Senior Associate, Talent Outreach (Temporary)

About Achievement First

Achievement First (AF) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supporting 39 public charter schools across New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. For more than 25 years, AF has been recognized as one of the top tuition-free public charter school networks in the country. We are committed to creating schools of academic excellence within nurturing environments — schools that prepare students to be college-ready and to pursue and succeed in whatever paths they choose in life.

The majority of AF students are Black and Latinx children from low-income families, many of whom will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Across our network, we employ more than 2,200 staff members — 64% of whom identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color — who collectively educate nearly 15,000 students in Brooklyn and Queens, NY; New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford, CT; and Providence and Cranston, RI.

Our mission is to prepare every student to excel in college, career, and life; deepen their understanding of self and community; and lead lives of purpose. We believe in the limitless potential within our students and their power to shape a more just society. That belief drives our deep commitment to student achievement: we aim to set a high bar for learning and create warm, demanding classrooms where rigorous instruction is paired with the care, encouragement, and consistency every student deserves.

Each of our schools is a vibrant learning community shaped by its local context yet guided by a shared set of values: leading for racial equity, striving for excellence, embracing challenge, caring for the whole person, choosing joy, and going further together. These values guide our work across the organization and reflect both who we are and who we aspire to be.

At Achievement First, we are strengthened by being one network — united by shared values, a common mission, and a deep belief in what’s possible for our students. At the same time, we know that education is a deeply local endeavor, which is why we work in close partnership with families and local communities to ensure each school has the resources and support it needs to thrive.

Together, we’re building a future where every student receives an excellent education grounded in the strengths of their community, and where the impact of our collective work endures for generations.

We are looking for a New York Senior Associate of Talent Outreach to join our Recruitment team for 1 contract year.

Your Impact

The NY Senior Associate of Talent Outreach will support Achievement First’s New York recruitment and outreach goals across our 24 New York schools to ensure that our schools are fully staffed with highly qualified, mission-aligned employees. The NY Senior Associate will achieve this by managing the NY outreach planning and implementation strategies for event planning, support career fairs to bring in NY applicants,  job boards and postings, and support with NY digital marketing strategy. 

Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Talent Outreach, your responsibilities will be:

• NY Outreach Planning and Implementation
• • Implement regular opportunities for high-quality candidates to learn more about Achievement First for NY Region
  • Execute Team Recruit’s use of platforms including Handshake, SelectEd, Linkedin, and Indeed to drive high-quality New York applicants to our pipeline. 
  • Support New York partnerships with local universities and mission-aligned organizations. 
  • Conduct thorough data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights, informing strategic recruitment decisions and optimizing NY outreach efforts to attract top-tier education talent.
  • Execute monthly candidate cultivation tasks to re-engage previous NY candidates. 
  • Lead NY Leader outreach strategy and support with bringing in a strong bench of talented leaders into our network for our NY schools. 
• NY Campus Ambassador Program
  • Lead and manage Achievement First’s yearlong Campus Ambassador Program—an innovative brand awareness and recruitment pipeline targeting top education talent at colleges and universities.
  • Own full-cycle management of the Campus Ambassador Program across 8+ months, from onboarding to post-program evaluation.
  • Manage and coach 5 campus ambassadors to lead monthly recruitment campaigns and campus events.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants and vendors to deliver branded materials, staffing support, and messaging for events and social campaigns.
  • Track program success metrics including event attendance, social engagement, and application conversions.
• Referral Programming
  • Visit NY AF Schools monthly to promote the Referral Program with the goal of increasing NY referral applications. 
  • Work with NY Selection Talent Partners to create a school-specific referral strategy for hard to fill roles. 
  • Work with the Referral Manager to plan and execute virtual and in-person referral events. 
• Event Planning & Support
  • Independently plan and execute large-scale virtual and in-person recruitment events in New York, including career fairs, panels, workshops, and networking mixers.
  • Lead end-to-end event logistics and represent Achievement First at all external recruitment events, modeling professionalism and our core values.
  • Own event budget management, including vendor sourcing, invoice processing, and purchase reconciliation for all event-related expenses.
  • Drive event success through targeted outreach, compelling marketing campaigns, and RSVP tracking to ensure high-quality attendance.
  • Measure and report on event effectiveness, including attendance, candidate engagement, and application conversion, to continuously improve strategy.
• Job Postings
  • Candidate outreach via job postings, including maintaining a systematic approach to ensuring Achievement First’s job postings are visible to potential candidates, following up with potential applicants from selected job boards, and developing intermediary recruitment processes to identify candidates during between-season hiring periods.
  • Manage NY job board monthly postings for over 120+ jobs.
  • Research, contact, implement and pilot new job posting platforms, including communication with company representatives, and test for use in teacher recruiting.
• Digital Marketing:
  • Support the Senior Director, Talent Outreach to leverage NY digital marketing for effective recruitment outreach, utilizing social media, email, and online ads to engage prospective candidates.
  • Partner with AF Marketing Team and External Marketing consultants to communicate NY hiring needs.  

Candidate Profile

All candidates for this position will have a bachelor’s degree and at least 2-3 years in recruiting, marketing, sourcing, project planning, and data analysis.  

In addition, the following characteristics are required to be successful on this team:

• Experience with Microsoft Office, specifically proficiency in Excel  
• Strong technology skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast‐paced, entrepreneurial environment; 
• Flexible, able to work autonomously as well as take direction as needed 
• Exceptional eye for detail, follow-up skills, and organization 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proactive communication style
• Belief in the Achievement First mission and educational model 

Travel Expectations 

This is a hybrid role. The expectation is that the person in the role would be able to travel to our NY schools and assigned career events/fairs that support the NY recruitment pipeline.

Estimated Travel: (not limited to)

• NY AF School travel twice a month
• NY/Regional travel twice a month
• National travel once a month
• NY Home Office once a month

Compensation

This position will be full-time for 40 hours a week, at $41/hour. The estimated time period of employment is August 15, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Achievement First offers to all regular, full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, a 403(b) retirement benefit package with match, and paid Family Leave. 

Achievement First is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. People from all diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Spanish language proficiency is a plus. You can learn more about diversity at Achievement First here: http://achievementfirst.org/about-us/diversity/

Achievement First is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. People from all diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Spanish language proficiency is a plus. You can learn more about diversity at Achievement First here: http://achievementfirst.org/about-us/diversity/