Sr. Talent Acquisition & Operations Partner (12 month contract, $65/hour, 40 hours/week)

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

Our People Operations (POps) team is looking for an experienced Sr. Talent Acquisition & Operations Partner to help recruit and onboard the right talent to support our organization’s mission. This person is self-motivated, results-orientated, a strong problem solver, and a true talent partner.  

You will:

• Partner with hiring managers to strategize, plan, and launch new roles.
• Promote our employer brand through interactions with candidates and their communities.
• Partner in improving and maintaining an efficient and effective hiring process.
• Build a strong diverse talent pipeline across multiple departments / functions and employment types (full-time, part-time, contractor, intern).
• Manage full-cycle recruiting from establishing the job requisition, securing approvals, clarifying the role via intake with the hiring manager, sourcing, screening, interviewing, securing/closing the offer, dispositioning candidates, and closing the requisition.
• Maintain & report on key recruiting metrics in order to inform recruiting and hiring strategy in partnership with HR Leadership.
• Provide a positive  candidate and new hire experience and manage the new hire onboarding process.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere”
• 5+ years of corporate recruiting experience across multiple disciplines
• Passion for delighting hiring managers and candidates
• Demonstrated ability to generate enthusiasm about opportunities to prospective candidates
• A team player with demonstrated collaboration skills
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to coach, advise and influence outcomes
• Proven ability to understand organizational issues and manage change
• Solid knowledge of candidate sourcing techniques
• Excellent project management skills; the ability to organize, set and manage priorities and meet competing deadlines
• Experience working with an ATS (applicant tracking system) and LinkedIn recruiter
• Strong process-orientation, organization, and follow-up skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

MORE ABOUT US

The People Operations Team mission is to “foster a high-performance, inclusive culture and great place to work that enables employees to deliver their best work toward attaining Khan Academy’s mission while fulfilling their personal aspirations and career ambitions.”  Our motto is Valuing People - Maximizing Potential!

For further exploration:

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• Sal’s TED talk from 2023
• Our team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

OUR COMPANY VALUES

Live & breathe learners

We deeply understand and empathize with our us