Job Description

The context:

Across the developing world, more children than ever are in school \xe2\x80\x93 but they are not learning. A recent study estimated that less than 1% of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa attend a school where the teaching meets basic standards of quality. At Rising Academies, we\xe2\x80\x99re changing that, and we want your help. Our mission is to create the best schools and the most powerful teaching and learning tools for the people that need it most. We\xe2\x80\x99re one of the fastest-growing quality-focused education companies in Africa, and a Certified B Corp\xc2\xae.

About us:

We own and operate our own great value private schools, partner with governments to improve the quality of public school systems, and use our content and technology to help other education providers. Founded in Sierra Leone in 2014, we provided emergency education to children kept out of school by the Ebola Epidemic before opening our first school in April 2015. Today, we serve more than 250,000 students across more than 900 schools in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and now Rwanda.

Through great curriculum, intensive teacher coaching and actionable data, we help teachers and school leaders bring quality to every classroom. And we get results: show Rising students make more than twice the progress of their peers in comparable schools.

We have recently closed our and won a multi-year, multi-million dollar grant to accelerate the development of our digital ed-tech solutions for low-income students across the globe. Our \xe2\x80\x98 \xe2\x80\x99 suite of digital tools already includes a school information system, school observation tool, chatbot tutor (Rori), accelerated learning program and teacher coaching app. This is just the start. We want to expand our range of digital products to help improve the quality of education for millions of students around the world. If you want to make a difference to the lives of teachers, students and parents, then we are the right place for you

About the role:

The Recruitment Associate, Digital position is a high impact role with responsibility for sourcing, assessing and delivering top technical talent for our Digital team. The ideal candidate will have experience in finding top talent within the digital space and will leverage market data and talent acquisition expertise to educate hiring managers on making high quality hiring decisions.

The Recruitment Associate, Digital will own the candidate experience by acting as a company ambassador to internal and external candidates. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow their career in digital recruitment within a fast-paced and innovative environment.

The Recruitment Associate, Digital will:

• Proactively engage passive candidates through sourcing and pipeline building as well as adopting new sourcing channels for our digital team.
• Provide market intelligence and strategy expertise to Business Partners and Hiring Manager to increase recruitment results for technical roles.
• Identify, screen, and pre-qualify candidates for Rising digital roles through behavioural-based interviewing techniques.
• Consult and Collaborate with internal partners on sourcing strategy, interviewing techniques and market data.
• Provide complete, accurate and inspiring information to candidates and ensure an exceptional candidate experience through timely communication.
• Mentor, train and guide other internal Team members in effective technical sourcing and candidate engagement techniques.

Location and reporting:

This is a full-time remote role on an initial 1 year fixed term, with the possibility for extension. The aim is to hire somebody based in, and with extensive knowledge of the job market in India.

The Recruitment Associate, Digital will report directly to Rising\xe2\x80\x99s Recruitment and Talent Manager.

Application deadline: 21st August 2023

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree or equivalent experience required.
• A minimum of 2 years of a combination of corporate and agency recruitment experience in technical recruitment.
• Strong technical recruitment experience is essential.
• Experience closing candidates and discussing compensation packages for technical roles.
• Familiarity with the local talent organisations/market in India.
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting/sourcing or a function of similar scope.
• Experience in building and implementing a technical/digital talent acquisition strategy.
• Experience in understanding and embodying the message and culture of the organisations you have recruited for.
• Experience in building and cultivating relationships with clients and advising leaders on talent/hiring.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in utilizing creative sourcing resources and social media, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About You:

• Passionate about Rising\xe2\x80\x99s mission.
• Ability to build productive relationships and partner closely with the tech hiring team.
• Demonstrated ability to set and hit goals, timelines and deliver within deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize and succeed in an environment with growing demands.
• Excellent consultative, organisational, and verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail.
• Passion for advancing the workforce as it relates to the diversity, equity, and inclusion of organisations, partners, and stakeholders.
• Excellent customer focus with the ability and desire to partner with HR colleagues, hiring managers and external vendors.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of IT hiring concepts and language.
• Ability to create and execute effective talent acquisition strategies for various technical roles within the organisation.
• Strong communication skills including ability to clearly articulate information and ideas orally and in writing; ability to communicate compellingly to impact and influence decision making.
• Ability to provide quality candidates at all levels of the organization with a focus on sustained pipeline development throughout the Africa and India regions.
• Good aptitude with demonstrated ability to create compelling interest in both the position opportunity as well as the candidate.

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. We regularly benchmark our compensation against comparable businesses, social ventures and non-profits.

Rising\xe2\x80\x99s goal is to be transparent about salaries at all levels of the organisation and have a standard, global pay scale for all positions that is non-negotiable.

The benefits we offer are built to have a strong added value on our staff\xe2\x80\x99s well-being and we are excited to discuss this further with you in the process.

Rising is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, national origin, family or parental status, veteran or disability status.

Rising is committed to creating a culture within the organisation, and its schools, that recognizes the importance of safeguarding children and prioritizing their rights and needs. We strive to uphold international safeguarding standards, and keep the safety and well-being of our students at the heart of what we do. All Rising employees are expected to abide by the Child Protection Policy, and to have the same level of commitment to protect children from harm. Safeguarding questions are part of every interview process and all Rising employees undergo reference checks before joining the organisation.

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