not limited to partnerships with transition to teaching programs, HBCUs, and partner organizations

• Develop and execute internal and external talent recruitment events, including school tours, hiring fairs, information sessions at colleges/universities, etc.

• Identify and manage marketing of new jobs on a variety of job boards and sites

HIRING, SELECTION, MATRICULATION & RETENTION

• Develop and refine selection processes and materials for open roles

• Manage the selection process for all open roles, including application reviews, phone interviews, final interviews, and offer process

• Build relationships with applicants, remaining in contact with them throughout the selection process

• Develop a vision for the matriculation process and support execution to ensure hires are ready to start on the first day of school, including collaboration with school leaders and Human Resources

• Ensure all incoming teachers are certified (or are on a path to certification) by developing expertise in Michigan certification requirements

• Design and lead initiatives to support employee engagement, wellness, and retention

• Design, plan and execute the annual contract process (creation and dissemination) for all network employees in line with the organizational timeline

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Communicate a compelling vision and strategy and collaborate with teams and team members to set goals and drive toward results

• Coach and develop team members to to achieve ambitious results, while fostering a high standard of excellence and accountability

• Support team members' learning, development, and career growth

• Build a team culture aligned to organizational core values

If this sounds like you, apply TODAY to join the NPFE team!