Talent Recruiter

Talent Recruiter

Excel Academy is a network of five schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that prepares students in grades 5-12 to succeed in high school and college and engage productively in their communities. The majority of our 1,700 students identify as Latino or Hispanic and will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Families choose Excel because our students consistently outperform their peers in growth and achievement and are 5x more likely to graduate from college. At Excel, we believe that every studentregardless of race, zip code, or economic status - deserves access to a free, high quality holistic education. During their middle school journey with us, students grow at a pace faster than most peers in their state. This is possible through a combination of high expectations, rigorous instruction, and individualized support. At our nationally ranked high school, students achieve at the highest level and are poised for success in their chosen college or career path.

Everyday, our team members choose to be positive, drive their own growth, uplift one another, and hold the highest possible beliefs for what students can achieve.

The Talent Recruiter will report to the Director of Talent and will be a member of the Talent Team. Excel's Talent Team ensures that Excel has the diverse, excellent, and mission-aligned talent it needs to accomplish its mission. The team leads Network-wide recruitment initiatives and supports campus-based hiring by attracting high quality applicants and overseeing full-cycle recruiting. The Talent Recruiter will deeply understand Excel's mission and model, attract high-quality candidates through direct outreach, online, and in-person initiatives, maintain trusting relationships with key strategic partners, and provide excellent customer service to our applicants and internal hiring teams. Excel Academy is engaged in a 10-year growth plan, expanding from a single-state high performing charter network serving 1,400 students to a multi-state network serving 3,600. We currently operate five campuses and expect to run up to eight over the next 10 years, an aspiration which will require tremendous growth in Talent function. The Talent Recruiter will play a key role in staff recruitment and scaling our Talent function. This role is expected to operate in a hybrid manner, roughly 2 or 3 days/week in person in our Chelsea, MA or Providence, RI office and 2 or 3 days/week remotely. Our team has found that this mix of deliberate in-person and remote work reinforces a strong and collaborative team culture as well as time for focused work offsite.

Starting Salary & Start Date: $60-80k, commensurate with experience. The ideal candidate would start in the Winter of 2025 or Spring of 2026.

Your Impact

• Serve as the primary recruiter for a subset of searches
• Represent Excel excellently and authentically in various settings
• Collaborate with Excel's hiring managers to execute a full-cycle recruiting strategy that involves: sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, salary calculations, hiring, and onboarding for 30-50 open roles
• Develop and maintain partnerships with peer organizations and post-secondary institutions that help expand Excel's brand and network, with a targeted focus on diversity
• Manage recruitment operational tasks, including role postings, LinkedIn Recruiter sourcing, completing reference requests, and salary calculations
• Attend and participate in on-site interview processes

Co-Lead our external communications initiatives to attract diverse, excellent, and mission-aligned talent to Excel

• In collaboration with the Director of Talent and Excel's Communications team, develop an external communications strategy for all MA roles in the network and execute on that strategy
• Participate in and co-lead our Referral Champions program
• Register for, manage, and attend career fair opportunities as an Excel representative (coordinate event logistics, including registration)
• Use sourcing data frequently to inform our external communications talent strategy and make recommendations

Serve as the bridge between Network and School-based hiring teams

• Ensure our new hire retention initiatives are executed on your team (e.g., creating monthly newsletters, sending care packages, coordinating New Staff Orientation materials (NSO), etc.)
• Manage managers through the Annual Stipend Opportunities Process, Intent to Return Conversations, and Offer Letter Distribution
• Lead or support the following annual events as needed
  • Staff Holiday party
  • New Hire summer events
  • Anniversary awards for long-time staff
  • Network Summit day

Mission Alignment

• You share a commitment to and belief in all students and the mission of Excel Academy Charter Schools, including Excel's values and educational model;
• You are committed to addressing racial and economic inequity in education;
• You work effectively in a team environment and have a willingness and desire to support others in doing their best work; and
• You are open to change, are willing to problem-solve, and seek feedback for your own professional growth and improvement

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional experience in a public charter school setting preferred;
• Experience managing others and holding leaders accountable to outcomes;
• Strong written and oral communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust and rapport quickly;
• The ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment;
• Comfort working with data and astute attention to detail;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Drive Suite;
• Flexibility with how your role will expand as our needs shift over time

Preference will be given to applicants who share points of intersection with our students, such as speaking Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or a language commonly spoken by our students and families at an advanced level, being first generation college graduates, or having grown up low-income.

Learn about what sets Excel Academy apart here!