Admissions & Selection Manager

The Admissions and Selection Manager is responsible for managing the initial application reviews for the City Teaching Alliance Admissions process. This includes reviewing a significant number of applications to the City Teaching Alliance program as well as managing part-time staff members who support the application review process. The Admissions and Selection Manager will also support the phone interview process, and is responsible for managing communication with City Teaching Alliance applicants. The Admissions and Selection Manager will also partner with the Recruitment team to support City Teaching Alliance applicants, and will participate in the Urban Teachers resident selection process.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for our mission, vision, and values, is excited to help ensure that the application and phone interview processes exemplify our mission and our deep commitment to anti- racist selection processes. Additionally, the ideal candidate will have had experience working in high volume Admissions and/or Recruitment processes, and enjoys “behind the scenes” work (with some candidate facing candidate communications).
The Admissions and Selection Manager must share a commitment to our mission and help ensure that the application review and phone interview processes exemplify our mission, values, and deep commitment to anti-racism.

Application Review Process
* Manage the Application Review process and ensure that every application to CTA is reviewed quickly and equitably
* Review candidate eligibility to ensure candidates can join the CTA program
* Serve as the point person for candidates who have questions about their application or who are missing key information on their application
* Lead initial training and ongoing professional development for part-time application reviewers
* Develop application reviewer training materials, support resources, and manage part-time application reviewer communication

*Complete candidate application reviews and interviews as part of the selection process

Candidate Communication
* Manage the applicant facing inbox and other applicant communication channels
* Update and maintain admissions information on all Admissions platforms
* Partner with the Recruitment team to share information about the application process and answer specific candidate questions
* Support strategies to increase the number of candidates who submit their application and acceptan offer with CTA, including candidate reminders and surveys

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Experience with customer service or candidate communication
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
*Results oriented and motivated by clear goals
* High degree of attention to detail and operational excellence
* Self-directed and self-starter who is comfortable operating in grey space and maintains a high degree of personal responsibility
* Ability to work remotely and as a part of a remote team and manage close working relationships with regional site teams
* Willingness and ability to attend selection events some evenings and weekends
* Experience working with Salesforce and Box document storage platform preferred
* Experience completing interviews or application reviews