Job Description

Site Manager, Recruitment and Selection – Memphis Teacher Talent Initiative Memphis, TN   The education context in Memphis is changing in an exciting way as Memphis City Schools merges with Shelby County schools, creating a district with 150,000 students and nearly 250 schools. TNTP will play an integral part in this reform and therefore seeks a Site Manager, Recruitment and Selection for our Memphis Teacher Talent Initiative (MTTI) to help ensure the students of Memphis and Shelby County get the best teachers for their classrooms.  This position will be based in Memphis, TN, and is available immediately.  TNTP will provide a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving, if applicable. Performance Management and the Memphis Teacher Talent Initiative   TNTP’s Performance Management Group is pioneering new ways to set teachers up for success on the job. We’re helping schools, districts, and states identify how teachers are performing in their most critical role: advancing student learning. And we’re using that information to establish policies and practices that prioritize and support effective teaching every day.   In Memphis, TNTP implements a start-to-finish teacher hiring solution that is year-round and tied to results. Specifically, the Memphis Teacher Talent Initiative (MTTI) currently partners with Memphis City Schools (MCS) to supply high-quality teachers, support effective matches between candidates and schools, strengthen hiring practices and ensure that all of the district’s principals can choose the best teachers for their classrooms from the strongest possible pool of candidates. The Teacher Talent Initiative services include working directly with school leaders to strengthen their staffing approaches and identify teacher vacancies earlier in the school year and ensuring strong matches between teacher candidates and unique needs of individual schools. Through aggressive recruitment and selection, the Teacher Talent Initiative amasses a large, high-quality pool of teacher applicants – both traditionally certified and alternate route candidates – from which principals can hire the best who most closely fit school needs. Role and Responsibilities The Site Manager will have a profound impact on how teachers are hired and retained in Memphis and Shelby County by supporting principals to effectively staff their schools.   Specifically, the Site Manager will:

• Set, monitor, and meet ambitious goals that develop principals as human capital managers, staff vacancies with effective teachers, and roll out strong systems to support the unification of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools
• Coach school leaders to improve and sustain their implementation of effective strategies to hire, manage, and retain teachers by establishing trust and rapport, analyzing progress, and proposing differentiated solutions
• Build and manage strong working relationships with district leaders, school-based staff, and community stakeholders
• Lead and/or support work on the recruitment and selection project team with a focus on creating and executing recruitment and selection strategies and plans, including the implementation of a teacher recruitment campaign, and the refinement of the applicant selection model to align outcomes with the district’s evaluation tool
• Work collaboratively with the MTTI staff to develop innovative staffing policies and strategically share knowledge across teams
• Navigate district policies around tenure, evaluation, and new hire processing and counsel principals and support staff on appropriate procedures and documentation
• Act as a member of the MTTI Leadership Team to develop long-term plans, calendars, timelines, processes and systems to ensure effective and early hiring takes place
• Manage team of three; setting clear expectations, ensuring high quality deliverables, and developing performance
• Maintain data management systems and compile weekly data reports for the initiative

Qualifications We are seeking candidates who believe deeply in our organization’s mission, who thrive in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment, and who demonstrate a record of achievement. Successful candidates will also demonstrate:

• Exceptional client management skills, including the ability to inspire others and influence change
• Proven success managing and developing staff (management experience strongly preferred)
• Flexibility in a fast-paced environment of rapidly changing priorities and tight deadlines
• Successful project management experience, including strong organizational and forecasting skills and keen attention to detail
• Superior leadership, teamwork, and collaboration skills, including a willingness to take on projects outside a set scope of work
• A record of setting and achieving ambitious goals
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• A commitment to producing consistently high quality work
• The ability to identify challenges and actively work to find solutions
• The ability to work effectively with others at all levels of an organization and to consistently display a high level of professionalism in all interactions
• Experience working with under-performing schools (preferred)
• Superior quantitative and computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office suite
• A willingness to work non-standard hours and occasional weekends

Compensation The annual salary for this position is $70,000 or commensurate with experience in a similar position with the potential for a performance based bonus.   TNTP offers a motivated team of dynamic colleagues, a collegial atmosphere that values professional development and valuable feedback, a comprehensive benefits plan effective on the first day of employment – including low cost medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time,  a 403(b) plan with matching, potential opportunities for performance based bonuses – as well as the chance to influence the direction of a growing, mission-driven organization that is committed to the success of our nation’s children. For more information on TNTP’s competitive benefits package, please visit http://tntp.org/join/our-benefits/   To Apply   Please submit your resume and tailored cover letter online at:   http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THENEWTEACHERPROJECT&cws=1&rid=1350   We review applications on a rolling basis – so it is to your advantage to apply as soon as possible.  We will not consider applications without a cover letter tailored to this position, which can be addressed to the Human Capital department.  Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of a background check. TNTP is committed to fostering and capitalizing on the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply to this position.   TNTP strives to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. A national nonprofit organization founded by teachers, TNTP is driven by the knowledge that effective teachers have a greater impact on student achievement than any other school factor. In response, TNTP develops customized programs and policy interventions that enable education leaders to find, develop and keep great teachers. Since its inception in 1997, TNTP has recruited or trained approximately 49,000 teachers – mainly through its highly selective Teaching Fellows programs – benefiting an estimated 8 million students. TNTP has also released a series of acclaimed studies of the policies and practices that affect the quality of the nation’s teacher workforce, including The Widget Effect (2009), Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (2010) and The Irreplaceables (2012). Today TNTP is active in more than 25 cities, including 10 of the nation’s 15 largest. For more information, please visit www.tntp.org.

How to Apply

To Apply

 

Please submit your resume and tailored cover letter online at:

 

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THENEWTEACHERPROJECT&cws=1&rid=1350

 

We review applications on a rolling basis – so it is to your advantage to apply as soon as possible.  We will not consider applications without a cover letter tailored to this position, which can be addressed to the Human Capital department.  Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of a background check. TNTP is committed to fostering and capitalizing on the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply to this position.

 

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