Opportunity:
Citizen Schools seeks a Campus Recruitment Assistant (CRA) who will work with our Recruitment Manager to increase awareness of our organization at their school, increase student’s interest in the National Teaching Fellowship and perform various recruiting duties and activities as needed. The CRA must be a creative, enthusiastic, driven, and dynamic individual with a passion for connecting and engaging caring adults to work with the communities we serve.
The CRA is a campus-based addition to the Citizen Schools Recruitment Team. The CRA is a dedicated recruiter whose primary responsibility is to source program staff (National Teaching Fellows and Teaching Associates) for Citizen Schools. The CRA plays an essential role in building a local candidate pipeline for Citizen Schools and in introducing college students to the organization’s powerful and rewarding employment opportunities. The CRA will generate a high-quality applicant pool by raising Citizen Schools’ on-campus profile, navigating the unique campus culture, making contacts with key academic departments and student groups, and marketing employment opportunities to college students. Finally, beyond building awareness, the Campus Recruitment Assistant retains primary responsibility for turning interest into applications, and hires into acceptances.
The Campus Recruitment Assistant role provides the right undergraduate with the opportunity to build professional skills in written and verbal communication, problem-solving, project management, marketing and outreach as well as relationship management and event planning. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in joining Citizen Schools as a Teaching Fellow upon graduation.
About Us:
Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes hundreds of staff and thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement. We provide hands-on learning and open up pathways for future success to students in low-income middle schools. Building on seventeen years of powerful programming innovation and results, Citizen Schools is in the midst of a strategic growth plan to scale up its programs to serve almost 7,000 students. We currently operate in eight states (California, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Texas), serving approximately 6,000 students and engaging over 4,000 Citizen Teachers.
Responsibilities:
- Create (with assistance from Recruitment Manager) and implement an aggressive on-campus marketing and outreach plan to increase awareness of Citizen Schools on your campus.
- Connect with high performing student leaders and student organizations regularly
- Network with department heads and professors to facilitate in-class presentations
- Liaise with career services for assistance with posting flyers, being included in email blasts, tabling in high traffic areas on campus etc…
- Participate in college job/career fairs as necessary
- Lead (and/or co-lead) information sessions and class presentations
- Leverage social networking sites and other innovative, online opportunities (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) to enhance on-campus recruitment efforts
- Maintain and update a lead tracker
- Attend and participate in weekly team check-ins via phone to discuss activity, best practices and progress to goals
- Recommend new strategies to recruit college students
Qualifications:
Successful applicants will possess excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, and a demonstrated ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities. Lastly, applicants should have a strong network of connections on campus.
Other qualifications include:
- Commitment to Citizen Schools’ youth and community development mission
- Ability to articulate commitment to diversity and to serving diverse constituents
- Demonstrated interest in recruitment; desire to learn new recruitment strategies
- Understanding of campus culture and how to represent Citizen Schools to students
- Success in on-campus leadership role
- Strong sense of autonomy and self-direction
- Embodiment of the seven Citizen Schools Values: Pride, Joy, Respect, Courage, Teamwork, Perseverance and Vision
- Passion for service
Compensation and Availability Requirements:
The Campus Recruitment Assistant role is a non-paid internship. CRA’s will work approximately 5-10 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters (September 2012 – May 2013) and will report to the Recruitment Manager. Financial support for on-campus activities and events is provided. In addition, Citizen Schools offers training, professional development and the support and resources for CRA’s to effectively engage their fellow peers.
Application Process:
Citizen Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, cultural heritage, ancestry, political belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability or veteran status.
