POSITION SUMMARY:
Under
the direction of the Director, Human Resources Operations and Staffing, the Senior
Recruitment and Retention Partner leads a team of professional and support
staff in attracting, sourcing, hiring and retaining the highest quality
workforce. Key responsibilities include working with senior division leadership
to develop and efficiently implement the vision and priorities for strategic
recruitment and retention of PGCPS employees. The incumbent of this position
leads, manages and supports the development and use of the strategic vision,
goals and objectives, and data reporting metrics. The Senior Recruitment and
Retention Partner provides oversight, managerial leadership and support to
their assigned team in all areas of service delivery to ensure established
goals, objectives, and metrics are met. Additionally, the Senior Partner will
be responsible for overseeing efforts to execute innovative retention
initiatives.
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Leads the development and implementation
of recruitment and retention strategies; strong focus on the recruitment and
retention of teachers and school leaders with support for other key areas on an
as-needed basis;
Partners with senior division
leadership, HR staffing offices, the Office of Professional Learning and
Leadership, Office of Employee Performance and other key stakeholders to
support the development, execution, analysis and monitoring of initiatives and
programs;
Coordinates, directs and tracks, and
provides oversight, management and support to assigned professional and support
staff for strategic and assigned transactional responsibilities; supports the
resolution of issues escalated by assigned staff;
Guides and directs the establishment and
maintenance of strong, positive working relationships between principals,
content supervisors, staffing teams, the Certification Office, key central
office staff and the recruitment and retention staff to support the sourcing,
assignment, onboarding, induction, retention, development and performance of
high-quality candidates for all positions;
Partners with the Office of Professional
Learning and Leadership to develop and foster programs to engage new teachers
and school leaders; participates in the development of and attends induction
programs to nurture positive relationships with the new teacher and school
leader cohorts;
Assesses performance of assigned staff,
completes evaluations and conducts training to ensure staff are prepared to
deliver quality services;
Ensures high levels of team
collaboration;
Reviews recruitment and retention
metrics and analytics with organizational leadership, principal supervisors and
business function leaders to enable fact-based decision making;
Keeps current with school student
achievement/business function data and performance to ensure recruitment and
retention needs are met to continually improve student outcomes;
Prepares reports, conducts analysis and
reports patterns and trends for executive and division leadership, principals
and managers to keep all apprised of recruitment and retention needs and
issues;
Uses human resources technology and
information systems; and
Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Fully
informed and knowledgeable of recruitment and retention issues in K-12
organizations;
Ability
to make data driven decisions; proficient in a variety of technologies for data
collection and reporting (e.g. social media, Internet traffic, applicant
tracking systems, Microsoft Office Suite and Internet);
Ability
to travel locally, nationally and internationally; ability to work a
non-traditional work schedule
Ability
to effectively build and lead a team for results; accuracy and high quality
customer service;
Strong
expertise in analysis and creative problem solving; business acumen;
Experience
with implementing human resources processes in educational settings or
employment procedures;
Drives
innovation; relentless about results with a strong sense of urgency;
Optimizes
talent and performance management;
Strong
analytical skills that inform problem solving and decision making capacity.
Courage;
cultural sensitivity;
Ability
to communicate effectively;
Collaborates
with others; committed partner, personal credibility;
Data
driven, ability to analyze issues and shift priorities, cope with ambiguity;
and
Maintains
confidentiality.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university in education, human resources,
business administration, public administration or a closely related field
required; Master’s degree preferred. Five years of progressive and successful
managerial experience in human resource/human capital management or education
(teaching, building leadership), some of which has been in a large organization
preferred.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
SHRM or PHR
certification preferred.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Oversees
and provides guidance to assigned personnel.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Highly demanding and fast-paced environment; frequently required to work long hours and weekends. Annual leave may be limited during specified timeframes. Local and non-local travel may be required.