Stand for Children Job Opportunity

Stand for Children - a bold and independent voice for public education reform – seeks an exceptional recruitment professional to build and lead an outstanding recruitment operation that identifies and attracts top performers for our state affiliates and national organization.

The Organizations

The Stand for Children family consists of two separate organizations—Stand for Children, a grassroots membership lobby for children exempt under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, and Stand for Children Leadership Center, a leadership development organization exempt under section 501(c)(3). Stand for Children’s mission is to use the power of grassroots action to help all children get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive. To date, Stand for Children’s six state affiliates (OR, MA, TN, WA, CO and AZ) have won more than one hundred victories that have impacted the lives of more than two million children. We organize parents, educators, and other concerned community members into a strong, sustained constituency that:

• Helps elect strong local school board members, state legislators, and statewide elected officials who champion public schools;*
• Advocates for education reforms at the state and local level, including reforms that increase teacher and principal effectiveness, support school autonomy with accountability, and expand instructional time, that improve student achievement and close the achievement gap;
• Lobbies the state legislature for strategic K-12 investments and then ensures local school districts spend those dollars wisely;
• Campaigns for referenda and needed school construction bonds and operating levies.

Stand for Children Leadership Center’s mission is to develop leaders who use the power of grassroots action to help all children get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive. Stand Leadership Center engages parents, educators, and other concerned community members by:

• Training them on how to join together to become more effective advocates for children;
• Educating them on issues that impact children and schools;
• Providing them with the tools to develop solutions for children in their local and statewide communities.

The Position

At a time of tremendous growth and opportunity for expanded impact and reach, Stand for Children seeks an exceptional recruitment professional to build and lead an outstanding recruitment operation that identifies and attracts top performers for our state affiliates and national organization. The National Recruitment Director will build Stand’s recruitment team and continually improve the recruitment strategy and practices in order to achieve the highest results for all children. The National Recruitment Director will achieve these results by:

• Building on past experience and best practices to create Stand’s 2.0 recruitment strategy and tracking systems;
• Ensuring that Stand’s hiring process is effective and efficient; working with key internal stakeholders including the CEP, COO, State Directors, Supervisors, recruitment staff, and training staff to implement processes;
• Building strong relationships with key organizational partners as well as well-connected individuals in order to recruit effective staff, and ensure senior colleagues do the same;
• Building and cultivating strong relationships with talented individuals who have potential to work with Stand;
• Implement systems to establish an organization-wide “recruitment culture”, ensuring that strong current members of staff are consistently recruiting other potential members of staff;
• Leading the recruitment team in developing and maintaining a system for tracking candidates and measuring effectiveness of recruitment sources and processes;
• Supervising the National Recruiter and additional Hiring/Recruitment staff.

The National Recruitment Director will be joining a national team of professionals committed to improving children’s lives. Stand for Children’s managers and supervisors are empowering, entrepreneurial leaders who are committed to providing outstanding supervision in order for staff to develop as professionals and grow within the organization.

Qualifications and Qualities Required

• Strong commitment to Stand for Children and Stand for Children Leadership Center’s shared goal of improving public schools;
• An entrepreneurial, learning orientation and an ability to embrace and incorporate direct feedback;
• Minimum of 3 years of successful staff recruitment;
• Exceptional staff and project management skills;
• Strong drive and the management skills to achieve outcomes; demonstrated success in the creation and implementation of innovative and effective development strategies;
• Excellent planning and organization skills; outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Salary

Competitive base salary, commensurate with experience, with potential bonus based on performance. Excellent benefits: full health and dental coverage; life insurance, long-term disability and long-term care coverage; 401K with a match plan; flexible spending/benefits plan; holidays and vacation accrual.

To Apply

Stand for Children and Stand for Children Leadership Center are equal opportunity employers and candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. To apply for the position, please send a resume and cover letter to employment@stand.org. Please specify interest in this position by inserting “National Recruitment Director” in your email subject field. No calls please.

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* These activities are conducted exclusively on behalf of Stand for Children, subject to applicable law.