Bilingual Recruiter (Spanish-English)

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a teacher in need, moving us closer to a nation where students in every community have the tools and experiences they need for a great education.

Since 2000, more than 5 million people and partners have contributed $1 billion to support 2 million teacher requests for classroom resources and experiences. Projects range from art supplies to build the set for a school musical, to books and puzzles that affirm students’ identities, to bird seed for an at-home science project. We proudly serve all US public schools, public charter schools, and Head Start centers, and we combat systemic inequity by driving a majority of donations to schools that have been historically underfunded due to economic and racial inequity.

DonorsChoose has been recognized as a best place to work by GOOD Magazine and the Nonprofit Times, while Fast Company named DonorsChoose one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World—the first time a charity has made this list. Our dedicated team works from across the United States bring classroom dreams to life.

About the People & Talent Team

The People and Talent team strives to make DonorsChoose the best nonprofit to work for, respected internally and externally for delivering a best-in-class people experience and cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and mission-driven team. We work to ensure our staff can remain laser-focused on advancing the DonorsChoose mission by delivering a positive, productive, safe, and equitable employee lifecycle experience. Ultimately, we want our number one draw for talent to be that there is no better place they could work to do more for teachers and students in public education.

About the Role

The Recruiter reports to the Senior Manager, Talent, and is an integral member of the People & Talent team. As DonorsChoose undergoes a three-year strategic plan, we are exploring, defining, incubating and launching new business ideas to expand our organization’s impact on educational equity. In the year ahead, we plan to run pilots to determine the right product to expand our services to the community of Puerto Rico at scale, as well as a few other key initiatives from our three-year vision for DonorsChoose, including discovery around an offering that brings supplies to students through their school or district community. Throughout FY25 and beyond, we aim to grow our headcount, all the while maintaining impeccable hiring standards to fit with our unique, mission-driven work culture. 

To support our ambitious goals, you’ll be responsible for owning, maintaining, and improving our talent acquisition processes and systems- particularly around bilingual (Spanish-speaking) recruiting & other harder to fill roles. This includes but is not limited to sourcing candidates, reporting on pipeline metrics, branding, and keeping recruiting and documentation/training programs up-to-date. We are eager to find a bilingual recruiter who can build deep relationships across multiple teams and establish trust with hiring managers to bring on board new team members, and - in partnership with the rest of the People & Talent team - help us grow DonorsChoose’s employer brand.

In the first 6 months of the role, you will:

• Own searches for positions at all levels, from entry-level to executive, particularly in areas encompassing multilingual (Spanish speaking) roles as we plan to launch hiring on the ground in Puerto Rico by 2025
  • Specifically, you will help refine and implement tailored processes for Spanish speaking roles, including sourcing, assessing candidates, and supporting hiring managers and teams through the process end-to-end
• Lead talent acquisition process from end-to-end, including tracking and meeting hiring and DEI related KPIs, training hiring managers on recruiting processes, while maintaining DonorsChoose’s high hiring standards
• Manage the hiring process from start to finish, in partnership with internal hiring managers: updating and posting jobs, screen resumes, source candidates, perform first calls, and ensure all stages of the recruiting process are being followed and running smoothly to drive an effective process
• Manage DonorsChoose’s current recruiting platforms & applicant tracking system (we currently use Greenhouse); establish and track c