Education Recruitment Consultant – Houston

Are you an educator looking for a new challenge outside of the classroom? Still want your purpose to be impactful within education? Want a role where you work collaboratively with your team to help create exceptional experiences? If your answer to these questions is yes, Scoot Education could be a great fit for you.

You may not have heard of Scoot, so let us tell you a little about who we are, what we do, and why. We are an education staffing company, seven years old in the US. A mission & values-led organization, our ‘why’ is helping to create exceptional experiences in education. We offer several service offerings to our partner schools and educators, listed below. All encompass our brand promise of ‘right educator, right classroom’ with a personalized approach to the matching process.

• Substitute teacher placement; day-to-day and long-term roles
• TeachStart; our sub-to-cert teacher pathway program
• Special Education; paraprofessionals and behavior intervention

Since our 2017 establishment in Los Angeles, we have grown to operate in 15 regions across ten states. Houston is heading into its fourth school year and continuing to grow year-on-year, with this role being an addition to the existing team of six.

When does the role start?
June 2024

Annual salary:
$55,000-60,000

Perks of working at Scoot:

• Be part of an organization committed to education
• Startup culture where our core values drive our behaviors
• Small team means your ideas & opinions matter
• Provision of medical, vision, dental insurance
• Generous PTO (our founders are Australian : ) Those guys get it!)
• Incentive programs for exceeding expectations
• Modern office: think standing desks and Macs
• Hybrid work schedule, 3 days in office and 2 days WFH

The opportunity:
Scoot has an open position to join our Houston, Texas team. This office is part of our Central States division, including Colorado and Louisiana.

The core mission of an Education Recruitment Consultant involves managing the candidate hiring process, developing strong relationships with both educators and school partners, having a knack for matching educators with classrooms, and providing service that always exceeds expectations.

The Education Recruitment Consultant must have strong comfort and adaptability in using technology, an understanding of the education sector, and phenomenal people skills to aid in building an incredible group of candidates and school partners.

You’ll work on:

• Educator recruitment: Assess and vet candidates through online searches, reference/background checks, and interviews according to requirements and strict standards of quality
• Educator management: Foster professional relationships with educators to support achievement of their career objectives
• Vacancy management: Help solve school’s most significant and urgent problems – getting qualified, stellar educators into classroom vacancies
• Relationship management: Provide personalized service and develop meaningful relationships with key team members at partner schools
• New business: Develop new business for Scoot by building authentic school relationships

You should have:

• 2+years in education, recruitment, sales or customer service
• Education market knowledge and experience
• Exceptional IT and administrative skills
• Outstanding communication skills
• Ridiculous attention to detail
• Demonstrated history of delivering exceptional customer outcomes
• Growth mindset, grit and the drive to succeed

You’ll stand out if you:

• Have experience in the classroom (or if you come from a family of teachers!)
• Have used applicant tracking systems (ATS) previously

Application requirements:

• Up-to-date resume
• Two recent and supervisory references
• Personalized cover letter that addresses the question ‘ What does it mean to you to BE GREAT in the workplace?’

About us:

We bring new perspectives and tech-driven, human-enabled solutions. We are small, we are nimble, we understand urgency, we get technology, we value diversity, and we have heart. When you step foot into our offices, you’ll feel and see an energy that is a unique blend of heart, creativity, fun, mission-centric and living every day based on our core values.

At Scoot Education, we place exceptional people in educational settings. We invest in teachers looking for substitute or full-time teaching positions and connect them with stellar independent, charter, private, and religiously-affiliated schools across the US.

Our “BE GREAT” values are: Belief, Equity, Growth, Relationships, Empower, Attitude, Team.

We’ve identified the need for quality educators to always be present and available in the classroom–globally!

Scoot Education is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our educators, our school partners, and for the local communities in which we operate.

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