Recruiter

Harlem Children's Zone • New York, NY

21h • $75,000 - $80,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks a dynamic, strategic, and mission-aligned Recruiter to join their Human Resources department. The Recruiter will bring a passion for the mission of Harlem Children’s Zone: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life. The Recruiter plays a critical role in driving full-cycle recruitment efforts across HCZ and Promise Academy. This role partners closely with hiring managers to attract, assess, and hire top talent while delivering a high-quality, inclusive candidate experience. The Recruiter owns the recruitment lifecycle—from sourcing strategy through offer negotiation—while ensuring alignment with organizational goals, hiring timelines, and employer brand standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of progressive full-cycle recruitment experience
• Experience working in a high-volume or fast-paced hiring environment
• Experience using an applicant tracking system (ATS)
• A strategic partner who can influence and advise hiring managers while delivering effective hiring solutions
• Experienced in developing and executing sourcing strategies across multiple channels
• Skilled at managing multiple requisitions and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and relationship building skills
• Highly organized with strong time-management and follow-through
• Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism
• A proactive problem solver with a customer-service mindset
• Adaptable, collaborative, and mission‑driven

Nice To Haves

• Workable experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for an assigned client group across Promise Academy
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with hiring managers and school leadership, partnering closely to define hiring needs, job descriptions, and candidate profiles
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality talent
• Advise hiring managers on market trends, candidate expectations, and hiring best practices
• Facilitate regular check-in meetings with school leadership to track progress, address hiring challenges, and adjust strategies as needed
• Source candidates through multiple channels, including job boards, social media, professional networks, referrals, and recruitment events
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for high-volume and hard-to-fill roles, including engaging passive candidates and nurturing long-term talent pools within the ATS
• Represent HCZ at hiring fairs, networking events, and school-based recruitment initiatives to attract high-quality, mission-aligned candidates
• Screen and assess candidates to ensure alignment with role requirements and organizational values
• Guide candidates through the interview process, ensuring clear communication and a high-quality, “white glove” experience
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Coordinator to facilitate seamless interview logistics
• Prepare hiring teams with interview frameworks, rubrics, scorecards, and best practices
• Partner closely with school leadership to draft, review, and finalize offer letters and secure necessary approvals prior to extending offers
• Lead offer processes, including compensation discussions, negotiations, and closing candidates
• Conduct reference checks in partnership with HR and ensure all pre-employment requirements are completed
• Maintain consistent, proactive communication with candidates, stakeholders, and hiring managers throughout the hiring process to align on staffing needs and timelines
• Serve as an ambassador of HCZ, strengthening employer brand and external partnerships
• Track and manage recruitment activity within the ATS (Workable or similar) and monitor hiring metrics, pipeline health, and time-to-fill goals
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, workflows, and candidate experience
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and distribute recruitment communications and marketing materials that support hiring initiatives
• Support hiring events such as career fairs, information sessions, and interview days

Benefits

• Highly competitive base salaries
• Paid time off
• Career advancement
• No-cost health insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-and long-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• Wellness discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Financial wellness perks
• Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees