Program Manager, Recruitment - San Jose State University

Job Title: Program Manager, Recruitment - SJSU

Team: Bay Area Regional Team

Location: Hybrid in San Jose, CA

Employment Type: Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven

Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation. 

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Program Manager, Recruitment - San Jose State University (SJSU) who will be responsible for recruiting 150-250 Fellows (students) into the Braven Accelerator course at SJSU per semester.

To achieve these results, you will recruit and manage a team of part-time student recruitment interns and Braven Student Ambassadors. You will work closely with Central and Regional recruitment teams, K-12 pipeline partners, and the student-led Braven Club to help you reach your goals. In all of this, you will contribute to building and maintaining a positive presence of Braven at SJSU

This role is on the Bay Area Regional Team team and reports directly to the Managing Director, SJSU.

What You’ll Do

Student Recruitment and Enrollment (45%)

• Develop vision, strategy, and plans to effectively enroll 150-250 students a semester into the Braven course
• Use Salesforce and Google Suites to manage recruitment operations, data, and pipelines 
• Analyze recruitment data weekly to inform recruiting strategy
• Organize and support recruitment presentations and materials
• Host K-12 recruitment events in order to source prospective students
• Recruit and manage a team of student interns and volunteers
• Support the Mobilization Officer for the student-led Braven Club

Social Media and Marketing (20%)

• Share design input and feedback with Braven’s External Affairs team on marketing materials
• Collect and share compelling stories with the Communications Team and Executive Director
• Sit on the Social Media and Marketing Committee
• Develop a social media recruitment strategy with the Communications and Recruitment interns

Stakeholder Management (10%)

• Support the cultivation and management of key stakeholders such as Professors, university and local nonprofit Program Managers and K12-relationships
• Assess strategies employed and make informed improvements based on the gathering of quantitative, qualitative, and anecdotal data to present to key stakeholders. 
• Attend bi-weekly University Partnership meetings with Executive Director - Bay, Managing Director, SJSU, and Associate Deans in order to align recruitment tactics to overall regional scale strategy

Team Management and Culture (15%)

• Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all-team events
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage part-time student interns
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage Braven Brand Ambassadors

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Work Experience: At least 1 year of experience with a track record of success in recruitment and/or marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: At least 1 year of experience in the non-profit field
• Technical Skills and Knowledge: Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Asana
• Ability to quickly build positive working relationships and identify strategically important relationships 
• Excellent communication, facilitation and public speaking skills
• Experience coaching and mentoring students in career development
• Experience managing and developing people, particularly managing through others
• Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting mileston