Director, Field Talent Recruiter

Teach For America; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Teach For America is seeking a Director, Field Talent Recruiter to drive comprehensive recruitment strategies aligned with its mission for equity. This remote role encompasses the entire lifecycle of recruitment, prioritizing the identification and placement of dynamic leaders committed to educational equity across regional teams.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in talent acquisition within social impact.
• Full-cycle recruitment management experience.
• Agile adaptation to changing organizational needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute talent acquisition strategies.
• Build robust pipelines of engaged talent.
• Lead recruitment lifecycle managing sourcing to offer stages.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Equity-driven Talent

Market Intelligence

Recruitment Strategy

Data-informed Decisions

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

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ROLE TITLE: Director, Field Talent Recruiter

POSITION REPORTS TO: Managing Director, Field Talent Recruitment Lead

LOCATION: Remote

What You’ll Do

At Teach For America, we are united by a bold and urgent mission: that one day, all children in this nation will have access to an excellent education. Advancing this mission requires exceptional, equity-driven talent in every seat—especially as we undergo significant organizational transformation on the path to our 2030 goals. We are seeking a Field Talent Recruiter to play a pivotal role in ensuring that high-impact, dynamic leaders are identified, engaged, and placed in the right roles across our regional teams. In this role, you will be deeply immersed in the full recruitment lifecycle—from proactively sourcing top-tier candidates to designing and delivering an inclusive, high-quality hiring experience. You’ll operate with a strategic mindset, a sharp eye on the talent landscape, and an unwavering commitment to equity and excellence in every search.

The Director of Field Talent Recruitment will report to the Managing Director, Field Talent Recruitment Lead.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Designing and executing best-in-class, end-to-end talent acquisition strategies for full-time, part-time, and seasonal practicum staff roles, aligned with organizational priorities and equity-centered practices
• Leveraging innovative recruiting tools, platforms, and market intelligence to optimize sourcing, assessment, and selection processes while staying ahead of emerging trends in the talent landscape
• Shaping and communicating a compelling talent narrative that reflects Teach For America’s mission, values, and unique employee experience—anchoring our employer brand in a deep understanding of staff culture and voice
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to define ideal candidate profiles and implement both short- and long-term workforce planning solutions that anticipate organizational needs
• Leading high-impact briefing and calibration sessions with hiring managers to clarify role requirements, identify target talent pools, and ensure alignment on success profiles, competencies, and evaluation criteria
• Building and nurturing robust pipelines of engaged, mission-aligned talent, proactively cultivating relationships with high-potential candidates and keeping them connected to opportunities across the organization
• Driving transparency and alignment in active searches by facilitating regular updates, status reports, and progress presentations to hiring partners and stakeholders
• Conducting initial candidate assessments and shortlisting interviews, effectively positioning the opportunity while authentically conveying our values, impact, and culture
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience by building trust, communicating clearly and consistently, and serving as a brand ambassador throughout every stage of the recruitment process
  
  
  

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Due to the dynamic nature of our work and shifting priorities across the year, there is no typical “week in the life” for a Field Talent Recruiter. However, the examples below provide a snapshot of how you might spend your time in this high-impact, fast-paced role:

• Immersing yourself in the full recruitment lifecycle, from learning our systems to independently managing sourcing, screening, evaluating, and closing candidates through a strong equity and mission-aligned lens
• Delivering a high-touch, best-in-class experience to candidates, hiring managers, and senior leaders—ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and alignment at every stage of the hiring process
• Deploying creative, data-informed recruitment strategies that expand access to talent pipelines and advance our commitment to building an inclusive and representative workforce
• Contributing to cross-functional talent initiatives that strengthen our overall recruitment infrastructure—examples include redesigning onboarding experiences and helping scale internal mobility programs
• Quickly adapting to evolving hiring demands and organizational shifts, balancing multiple searches while maintaining quality and strategic alignment
• Serving as a cultural ambassador for Teach For America, consistently modeling our core values in your interactions with candidates, staff, and external partners
  
  
  

Your Experience

We’ve found that the most successful team members in this role bring a mix of relevant experience, strategic thinking, and a deep commitment to equity. While there is no single background that guarantees success, the following qualifications are strong indicators of readiness:

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• 3–5 years of professional experience with demonstrated impact in the social impact sector, ideally in talent acquisition, recruiting, or a related people-focused function
• Proven success managing full-cycle recruitment processes, including sourcing, interviewing, evaluation, and offer stages, with a track record of hiring high-quality, diverse talent
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications (Highly Valued):

• A proven track record of leading digital transformation in recruitment, including the strategic design, implementation, and optimization of integrated talent systems, data-driven tools, and automated workflows—replacing inefficient, manual processes with scalable, tech-enabled solutions that enhance speed, consistency, and equity in hiring.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience, ideally in the nonprofit, education, or mission-driven sectors
• Deep familiarity and experience recruiting in service of equity-centered missions
• Experience leading or navigating organizational change, with the ability to remain agile, solutions-oriented, and focused during periods of transformation
• A demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with detail-oriented execution in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment
  
  
  

To perform the job successfully, candidates will need to demonstrate the following orientations and mindsets:

Results-Driven: You are focused on outcomes (both quantitative and qualitative). You hold yourself and others to agreed-upon standards and you clearly define what it is you are trying to accomplish with a deliverable or contribution to the work/project. You develop and execute a strategic pathway forward so that you can deliver high-quality short-term results/deliverables and build capacity for longer term results.

Culture Keeper: You build relationships with colleagues demonstrating curiosity about others’ background and perspectives. You express interest in the team’s well-being and care. You leverage and celebrate differences. People who know you and work with you feel valued and respected. You accept and support your teammates in all of their humanity. You strive for the collective best, you see yourself as part of a team and recognize your impact on that team with a sense of possibility, adaptability, and optimism, as well as with responsibility. You feel a degree of ownership for the success of the team and the organization, and not just for your own success.

Feedback: You bring a growth mindset and curiosity to giving and receiving feedback. You offer honest, actionable, and timely feedback through the appropriate channels specific to the work or deliverable expectations using an equity-conscious lens. You strive to internalize and incorporate developmental feedback and ask questions to seek clarity when needed. You actively seek out and receive feedback from others when appropriate with the intent of growing professionally and enhancing work products.

Adaptability: You approach new ideas, changes in work, or challenges with a sense of possibility and a solutions-based attitude. You have the ability to adapt to various working and management styles. You have the ability to tailor approaches to projects across multiple types of natural tensions, including: speed vs. quality, repeat/copy-paste vs. customization, and physical deliverable vs facilitation. You develop innovative solutions when challenges arise.

Self-Awareness: You know where your skills are strong, where you need resources and support, and you actively seek to understand these things. You possess an awareness of your own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and their impact on others and work to positively impact others/mitigate harmful impact. You know where the boundaries of your experiences and vantage points are and you acknowledge that you have limits to what you can see. You know when to pull back vs. lean in in various settings. You demonstrate humility. You have the ability to both voice and navigate tensions with colleagues related to things like bandwidth, availability, and accessibility.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Members of the People Team must possess the skills, mindsets, and capabilities to operate with a fast-paced, agile structure by demonstrating the following core values that guide our work together:

Embrace Possibility: We approach our work with a sense of possibility, adaptability, and optimism. We invest time in new ideas, engage in thoughtful problem-solving, and explore innovative ways to team with each other and with our partners.

Be Well: We know that to do our best work, we must accept and support each other in all of our humanity. We have fun, laugh out loud, find joy in our work together, celebrate each other’s life milestones, and live unapologetically in our own skin. We practice flexibility related to where and how we get our work done, respecting each other’s professional preferences and life priorities. We carve out time to relax, recharge, and refuel individually and as a team.

Pursue Impact: We are committed to helping people thrive so they can bring the full weight of their talent and passion to the communities they serve. To do so, we pursue transformational outcomes and, in the process, we choose courage over comfort. We strive to deliver excellent work and an unparalleled experience to inspire effective action and advance equity.

Practice Curiosity: We don’t have all of the answers, so we listen closely to our colleagues, and our portfolio teams, as they tell us what’s working and what’s not. We embrace those who push our thinking while helping us make progress. This learning makes us and our work better.

Your Compensation

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Tier A: $77,100 - $99,300

Tier B: $84000 - $108,300

Tier C: $90900 - $117,200

You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. If your location is not listed, please click here for additional total rewards information.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Education Administration Programs

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