The posting
About Kiddom
Kiddom is transforming K–12 education by bringing high-quality curriculum, instructional tools, and student analytics together in one coherent system. We are building Learning Intelligence Technology (LIT), a new category that gives educators the infrastructure to plan, teach, assess, and respond to student needs. With Kiddom, educators spend less time managing administrative burden and more time delivering meaningful student instruction. Kiddom helps schools and districts deliver more equitable, effective, and adaptive learning experiences.
A Senior Recruiter at Kiddom is a key building block enabling execution of key company strategic growth goals. This role will play a pivotal role in helping our organization engage and hire talent dense professionals across teams. This role reports into the VP of Talent and is a team member of the Talent team. The Talent team partners with all business stakeholders and is equal parts strategic business partner and strategic recruiter. We thrive in a highly collaborative low ego team. We're looking for someone with an ownership mentality that is looking to build a successful business and be additive to our performance culture.
YOU WILL...
- Own and quarterback multiple searches, from establishing position requirements up to building and managing a pipeline of active and passive talent
- Proactively conduct research and investigate new ideas to create innovative sourcing strategies
- Possess a strong focus on sourcing passive candidates through networking, cold calling, and complex internet searches and research (ex: Boolean searches on various platforms)
- Interact with candidates on social platforms and craft outreach recruiting emails/messages
- Source active candidates from online databases, contact lists, internal databases, and employee referrals
- Act as a search expert for a functional area(s) by understanding functional hiring needs, position specifications and search requirements
- Enable and partner with internal stakeholders to generate ideas, leverage resources and share information that facilitates an effective search process
- Contribute to recruiting process, documentation, and trainings.
- Develop talent pipelines for future ongoing hiring needs
- Measure conversion rates, including numbers of passive candidates who turn into applicants, get invited to interviews, get offers and get hired
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
- Proven progressive work experience as a Business or Technical Recruiter role (5+ yrs)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to take initiative (driver mindset) and build strong productive relationships (partnership skills)
- Strong experience with sourcing techniques (e.g. recruiting on social platforms and crafting Boolean search strings)
- Tech savvy, with a good understanding of technical terminology and deep knowledge about saas technology industry in general, more specifically, the ability to quickly study and retain relevant information on the edtech industry, competitors, current events, etc.
- Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs)
- Ability to generate a high volume / high quality pipeline of candidates under very tight timelines
- Flexibility and willingness to support multiple functions / business units
- Quick learner and ability to think fast, capable of understanding many different topics quickly
- Independent and self-motivated, able to perform consistent work without constant supervision
- High levels of collegiality with an above average ability to influence leaders
- Willing to handle coordination tasks like scheduling and travel coordination
$130,000 - $180,000 a year
What we offer
- Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day of employment:
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- 401k plan
- One Medical membership (in participating locations)
- Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
- 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
- Paid holidays
- Paid bereavement leave
- Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
- Commuter and FSA plans
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
