Director of Talent Acquisition – Galileo Headquarters – Oakland, CA

Job title: Director of Talent Acquisition Company: Galileo Headquarters Job description: • You are inspired by Galileo’s mission and purpose. Innovation education, project-based learning, and working in a professional, welcoming, deeply camp-inspired environment sound like things you’re ready to explore or sign up for. • You’re a performance-driven, deeply accountable, data-hungry strategist. Problem-solving makes you downright giddy and coming up with new strategies for challenging problems makes you even giddier. You look at the details of your work through a lens of optimization, measurement, and efficiency and feel responsible for getting things done. • You love working on talent acquisition and recruitment. You have experience in talent acquisition and are hungry for the latest, newest, best ideas in building bustling pipelines of great candidates at volume, finding and hiring great people, and pursuing new information about talent tools, channels, and strategy. • You’re a leader — a servant leader — at heart. You treat all who rely on your work as clients and have a desire to support and maximize the potential of your team and colleagues, both personally and professionally. • You can color outside the lines. You like to refine and improve existing systems, but are also a creative problem-solver who isn’t afraid to try new solutions to age-old challenges of all altitudes and varieties. Who is Galileo Learning? Galileo Learning brings best-in-class educational programs to tens of thousands of kids each year through in-person summer day camps across the country and after-school programs for low-income students in the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe the world needs innovators and that innovation can be taught. We think kids who learn to explore and who are willing to tackle challenges despite their fears are happier, more creative, and more confident when faced with life’s challenges. And we think kids with these skills are more likely to change our world and be masters of their own. Here, values aren’t just lip service — we aim to be visionary, courageous, collaborative, determined, and reflective each day, and back that effort up with structure to ensure our success. People who joyfully work hard together, feel accountable for their work, are mission-driven, and play well with others tend to thrive in our culture. We've been ranked #1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area more than 10 times, have been named one of Forbes' Best Small Companies in America, and over 97% of our summer staff say they would recommend working for us. Joining Galileo means joining an organization that is a model of innovative learning, with a company-wide commitment to , , and a . Position Description What’s the job, really? We’re looking for a people-focused Director of Talent Acquisition who is both visionary and a deft executor, ready to greet a large-scale hiring operation with eagerness. The Director of Talent Acquisition will oversee recruitment and hiring execution - from building the pipeline to application to interview to offer - ensuring impeccable service to our candidates and hiring managers. Essential responsibilities include overseeing recruitment workstreams, evaluating and executing hiring processes for all of our applicant streams, supporting recruiting managers in execution, and leading headquarters and executive-level searches. • You’ll create and execute the plan to find great people (in large numbers) to join the Galileo team and will be accountable for the application, conversion, and cost-per-hire targets. This work includes optimizing online recruitment strategies and channels, vendor and agency management, and helping build out our university/campus recruiting and partnerships strategies. • You’ll oversee our Summer Camp Staff, Camp Director, and Headquarters hiring. You’ll be responsible for creating plans and processes that help us vet and hire qualified candidates across the country for year-round full-time and seasonal roles. You’ll also be the holder of the candidate experience. • You and your team will screen and hire candidates to fill 2,200+ summer staff, 30-60 Camp Directors, and several HQ positions across the Bay Area, Southern California, Chicago, and Seattle annually. • You’ll actively analyze data from our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to help your team and other cross-functional teams prioritize and take actions aligned to recruiting and hiring insights. • You’ll be accountable for all recruitment, selection, and hiring targets we aim to hit. • You’ll obsess over data and use it to understand what’s working and not working, measure progress toward goals, and adjust course as needed. You’ll regularly communicate metrics headlines and hiring progress to hiring team members and the greater company. • You’ll lead, support, collaborate and develop. You will lead and manage a team of 4-5, leveraging high expectations and thoughtful support to push your team to greatness. You will also collaborate a lot— primarily with your peers who lead marketing and camp operations as well as hiring managers and external partners. • You’ll contribute to the short and long-term vision of the People Operations team with a “yes, and” attitude. You will be part of the leadership team on the People Operations team and help refine and expand the vision for how the team will maximize opportunities and execute with excellence. You will report to the SVP, People. What are we looking for? • 4+ years in talent acquisition or recruiting operations, especially with program management and using multiple sourcing techniques and hiring practices to identify diverse candidates at scale. • Sourcing experience with educators, college students, and/or seasonal roles at volume is a plus. • 3+ years of people-oriented management experience and leadership: people want to work with you. • Experience managing vendors and Talent Acquisition campaigns, including cost negotiation. • Demonstrated experience building and scaling systems, with a lens toward creative problem-solving. • A desire to work for a mission-driven organization. • The ability to collaborate closely with others and operate as both a manager and individual contributor. • Knowledge of systems/channels such as iCIMS, Indeed, Appcast, LinkedIn, and Handshake is a plus. • Readiness to stick around; we find that our team and team members benefit from a 2-year minimum commitment. Physical requirements These requirements are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation: • Occasionally lift and carry up to 30 lbs. • Constantly operate a computer (including typing and reading) • Frequently remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time • Constantly communicate in person, virtually, and from a range of distances Benefits & Compensation • Salaried with bonus potential • Employee medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% covered by Galileo; employee-paid dependent care and multiple ancillary benefits available, including FSA and HSA • We believe that a balance between work and life is essential to happiness and success, so work hard and take the time you need; 20 personal days per year • Paid family and bereavement leave • Access to pre-tax Transportation & Commuter Benefits • Access to financial planning, legal support and mental health services • Free camp weeks (and discounts for friends and family) for year-round, summer and seasonal employees • New hires get matched with a mentor for their first year on staff • Employee resource groups and team-wide virtual and in-person events Work Location Bay Area or Remote. We are only able to employ candidates who are based in the following states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, or Washington. COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Galileo prioritizes our staff's health and well-being, and vaccines are the best tool currently available to protect our team. Therefore, for everyone's safety as a condition of employment, all employees will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if their role requires them to be in-person (per OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination Emergency Temporary Standard). Whether you need a reasonable accommodation or exemption will not impact considering your candidacy. Expected salary: Location: Oakland, CA Job date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:14:50 GMT Apply for the job now! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job