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Talent Sourcing Coordinator

KIPP Foundation
🇺🇸In-Person - San Antonio, TX$32K–$42K/yriJust now
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Role Snapshot

The Talent Sourcing Coordinator plays a key role in building a robust pipeline of high-quality educators, school leaders, and school-based staff for KIPP Texas through digital and on-the-ground recruitment outreach strategies. This position is accountable for meeting staffing targets and driving candidate engagement aligned with the organization's mission.

Key Responsibilities: Create and maintain job postings, implement targeted digital recruitment campaigns across LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, and social media platforms, and develop talent pipelines through consistent outreach and relationship-building. Represent KIPP Texas at career fairs and recruitment events, collaborate on hiring initiatives, and track sourcing metrics to refine strategies.
Skills & Tools: Expertise in digital sourcing, passive candidate engagement, social media marketing, email and SMS campaign management, and job board optimization. Strong organizational, relationship-building, and communication skills with a results-driven, creative, and proactive approach.
Qualifications: Not explicitly stated in the job description. Candidates should have experience in talent acquisition, recruitment, or related HR functions with demonstrated success in digital sourcing and candidate pipeline development.
Location: In-Person - San Antonio, TX
Compensation: $32K–$42K/yr (estimated)

Job Description

About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Team at KIPP Texas attracts, recruits, and selects a top, diverse workforce committed to creating joyful and academically excellent schools to meet the organization’s current and future staffing needs. KIPP Texas is seeking a Talent Sourcing Coordinator who will play a key role in building a robust pipeline of high-quality educators, school leaders, and other school-based staff through digital and on-the-ground recruitment outreach strategies. The Talent Sourcing Coordinator will develop and execute recruitment campaigns designed to identify, attract, and engage candidates who align with our mission and values. This role requires expertise in digital sourcing, passive candidate engagement, and in-person recruitment efforts, ensuring a strong talent pipeline for both instructional and non-instructional roles. The ideal candidate is proactive, creative, and results-driven, with a passion for connecting top-tier educators and professionals with opportunities that make a lasting impact on students.

As a sourcer you will be held accountable to:

  • 93% staffed for all schools by the first day of school

  • 94% hired (for known vacancies) by the first day of leader onboarding

  • Prospect conversion rates

  • Net promoter on candidate experience survey

Key Responsibilities

Talent Sourcing & Digital Recruitment Campaigns

  • Create and maintain accurate job postings for an assigned portfolio of positions.

  • Implement targeted digital recruitment campaigns to attract top educators, school leaders, and other school-based talent, leveraging platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, and other job boards.

  • Partner with the Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects to utilize social media marketing strategies (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok) to enhance employer branding and drive candidate engagement.

  • Develop and maintain talent pools and pipelines through consistent outreach, engagement, and relationship-building.

  • Implement email and SMS campaigns to nurture relationships with passive candidates and re-engage previous applicants.

  • Track and analyze digital sourcing metrics to refine strategies and improve campaign effectiveness.

On-the-Ground Recruitment & Community Engagement

  • Represent KIPP Texas at career fairs, university recruitment events, and networking functions to build relationships with prospective candidates.

  • Collaborate with talent recruiters to organize regional and school-based recruitment and hiring events  such as info sessions, virtual hiring fairs, job fairs, shadowing opportunities, and open houses.

  • Participate in engagement opportunities and events with pipeline partnerships and programs to cultivate prospective big KIPPsters, including university and alternative certification programs.

  • Engage with local communities and professional groups to increase awareness of career opportunities at our schools.

  • Maintain accurate and up to date materials and collateral for all recruitment and hiring events.
     

Collaboration & Process Improvement

  • Work closely with recruiters and the Manager, Talent Acquisition Projects to understand hiring priorities and craft customized recruitment strategies.

  • Contribute to employer branding efforts, including the development of marketing materials, blog content, and video testimonials to showcase schools across the states’ impact.

  • Utilize data and analytics to measure the success of sourcing channels and optimize recruitment campaigns.

  • Maintain accurate and organized prospect candidate records within our customer relationship manager system and  applicant tracking system (ATS).

  • Support recruiters leading open searches by sourcing high quality talent leads, driving applicant conversion rates.

Serve as a member of the Talent Division Team and Family

  • Champion KIPP Texas’ mission and core values, modeling our values in your work, decisions, and relationships.

  • Model the Talent Division’s culture to foster high-performance, inclusion, and belonging. Support key team culture initiatives.

  • Build a network of engaged stakeholders across the organization. Leverage a diverse set of perspectives to implement and strengthen our talent practices.

  • Serve as an expert in sourcing and recruitment practices. 

  • Foster a culture of collaboration through active participation in manager, team, division, and organizational meetings.

  • Demonstrate a growth mindset through co-creating a personalized learning plan and participating in development experiences to improve your practice in cultural competence leadership.

Performs other duties as assigned. Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the network