Western NY Regional Generalist

Overview

• Role: The goal of the Regional Generalist (RG) is to recruit students and staff for BRICK’s charter schools in Buffalo and Rochester. On an average week the role will be 50% in the community and the other 50% working in the office on managerial tasks.


• Success in the role is measured by the RG meeting the metrics below for both campuses.:
•  Meeting their student enrollment targets by day one of school
•  Being fully staffed by June 30 th , or within 30-days of a known vacancy
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• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:


• Student Recruitment
•  Assist Student Recruitment team with increasing the volume of quality, top-ranked student applications in the enrollment pipeline by 95% across all four BRICK schools.
•  Effectively engage prospective families, providing guidance and assistance from application to
• enrollment.


• ALL children will have an unimpeded path to unlocking their limitless potential
•  Develop and execute strategic community outreach plans and BRICK marketing, branding and recruitment strategy for designated campus.
•  Develop strong relationships with community partners to raise awareness of BRICK school and coordinate lit drops, information sessions and tabling at daycares, community centers, and other potential candidates.
•  Canvass, going door to door, interacting with community members, parents and families.
•  Attend blitz days, community and church events, neighborhood outreach, and informational fairs to
• reach eligible families and promote BRICK schools.
•  Coordinate and facilitate open houses, and school tours for prospective families.


• Staff Recruitment
•  Develop and execute on the BRICK Education Network Talent Recruitment strategy. Strategy will
• utilize recruitment best practices and account for rapid growth and expansion of the network.
•  Establish, measure, and regularly report on recruitment goals.
•  Create and utilize tracking systems to keep open communication between recruitment and selection
• teams.
•  Build and manage relationships with key partners, colleges and universities, high schools, and
• candidates.
•  Build a recruitment pipeline for the network that will meet future needs.
•  Codify practices and keep open communication with other people facing teams to ensure a positive
• candidate experience.
•  Manage and coach individual team members and recruiters.
•  Manage the recruitment budget.
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• Staff Talent Acquisition
• Build a strong, diverse, pipeline of candidates for all aspects of the organization. This includes school leaders, teachers, support staff, and network positions.
• Design and direct the recruitment, selection, and hiring process for all employees, with the purpose of attaining high quality employees and ensuring diversity and equity throughout the organization.
• Develop and market the BRICK Education Network special sauce (brand)
• Cultivate relationships with strategic partners
• Represent the BRICK Education Network at key networking and recruitment events
• Create and manage a retention plan for the network and support school leadership in creation of a retention plan for each school campus.
• Create an update the annual referral plan to bring top-talent into the network, utilizing connections of current staff and supporters.
• Support the creation and revisions to a competitive compensation model that keeps the network in the 75th percentile (top 25%) in each region.
• Create and implement a candidate and staff feedback process to lead the talent team’s future growth and development.
• Partner with school leaders and regional directors/superintendents to ensure all regions are fully staffed by June 30 each year
• Project manage Talent Team projects related to recruitment and selection
• Facilitate and lead training as needed

Qualifications

• Current authorization to work in the United States – A candidate must have such authorization by his
• or her first day of employment.
•  Reliable transportation.
•  Ability to work some late nights and weekends.
•  An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them.
•  An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and
• focused when faced with unexpected challenges.
•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills.
•  Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
•  Proficiency in Word, Excel and other platforms. This role will manage multiple spreadsheets,
• databases and applications
•  Bilingual is helpful but not required.