Recruiter and Onboarding Specialist
About The Position
The Recruiter and Onboarding Specialist supports full-cycle recruiting and coordinates onboarding and new-hire training across NY Preschool. This execution-focused role partners with hiring managers, Heads of School, and the Director of HR to keep hiring efficient and provide a consistent, high-quality onboarding experience that prepares new employees for success from day one. Based in New York City, the role requires regular in-person presence across the schools to support interviews, onboarding, and training. It serves as a key connection between leadership, school teams, and new employees, helping maintain consistent hiring and onboarding standards across locations and representing NY Preschool’s culture and values.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience in recruiting, HR coordination, or talent operations.
- Strong organizational and administrative skills.
- Experience coordinating interviews, onboarding, or training logistics.
- Experience leading group training and orientations.
- Excellent communication and follow-up skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines simultaneously.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, in-person environment.
- Willingness to travel regularly between NYC locations; in-person presence is required 4 days per week.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in education, childcare, or service-based industries.
- Experience with ATS systems; Paylocity experience is a plus.
- Experience recruiting for multi-site companies.
Responsibilities
- Manage job postings, candidate screening, and interview scheduling.
- Support sourcing for teachers, school staff, and enrichment roles.
- Provide a responsive, professional candidate experience and coordinate communication between candidates and hiring managers.
- Maintain organized candidate pipelines and tracking systems; ensure candidates are documented and progressed through hiring stages.
- Track recruiting activity, support hiring-progress reporting, and keep hiring processes moving across multiple roles.
- Attend open house recruiting events and partner with colleges and universities.
- Coordinate onboarding from offer acceptance through the first day, including communications, plans, materials, schedules, and documentation.
- Support a welcoming and organized first-day experience.
- Coordinate orientation, required compliance training, and role-specific onboarding sessions.
- Track required training completion, follow up as needed, and ensure onboarding steps are completed on time.
- Provide in-person support at NY Preschool locations for interviews, onboarding sessions, orientations, and new-hire training coordination.
- Build relationships with school teams to support a seamless hiring and onboarding experience.
- Work with Heads of School, the Director of HR, and internal teams to coordinate site-level hiring, compliance, consistency, and training schedules.
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting and onboarding processes and support more efficient workflows and tools.
- Maintain consistency and organization across hiring and onboarding activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
