Global Talent Acquisition Partner - Teach For All

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Since launching a decade ago, Teach For All has grown into a global network of 50 partner organizations around the world, with a $25M non-profit global organization of 140 staff based in more than 20 countries. As the Global Talent Acquisition Partner, you will identify, attract and recruit diverse candidates around the world in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa who are committed to our mission and core values and who can thrive in a fast-paced, innovative global organization. 

This role will recruit candidates to work as staff at Teach For All. The Global Talent Acquisition Partner will manage and drive the recruitment for a portfolio of open roles across all functions, collaborate with hiring managers to execute effective and inclusive hiring process, create excellent hiring manager and candidate experience and improve current talent acquisition practices and processes. The Global Talent Acquisition Partner will implement a recruitment process with a strong lens towards diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to increase representation of staff within our global organization, particularly candidates based in Africa, Middle East and Asia. 

Because this position will recruit open positions based all over the world, almost all of the work will be conducted virtually. This person will report to the Head of Global Talent Acquisition and is part of the People, Organization and Culture team, a team of 6 members who are located in the United Kingdom and United States. 

Outcomes

• Ensure Teach For All is a diverse global organization through job marketing, candidate engagement, hiring manager collaboration and partnering with external organizations

• Ensure hiring manager satisfaction with Talent Acquisition team by serving as a strategic thought partner throughout recruitment process (on inclusive hiring, unbiased assessment) and driver of the hiring processes

• Increase Teach For All’s employer brand and build strong talent pipeline in different markets across the world

Key Responsibilities:

Engagement with Hiring Managers, Candidates and Global People Operations team to Fill Open Roles (60%)

Collaboration with Hiring Managers

• Partner with hiring managers from launch of open role through offer stage to:

• edit job descriptions and written exercises for open positions 

• identify key candidate skill sets

• design and execute sourcing strategy and manage and drive the interview process

• recommend qualified candidates and respond to data requests 

• coordinate interview schedules 

• Coach hiring managers to implement fair and inclusive interview and selection process to identify globally diverse candidates, develop strong employer brand and create excellent candidate experience

• Proactively communicate with hiring managers on progress, challenges and solutions in check-in meetings, emails and Google trackers

• Anticipate potential issues that may arise from recruitment and/or candidate perspective and proactively collaborate with hiring manager and Global People Operations team to problem solve

• Adjust recruitment strategy and process based on feedback to create robust diverse pipeline

Candidate Recruitment and Management

• Attract, source and recruit a pipeline of globally diverse, mission and vision aligned candidates for current and future open positions through:

• proactive outreach on LinkedIn  and other platforms

• researching local markets and hiring trends

• soliciting staff referrals

• researching candidates who have applied for Teach For All roles in the past using our applicant tracking system (Avature)

• Create cost-effective job posting strategy based on local market and open roles, own posting and distribution of all open roles across over 100 international career websites, associations and Teach For All LinkedIn Jobs page, and collect and analyze data on effectiveness in fueling diverse and strong candidate pipeline

• Collaborate with external organizations including universities, non-profits, companies and professional associations to elevate employer brand and attract diverse candidates

• Conduct resume evaluation, phone and video interviews to ensure candidate’s skills, experiences and values match requirements of role and organization

• Educate and invest candidates on benefits of working at Teach For All through interviews, presentations and networking events

• Build relationship and steward top candidates for open roles with frequent and timely communications throughout recruitment process to improve overall impression of Teach For All through offer acceptance stage

• Manage candidate salary expectations by speaking about Teach For All’s compensation philosophy and providing context around salaries and offers

Partner with Global People Operations Team

• Provide market data on candidate pool, hiring and compensation trends to  support hiring managers and Global People Operations team to make informed decisions 

• Partner with Global People Operations team to determine the feasibility of employment from global mobility and immigration perspective and to fill open roles through offer acceptance stage

• Coach, advise and manage hiring managers and candidates on the global employment practices at Teach For All 

• Thought partner with Global People Operations to find equitable solutions for any hiring or candidate challenges to bring top talent to Teach For All

Talent Acquisition Optimization and Data/Knowledge Management (25%)

• Contribute to overall talent acquisition strategy 

• Improve and implement talent acquisition practices to support Teach For All to attract top candidates and become more globally diverse, especially in Africa, Middle East and Asia. Examples may include:

• identifying new sourcing and job posting channels

• tailoring employer brand to local markets

• researching innovative recruitment practices

• identifying ways to leverage applicant tracking system, LinkedIn and other platforms

• developing new interview questions to create inclusive hiring process

• creating written communications for candidates and hiring managers

• encouraging staff referrals

• Research and implement new talent acquisition processes to ensure efficient and effective team operations

• Manage team-wide processes, tracking systems and knowledge management to support effective and efficient team operations 

• Manage new hire, hiring manager and exiting staff surveys and collect, analyze and present on recruitment, diversity and retention data and trends to inform team performance against measures of success

• Own the creation and distribution of monthly e-newsletter to market open roles at Teach For All and network partners 

• Manage talent acquisition team inbox

Team-wide Special Projects (15%)

• Support on Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness and People, Organization and Culture special projects based on team needs and priorities 

Requirements

• Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusiveness 

• Minimum 3-4 years full time work experience

• Experience in recruitment or executive search, including hiring manager/client management

• Experience managing full-cycle, end to end recruitment processes for difficult to fill positions

• Experience recruiting outside of home country is preferred

• Experience in online networking, candidate generation and sourcing methodologies

• Experience using applicant tracking or candidate relationship systems

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Alignment with core values, mission and theory of change

• Exemplifies Teach For All’s core values and demonstrates ability to deeply understand Teach For All’s unifying principles and theory of change

• Ability to describe Teach For All’s vision and values in a compelling way

 

Strong execution, project and data management skills

• Exceptional project management and execution skills with ability to prioritize effectively while managing multiple workstreams

• Strong organizational, attention to detail skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and highly-collaborative environment while maintaining a very high bar for quality

• Ability to track and analyze abundant amounts of data

 

Strong client and stakeholder management

• Exceptional customer service orientation and understanding multiple perspectives

• Ability to build strong, authentic and collaborative relationships with diverse individuals, and influence and motivate colleagues who are located in different locations, time zones, across cultures

• Exceptional judgment; ability to make decisions/recommendations and communicate them to more senior level staff across the organization

Flexibility, adaptability and willingness to learn

• Open to constructive feedback and incorporates feedback quickly

• Ability to adapt systems/processes and create new ones

• Curious and strong desire to learn

• Ability to adapt, navigate and drive towards impact in ambiguous or changing situations with resilience 

• Solutions-oriented mindset with proactive approach to problem solving

Work Authorization

Candidates must have local work authorization to be considered for this opportunity.

Travel and Hours

Given that we work across every different time zone, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role.

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.  

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of 50 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization that works to accelerate the progress of the network. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and works with others inside and outside of education to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections among partners, accessing global resources, and fostering the leadership development of partner staff, teachers, and alumni.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicities, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.

In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness in two dimensions in particular. First, we prioritize having team members from diverse geographies because this can help us quickly understand and connect with partners from diverse cultures and geographies around the world. We also prioritize having team members who have personally experienced the inequities we’re working to address and/or share the background (e.g., economic, racial, ethnic, religious, etc.) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.

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