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Head of Talent Acquisition, Senior Manager
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The Talent Acquisition Senior Manager plays a critical role in unleashing the potential and power of a nationwide movement to work towards the vision that all children in Malaysia will one day have the opportunity to realise their potential through quality education. This individual will be responsible for ensuring that Teach For Malaysia identifies and invests in the most promising future leaders of Malaysia to join the Fellowship and embark on a highly challenging journey of leadership and lifelong impact. To do so, this individual will set an ambitious vision for global recruitment and lead a team of highly committed and passionate recruiters to engage a wide range of stakeholders that includes colleges and graduate schools, corporations and non-profits, with the goal of expanding outreach, building partnerships, and raising awareness of education inequity in Malaysia and the role that all citizens can play in solving it.
The Talent Acquisition Senior Manager leads Teach For Malaysia's strategy in cultivating, recruiting, selecting and matriculating Malaysia's most promising future leaders into the Fellowship to tackle education inequity. This role reports to the Director of the Fellowship Programme. They are also a part of TFM's Extended
Leadership Team, shaping and driving organisation-wide strategy.
Responsibilities
1. Recruitment and Selection Strategy & Execution
● Develop and execute a compelling recruitment, selection & matriculation strategy aligned with larger organisational objectives.
● Define a clear set of ambitious goals for the overall recruitment and matriculation cycle.
● Consistent and timely reporting on progress toward goals, including collection & analysis of relevant recruitment & selection data to inform strategic and tactical decisions.
● Lead the co-creation of an inspiring and successful candidate experience and journey.
● Set and commit to achieving ambitious and tangible goals that are aligned with the overall strategic direction of Teach For Malaysia to increase:
- High potential leads and registrations of interest generated for the Fellowship.
- High potential completed applications cultivated for the Fellowship.
- Acceptance rate of candidates being offered through our selection process and attending the Pre-Service Programme (Pre-Fellowship training).
- Effectiveness in managing the Fellowship selection pipeline and the overall selection process and ensuring strong candidate experiences throughout the process.
● Develop a nuanced recruitment & selection strategy committed to fostering greater Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the Fellowship programme.
● Oversee implementation and refinement of an evolving selection model in line with an evolving Fellowship programme (e.g., selection competencies and design).
● Review the team's processes and tools to develop process improvements and innovations to ensure an efficient, effective, scalable hiring process.
2. Strategic Partnerships
● Build and manage strategic long-term partnerships with universities, non-university partners (e.g. careers fair organisers, corporate partners who allow their scholars to serve their bond as Fellows) and student-led organisations locally and abroad.
● Build lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders (staff, Fellows, Alumni, young Malaysians, organisational supporters, strategic partners, Ministry of Education & other private & public sector leaders) to foster broad investment and conviction in the Fellowship as a high-impact career pathway.
3. Campaigns and Branding
● Lead the direction and support team members to develop and execute recruitment marketing and communications campaigns centred around key themes.
● Support team members to generate awareness and execute recruitment branding strategies through various channels such as print and social media, radio, television, and film.
4. Government Engagements and Fellow Placement
● Support the Senior Leadership Team and the Stakeholder Engagement team to manage & navigate through complex government relationships in securing the Fellowship license-to-operate, driving our recruitment and selection outcomes.
● Support the Stakeholder Engagement team and the wider Fellowship Team in securing placements for Fellows in schools (including, but not limited to, engaging the Ministry of Education, State Education Departments, District Education Offices, school principals and teachers)
5. Team Management, Development and Leadership
● Manage, coach and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team to be successful in a fast-paced, goals-driven environment.
● Create structures and processes that enable efficient and effective execution and collaboration towards goals.
● Source and create professional development opportunities for the team.
● Build a strong collaborative team culture anchored on TFM's vision and core values.
6. Organisation Development and Leadership
As a member of the Fellowship Leadership Team (FLT) and Extended Leadership Team (ELT):
● Collaborate with other Managers to build a team culture centred on excellence, results and TFM's core values to ensure high levels of staff engagement, strong staff retention and continuous professional development.
● Setting, aligning and driving TFM's strategy and impact within the context we operate in with other Managers, FLT, ELT and the Senior Leadership Team, including developing strategic proposals for programme and organisational growth on track to recruit another 2,200 Fellows by the year 2030 (introducing new recruitment/employment pathways for the Fellowship and scaling up recruitment goals).
● Shaping and modelling TFM's core values and culture as the greatest place to work.
● Being the Brand Ambassadors of TFM.
● Being accountability partners to other ELT and FLT members.
Requirements
1. Role-Specific Competencies
● Passionate about our mission: believes deeply in the importance of inspiring/investing external people in our mission and has high expectations for how Teach For Malaysia is viewed by external constituents.
● Strong verbal and written communication skills: can speak and deliver compelling pitches, workshops and info sessions about our organisation, mission and vision.
● Experience in developing and implementing recruitment and selection strategies for on-campus or non-campus target audiences.
● Skills, interest and aptitude for conducting interviews and assessment.
● Knowledge and skills in refining and developing our selection model and assessment tools.
● Proven success in leading and driving a team towards achieving ambitious goals consistently.
● Ability to pitch and storyteller compellingly.
● Aptitude for branding and social media marketing.
● Ability to think strategically, analytically and with strong operational instincts.
● Ability to maintain positivity, focus on locus of control and increase effort when faced with challenges; demonstrate the ability to be highly resourceful and entrepreneurial in the face of uncertainty.
● Actively seek feedback to improve and make learning a high priority for self and team; willing to invest in developing a high-performing team and to work collaboratively.
● Excellent interpersonal communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills to build relationships both internally across teams and externally.
● Ability to plan, adapt and manage tasks involving multiple stakeholders and dependencies
● Willing and able to travel and work over unconventional hours (e.g. selected weekends, evenings or late nights for recruitment events, interviews, assessments or calls with candidates or network partners in different time zones).
2. Years of experience & qualification
● At least 6 years working experience required including at least 2 years in recruitment & selection or related work.
● Experience in high-volume graduate recruitment in the Teach For All network is not required but will be an added advantage.
● Minimum Bachelor's Degree in any discipline.
3. Leadership Experience & Team Adaptability
● Ability to be adaptable in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and dynamic environment
● Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of employees and stakeholders
● Able to think strategically, critically, innovatively, and in a resourceful manner
● Able to build and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders
4. Language & Technical Proficiency
● Strong written and verbal skills and excellent proficiency in English and basic proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia
● Excellent proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
● Willing and able to readily adopt and utilise any TFM database or technological platform/application (i.e. Google Suites, Confluence, Salesforce, Zoom etc.)
Job Category
Qualification
Vacancy type
Working Arrangements
Hybrid (Office-WFH)
Phone No
+603 2026 0700
More Details
Website
https://teachformalaysia.org/
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