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Job Description

ISP Talent Acquisition Specialist (Academic)

Purpose of Role 

This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for recruitment, ensuring a seamless experience for both candidates and hiring managers. The role involves collaborating with marketing on recruitment campaigns, directly sourcing and screening candidates and managing agency relationships. It also includes tracking hiring progress, preparing reports, coordinating interviews, and ensuring compliance with safer recruitment practices. Additionally, the role requires supporting strategic talent acquisition projects, leveraging data insights, and aligning recruitment efforts across regions to optimise hiring outcomes and drive the organisations Referral Programme.

ISP Talent Acquisition Specialist (Academic) Key Responsibilities 

• Proactively drive the end-to-end recruitment life cycle for candidates using our applicant tracking system, updating recruitment workflows and keep candidates warm.
• Conduct initial screening calls with prospective candidates via Microsoft Teams or phone. 
• Directly source, screen and share suitable candidates with hiring managers, ensuring safer recruitment practices are in place from the very first interaction
• Building and maintaining a continual pipeline of quality candidates through our ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter and other creative sourcing methods.
• Develop new and innovative approaches to attract and engage with quality candidates using a variety of creative sourcing and networking tools.
• Manage candidate rejections and feedback
• Develop internal North America/ US/Canada East recruiting processes, including utilizing Wipro team
• Manage LinkedIn Promoted job slots for academic roles, prioritising critical roles across the group
• Adopt a data driven approach to hiring – utilising LI Talent Insights
• Keep hiring managers and candidates updated throughout interview process, to ensure a seamless experience for both
• Join weekly meetings with Regional Recruitment Managers/Heads of HR, aligning hiring strategy and offering support where needed
• Work with the ITM to understand the job specification and specific qualifications required, to create an attractive and robust attraction strategy to attract high calibre candidates. 
• Work with the ITM to plan, organise and deliver the Recruitment Events.
• Collaborate with the ITM on implementing employer branding for Recruitment Fairs.
• Collaborate with marketing on weekly social media posts for current hot roles
• Provide weekly reports of all academic hiring
• Update shared live tracker for each role with hiring manager ITM and Head of Global TA
• Support Global Head of TA on Strategic Projects
• Being an integral part of the Talent Team and assisting where necessary with ad hoc tasks including but not limited academic recruitment.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years recruiting experience
• Proficient in the use of LinkedIn Recruiter, particularly to headhunt talent
• End-to-end recruitment experience including high volume activity & tight deadlines
• Demonstrable experience in coordination and diary management, time management and organisation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively interact and collaborate with Regional Teams, School Senior Leadership Teams and colleagues to establish trust, respect and confidence.
• Experience in K-12 Education
• Experience with employment branding, innovative sourcing strategies, and building a robust pipeline of diverse talent desirable
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible with a positive approach to both work and mindset.
• An eye for attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of ATS/CRMs

Pay Range: We anticipate the salary range to be up to $100,000. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. 

Benefits: We offer a benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

E-Verify Participation: ISP U.S. participates in E-Verify and will provide the Federal Government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

ISP Principles

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding

and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.