Senior Recruitment Manager

City Year • Chicago, IL

340d • $60,000 - $70,000

About The Position

Senior Recruitment Manager leads the local recruitment process for City Year Chicago with an emphasis on creating new and innovative ways to increase application and enrollment for our local AmeriCorps program. This critical role will manage shepherding applicants through the entire application process to select and enroll an annual cohort of AmeriCorps Members. Senior Recruitment Manager contributes to City Year Chicago's recruitment efforts in establishing, developing, and sustaining partnerships with a variety of local organizations and educational institutions that are focused on serving youth across the Chicagoland area that generate pipelines of AmeriCorps member candidates ages 17-25. The Senior Recruitment Manager is skilled at developing marketing strategy and presentations to communicate a compelling pitch to stakeholders at varying levels of partner organizations. More than 50% of time will be spent in the field developing relationships with other local organizations to increase awareness of City Year Chicago and build AmeriCorps Member candidate pipelines, the other 40-50% will be shared between in office meetings and supporting potential and confirmed corps members. This position will report to City Year Chicago's Impact Operations Director.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in public and/or education policy, education, social work, communications, marketing or related field required
• 3-5 years of professional experience in recruitment/sales/marketing/education/nonprofit preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, in person, and virtually in a manner which consistently demonstrates respect, concern, and responsiveness
• Ability to speak in public and engage all stakeholders (students, parents, mentors, volunteers, college representatives, department heads)
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate and sustain relationships with diverse audiences (educational level, socio-economic circumstance)
• Demonstrated ability to work at a rigorous pace to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to remain flexible and adapt to changing needs and priorities
• Ability to collect, enter and track accurate data to inform decision making
• Ability to propose new approaches, methods, or technologies to improve practices, processes and outcomes
• Passion for and understanding of City Year's work within the national service movement and education sphere
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Platforms, including Power Point & Excel, required

Responsibilities

• Partner with Chicago's site leadership team to align on recruitment strategy and execute a local recruitment plan
• Strategically share and leverage the corps members' and alumni experience with prospective corps members and partner with our National Recruitment and Admissions department
• Design and execute a focused marketing plan with an intimate understanding of the site's investments in the corps experience and pathways for career and post-secondary opportunities
• Work to increase the diversity and recruitment of candidates with proximate connection to Chicago Public Schools and the communities we serve
• Outreach to community influencers who serve students ages 17-25, finding opportunities to recruit local corps (community events, community presentations)
• Oversee collection and storage of information from prospective candidates and record, track and organize all scholar recruitment touchpoints
• Review all application materials to ensure that they are complete; collect feedback from all stakeholders to continually improve the application process
• Identify youth facing organizations (servicing 17-25-year-olds) and educational institutions (community colleges, universities and Chicago Public Schools) to execute a plan that will facilitate strategic recruitment leads to support the local AmeriCorps member pipeline for City Year Chicago with strategic ecosystems knowledge, historical application data, and goals
• Cultivate leads proactively to expand the feeder institutions and organizations in the greater Chicago area and Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs) that contribute to the diversity of our candidate pipeline
• Serve as an ambassador of City Year, effectively and concisely communicate the organization's, goals and impact to external audiences and inspire others to get involved in service at City Year Chicago
• Organize and attend events, including after-hours, to cultivate candidates and develop a network of institutional influencers who promote City Year Chicago to new prospects
• Assist with attending, scheduling, and conducting recruitment events to increase exposure for prospective corps members, and their families across Chicago
• Ensure applicants have a clear understanding of what City Year does and what to expect from a service year experience in Chicago to influence persistence and retention
• Create and design printed and digital materials to promote City Year Chicago to our addressable market
• Provide a complete picture of the return on investment to applicants for their year of service (e.g., impact on educational equity, professional development, career opportunities, post-secondary placement, etc.)
• Execute application completion initiatives, like application support workshops, to improve completion rates
• Follow up with leads from Power BI software reports and local prospects to ensure they are supported through their application process

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
• Disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees