Talent Sourcing Coordinator

Company Description

About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas-founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018-we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Team at KIPP Texas attracts, recruits, and selects a top, diverse workforce committed to creating joyful and academically excellent schools to meet the organization's current and future staffing needs. KIPP Texas is seeking a Talent Sourcing Coordinator who will play a key role in building a robust pipeline of high-quality educators, school leaders, and other school-based staff through digital and on-the-ground recruitment outreach strategies. The Talent Sourcing Coordinator will develop and execute recruitment campaigns designed to identify, attract, and engage candidates who align with our mission and values. This role requires expertise in digital sourcing, passive candidate engagement, and in-person recruitment efforts, ensuring a strong talent pipeline for both instructional and non-instructional roles. The ideal candidate is proactive, creative, and results-driven, with a passion for connecting top-tier educators and professionals with opportunities that make a lasting impact on students.

As a sourcer you will be held accountable to:

• 93% staffed for all schools by the first day of school
• 94% hired (for known vacancies) by the first day of leader onboarding
• Prospect conversion rates
• Net promoter on candidate experience survey

Key Responsibilities

Talent Sourcing & Digital Recruitment Campaigns

• Create and maintain accurate job postings for an assigned portfolio of positions.
• Implement targeted digital recruitment campaigns to attract top educators, school leaders, and other school-based talent, leveraging platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, and other job boards.
• Partner with the Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects to utilize social media marketing strategies (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok) to enhance employer branding and drive candidate engagement.
• Develop and maintain talent pools and pipelines through consistent outreach, engagement, and relationship-building.
• Implement email and SMS campaigns to nurture relationships with passive candidates and re-engage previous applicants.
• Track and analyze digital sourcing metrics to refine strategies and improve campaign effectiveness

On-the-Ground Recruitment & Community Engagement

• Represent KIPP Texas at career fairs, university recruitment events, and networking functions to build relationships with prospective candidates.
• Collaborate with talent recruiters to organize regional and school-based recruitment and hiring events such as info sessions, virtual hiring fairs, job fairs, shadowing opportunities, and open houses.
• Participate in engagement opportunities and events with pipeline partnerships and programs to cultivate prospective big KIPPsters, including university and alternative certification programs.
• Engage with local communities and professional groups to increase awareness of career opportunities at our schools.
• Maintain accurate and up to date materials and collateral for all recruitment and hiring events.

Collaboration & Process Improvement

• Work closely with recruiters and the Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects to understand hiring priorities and craft customized recruitment strategies.
• Contribute to employer branding efforts, including the development of marketing materials, blog content, and video testimonials to showcase schools across the states' impact.
• Utilize data and analytics to measure the success of sourcing channels and optimize recruitment campaigns.
• Maintain accurate and organized prospect candidate records within our customer relationship manager system and applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Support recruiters leading open searches by sourcing high quality talent leads, driving applicant conversion rates.

Serve as a member of the Talent Division Team and Family

• Champion KIPP Texas' mission and core values, modeling our values in your work, decisions, and relationships.
• Model the Talent Division's culture to foster high-performance, inclusion, and belonging. Support key team culture initiatives.
• Build a network of engaged stakeholders across the organization. Leverage a diverse set of perspectives to implement and strengthen our talent practices.
• Serve as an expert in sourcing and recruitment practices.
• Foster a culture of collaboration through active participation in manager, team, division, and organizational meetings.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset through co-creating a personalized learning plan and participating in development experiences to improve your practice in cultural competence leadership.

Performs other duties as assigned. Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the network

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, or associate's with 2 years equivalent experience in talent recruitment or similar field
• 1-2 years of work experience in education, non-profit, talent acquisition, or human resources
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

Competency and Skills

• Passion for advancing KIPP Texas' mission
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability and comfort to work across multiple projects
• Exceptional at adapting to changing circumstances, including demonstrating flexibility, resilience, willingness to learn, and embrace new approaches to challenges
• Results-oriented with a demonstrated record of success leading teams to goals through exceptional circumstances
• Self - starter with a record of delivering on time, in budget, and high-quality results
• Exceptional organization and time management skills
• Strong interpersonal skill, can align key stakeholders and manage conflict

What We Bring to the Table

• The starting salary for this position is $50,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity
• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies
• Paid family leave
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered
• Employee assistance programs.
• Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• 457 Roth and 403b retirement plan options
• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance
• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school throughout the workday.
• The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.

Additional Requirements:

• Reliable transportation is needed for travel between campuses
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
• Work with frequent interruptions.

Work Environment:


Hybrid work - Reports to the central office or schools three days a week

Travel Requirements:


Minimal travel: May travel to other school sites or regional offices for professional learning, meetings and other work related activities.

Additional Information

KIPP Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KIPP Texas ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability. Any individual needing assistance in making an application for any opening should contact the Talent Team.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job duties. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.