Senior Manager of Recruitment

Mission Statement:

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Primary Purpose:

At Uplift, we strive to be best-in-class at attracting, selecting, developing, engaging, and retaining top talent. The Senior Manager of Recruitment provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of Uplift’s Instructional full-cycle recruitment efforts. The Senior Manager ensures the Instructional recruitment function is efficient, data-driven, and aligned to Uplift’s workforce priorities and organizational goals. This is a working manager role, meaning the Senior Manager will lead the recruitment team while also managing a portfolio of requisitions.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Planning

• Develop and execute a comprehensive Instructional recruitment strategy aligned to network hiring priorities across all roles.
• Analyze hiring trends, market data, and internal capacity to anticipate needs and adjust recruitment strategies accordingly.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition to set annual targets, build dashboards, and monitor progress toward key hiring metrics.
  
  
  

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Recruiters to ensure high-quality candidate assessment, hiring manager partnership, and consistent execution of recruitment standards, while owning their own slate of requisitions to meet hiring targets.
• Support professional growth through ongoing training, shadowing, and development plans.
  
  
  

Recruitment Operations & Process Optimization

• Oversee full lifecycle recruitment operations to ensure high-quality candidate experiences and an efficient hiring process.
• Evaluate and refine workflows within the applicant tracking system (ATS) to improve accuracy, compliance, and speed.
  
  
  

Stakeholder & Hiring Manager Partnership

• Serve as a strategic talent partner to School Principals across the network.
• Deliver regular updates on hiring progress, risks, and opportunities.
  
  
  

Data & Metrics Accountability

• Monitor KPIs including time-to-fill, pipeline health, offer acceptance rates, and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Lead data reviews with recruiters to assess trends and identify bottlenecks.
  
  
  

Recruitment Marketing & Sourcing Collaboration

• Partner with the Director of Talent Sourcing & Partnerships and the Talent Sourcing Manager to align targeted sourcing strategies with high-priority vacancies.
• Support recruitment events, job fairs, and community-based hiring initiatives.
  
  
  

Education, Experience, And/or Certification(s)

• Education Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; may substitute equivalent work experience for degree preference.
• Experience Requirements:
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of Talent Acquisition experience, including full lifecycle recruiting for diverse role types.
• At least 2 – 3 years of leadership or team supervisory experience.
• Experience managing complex hiring portfolios and improving recruitment operations.
• Special Skills/Certifications:
• AIRS recruiting certification, Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) preferred.
  
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Communication Skills: Ability to communicate verbally and over email with staff, candidates, teachers, and network leaders.
• Bilingual Skills: Spanish preferred
• Technology: Proficiency with ATS systems (Workday preferred), sourcing tools, and recruitment analytics.
  
  
  

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work at a desk and computer screen for extended periods of time.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level is low to high and may have frequent interruptions. There may be activity from other employees and students of a distracting nature.

Starting Salary: $75,000

Application Procedure:

Apply online

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.