Position: Director of Human Capital/Recruitment

PLEASE NOTE: This position has been filled. You may still submit a resumé for our files for future consideration.

About the School

The AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School (AELPCS) is an independent public charter school open to all three- and four- year olds in the District of Columbia. The school’s mission is to close the achievement gap by providing young children with the social, emotional and cognitive foundations that will enable them to succeed in school. We believe that all children are capable of attaining high academic standards, but that many start formal schooling lacking the basic skills that are predictive of later academic success. AELPCS provides young children with an intensive, engaging, and appropriate early education program that ensures children attain the language, early literacy, and behavioral skills they need to transition successfully into kindergarten.

Position Description

The Director of Human Capital/Recruitment (“DHCR”) will be fully responsible for designing and executing a recruitment strategy aligned with the organization’s vision and goals for attracting and retaining a high-performing team. This is a unique opportunity to help build and influence a highly successful organization that is changing the lives of children every day. The Director of Recruitment will be a member of the AELPCS Central Office team and will report to the Executive Director.

Responsbilities

Recruitment of Faculty and Staff

  • Lead efforts to attract the very best teachers and administrators to work at AELPCS
  • Create or refine job descriptions, selection criteria and hiring processes best suited to each position
  • Generate interest in positions through social media, publications, the Internet, word-of-mouth campaigns and personal networking
  • Define and codify a process of interviewing prospective candidates based upon HR and human capital management best practices
  • Collaborate with the school Operations Manager and the Human Resources Coordinator on the process of on-boarding candidate after an offer has been accepted
  • Create new outreach strategies for increasing prospective applicants expressing interest in AELPCS opportunities
  • Facilitate relationships with highly regarded teacher preparation and school leader programs (i.e. The Breakthrough Collaborative, New Leaders for New Schools, The New Teacher Project, local/regional teacher residency programs, universities and colleges) both locally and nationally to broaden the potential field of candidates available for open positions

Human Capital Management

  • Establish close working relationships with our instructional quality and school leadership teams to understand, think strategically and help plan for how to best meet the staffing needs of the school as we grow
  • Collect, analyze and communicate key recruitment metrics with school leadership team to continually assess effectiveness and inform continuous improvement of the strategies and processes utilized to attract and retain talent
  • Develop or enhance performance evaluation systems for all roles
  • Develop or enhance progressions for all teaching roles and school leadership positions

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be an intelligent individual with a relentless passion for recognizing and nurturing human potential. This individual will possess exceptional integrity, a warm character, and have a strong sense and belief in the AELPCS mission. Finally, he or she must be a genuinely interested in being part of and working in tandem with a highly motivated and committed team.

  • BA with strong undergraduate record; MA a plus
  • 5 years of experience in recruiting or comparable experience running a successful business unit
  • Familiarity with charter movement and/or urban school systems a plus
  • Exceptional relationship building skills
  • Significant experience with interviewing and hiring
  • Excellent people and communication skills including the ability to motivate and inspire candidates to aggressively seek opportunities with AELPCS
  • Self-motivated, resourceful, and detail- and deadline-oriented mindset
  • Prior teaching experience a plus
  • The ability to think strategically and build systems and processes for successful human capital management long-term
  • Excellent project management capability with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines
  • A strong drive for excellence and continual self-improvement
  • A passion for AELPCS’s mission and our students’ achievement
  • A customer service mentality toward our campuses
  • A sense of humor

Salary

Salary commensurate with education and experience. Compensation includes excellent health benefits.

How to Apply

PLEASE NOTE: This position has been filled. You may still submit a resumé for our files for future consideration.

If interested in the Director of Human Capital/Recruitment position, please email a cover letter and resumé to hr@appletreeinstitute.org.

Please include “Director of Human Capital Opening” in the Subject Heading.

No phone calls please.