Associate, Recruitment - BravenX

Braven • New York, NY

10d • $69,000 - $86,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Braven is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing promising college students for strong first career opportunities through a career-accelerating program. Braven partners with higher education institutions and employers to provide a transformative experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by ongoing support until graduation. The organization's overarching goal is to contribute to rebuilding the middle class and revitalizing the American Dream. The Associate, Recruitment - BravenX will play a crucial role in achieving Braven's ambition to serve 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade by recruiting and enrolling 500+ Fellows into the BravenX Accelerator course each semester. This role involves managing a team of part-time student recruitment interns and Braven Student Ambassadors, collaborating with Central and Regional recruitment teams, and maintaining a positive presence of Braven among its BravenX partners, which are primarily national or regional nonprofit organizations. This position is part of the BravenX Team and reports directly to the Senior Director, BravenX.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 1 year of experience with a track record of success in recruitment and/or marketing.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of experience in the non-profit field
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Salesforce, Asana
• Ability to quickly build positive working relationships and identify strategically important relationships
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and public speaking skills
• Experience coaching and mentoring students in career development
• Experience managing and developing people, particularly managing through others
• Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting milestones and deadlines
• Track record of using data and metrics to drive decisions and measure performance
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability, excels in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, and is comfortable with ambiguity
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values
• Experiences that have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population

Responsibilities

• Develop vision, strategy, and plans to effectively enroll and retain 500+ students a semester into the Braven course
• Use Salesforce and Google Suite to manage recruitment data, operations, and pipelines
• Analyze recruitment data weekly to inform recruiting and partner support strategy
• Organize and support recruitment presentations and materials
• Host recruitment events in order to source prospective students
• Recruit and manage a team of student interns and volunteers
• Support the cultivation and management of BravenX nonprofit stakeholders who act as the pipeline for Fellow recruitment (national and regional college access organizations, K12 alumni programs, small universities/colleges, etc.)
• Manage and provide support to stakeholders in order to support them in reaching their individual Fellow enrollment goals (weekly progress-to-goal updates, brainstorming new tactics, holding recruitment check-in meetings, attending partner events, etc.)
• Assess the strategies employed and make informed improvements based on quantitative, qualitative, and anecdotal data gathered to present to key stakeholders.
• Share design input and feedback with Braven’s External Affairs team on marketing materials
• Collect and share compelling stories with the Communications Team and External Affairs Team
• Support the Social Media and Marketing Committee
• Develop a social media recruitment strategy with the Communications and Recruitment interns
• Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all-team events
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage part-time student interns
• Recruit and train student volunteers known as Braven Ambassadors
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time
• Org-wide holidays
• Three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (minimum of 24 days per year)
• $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level