Graduate Recruitment Manager

ABOUT US

Teach for Slovakia is a member of a global Teach For All network present in over 60 countries. The key initiative of our organization is a two-year full-time leadership program, for which we recruit top graduate talent from universities of various studies ranging from business, law, psychology to liberal arts among others. Program participants teach at our partner elementary and high schools across the country while receiving regular and intense training and mentoring. Our mission is to build a new generation of leaders who through this experience gain a deep understanding of the education system. Many of them continue in creating systemic changes in education from various roles and organizations they join after the program. We believe that a better country starts with better education.

KEY CHALLENGE FOR THIS POSITION
At this role your objectives would be to restart our on-site in-person university recruitment after covid period at assigned universities in Slovakia and abroad. We expect you to create and execute your own strategy how to build, at “your” universities, strong brand awareness and inspire exceptional students to apply.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Co-creating and executing strategy how to establish our presence and “get in front of” high potential candidates at selected university campus – via events, connections with key professors, student associations, online forums etc.
- Building a managing network of students, who are strong networkers and/or opinion leaders at your university and who would help you to spread the word about our program and identify/source new prospects.
- Building relationships and working with key stakeholders (professors, societies, students, etc) to create a visible and open presence on campus and identify/source top talents.
- Spending significant time at campus and having individual conversations at locations where students hang on to inspire and convince them to apply to join Teach for Slovakia.
- Building and managing your own pipeline of high-potential candidates and cultivate those talents through all stages of the recruitment process (register/apply/assessment centre/offer).
- Designing and tuning effective sales pitch with strong arguments that would resonate with GenZ students, and working closely with our marketing department to adjust our overall messaging if needed.
- Organizing and testing different formats of events and activities to re-establish our presence.
- Deploying brand awareness survey at your universities through university emails and in-person staff.
- Reach out and build relationships with your peers in Teach For All programs in Europe to learn and adopt best-practices from other countries and also share your knowledge to support your colleagues in other countries.
- Creating and managing financial budget for your activities and reporting expenses and results.
- Co-creating larger recruitment/branding events on national level
- Contributing to creating attractive marketing content on our social media and campaigns
- Sharing your experience and supporting your colleagues in recruitment team
- Taking on leadership for other recruitment related work and initiatives that leverages your skills and experience and contributes to overall recruitment team success

- Networking and travel to build relationships across Europe
- Direct access to Teach for All senior experts
- Significant budget with strong autonomy in making your own strategic choices how to spend it on your university teams or non-personal budget items
- Extensive in person onboarding at one of our high-performing partner organizations globally (probably in Australia and/or in U.K.)
- Direct access to Teach For All senior expert