Assistant director of talent recruitment

Location: Noble Support Team

About Noble

Noble is Chicago’s highest-performing and largest network of public charter schools. Our 17 campuses and 1,600 employees currently serve 12,000 students, 98% of whom identify as persons of color, 90% as low-income, and 81% as first-generation college attendees. Noble’s mission is to ensure that all students have equitable and positive school experiences that equip them to complete college and lead choice-filled lives. We are proud to be recognized nationally for college access and persistence. Noble supports more than 31,000 alumni with 98% of Noble students accepted into college and almost 94% choosing to enroll.

The Role

The Assistant Director of Talent Recruitment is a critical team and strategic leader on both Noble’s Talent and larger People teams. Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Talent, the Assistant Director of Talent Recruitment is a crucial developer, driver and facilitator of Talent’s educator sourcing and recruitment strategy. This role is responsible for partnering with both the Senior Director and the broader Talent Acquisition team in setting the vision and strategy for sourcing and recruiting teachers, school leaders and related service providers for Noble’s 17 campuses in alignment with Noble's broader People Team priorities.

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant Director of Talent Recruitment will:

• Lead Noble’s Talent Acquisition team - a team of five central office staff dedicated to ensuring all campuses are fully staffed with outstanding, transformation educators ready to deliver on Noble’s six commitments.

• Oversee the development, implementation and tracking of Talent’s multi-year recruitment strategy with a goal to ensure all Noble campuses are both fully staffed, and staffed with the highest-quality talent .

• Align the work of the Talent Acquisition team with Noble’s three-year strategic plan, driving the execution of key performance goals, relentlessly monitoring progress, interrogating results, and making data-driven adjustments to keep Noble on course and on pace to achieve our ambitious strategic objectives.

• Uphold Noble’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring these principles are integrated into decision-making, policies, and practices in ways that best serve our diverse community of students and staff.

• Proactively assess and strengthen candidate screening tools, identifying areas of strength and opportunity and implementing strategies to ensure Noble’s candidate screening is best-in-class.

• Oversee and ensure the fidelity of a holistic candidate sourcing and recruitment plan including responsive marketing, candidate and campus communications, job description and maintenance, candidate screening and campus support.

• Manage the direct sourcing and recruitment for a portfolio of school-based roles (to be determined based on the profile of the selected candidate) as well as flexing to support sourcing high-need roles as they emerge.

• Support Noble’s 17 campus principals, ensuring they have the clarity, guidance, resources, and development necessary to achieve exceptional student outcomes, while demonstrating strong talent development skills - the ability to coach, evaluate, and build the capacity of principals, academic leaders, and teacher-leaders.

• Partner with the Senior Director of Talent, the Senior Manager of Hiring and Selection, the Chief People Officer and the broader People Leadership Team to ensure excellence across all People-related departments, aligning team priorities to drive excellent outcomes.

• Represent Noble with external stakeholders - including sourcing partners, university leaders, vendors, candidates and community leaders - by leveraging exceptional communication, relationship-building, and strategic influence skills to advance the mission and strengthen strategic partnerships.

• Serve as a primary thought leader in talent acquisition, pipeline development and maintenance, school leadership, candidate screening and campus-based staffing solutions to Noble’s hiring managers in order to guarantee all campuses are connected with the best possible talent, and receive the best possible service and support.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications

The ideal candidate for Noble’s next Assistant Director of Talent Recruitment should demonstrate:

• An unwavering commitment to Noble's theory of change and mission to prepare students for college success, with a firm belief in the potential of every student and power of education to realize that potential.

• A proven record of team leadership and measurable results in alignment to the role’s core functions characterized by curiosity, resiliency, creativity and effective problem solving.

• A deep, working understanding of the K-12 sector, including comprehensive experience as a staff member at a K-12 campus.

• Comprehensive experience recruiting, sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates for K-12 roles.

• The ability to work collaboratively, communicate effectively, listen effectively, and build and maintain trust with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders including: Noble staff, leaders, teachers, students, external partners, vendors and candidates at a variety of levels.

• A proven track record of Talent-related functions, including sourcing, screening and hiring staff via a relationship-focused, criteria-based approach.

• Strong embodiment of Noble’s core values: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Follow-Through; Humility & Self-Awareness; Respect; and Results.

• Demonstrated success aligned with Noble’s leadership & management frameworks, including the ability to manage a team with diverse experiences in a data-driven, results-oriented environment.

• Data-driven decision-making - applied skill in analyzing and applying sourcing, recruitment, marketing, applicant, hiring and performance data to identify trends, inform strategy, and drive continuous improvement.

• The capacity to sustain excellence, and drive strategic innovation, while leading complex functions, navigating challenges with clarity, urgency, and decisiveness.

Minimum Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; strong preference for an advanced degree in education, organizational leadership, or a related field.

• At least four years of experience recruiting, sourcing, screening and hiring candidates into multiple roles.

• At least four years of experience leading a team, including team-based strategic planning, supervision and performance management, and coaching for performance.

• Proven record of developing junior team members.

• Exceptional communication skills - able to write with clarity and impact, and speak strategically, persuasively and with care to a variety of stakeholders, and present Noble effectively to diverse audiences.

Compensation

We strive to be among the best places to work in education, and our employee benefits are thoughtfully designed to support us in this ambition. Compensation is commensurate with experience for this role with an expected salary for this position ranging from $95,000 to $110,000 annually.

Application Timeline & Process

Interested candidates should apply using this link or by visiting nobleschools.org/careers. Applicants are encouraged to complete the short application, which includes two short- answer questions. Initial application reviews will take place on a rolling basis.

Select candidates will be notified of initial interviews and moved through various stages of our selection process. This process is expected to include virtual and in-person interviews with a variety of Noble stakeholders, reference checks, and time for both the candidate and Noble to deeply consider a decision. We aim to conclude this process by late December. Noble’s next Assistant Director of Talent Recruitment is expected to start around January 12, 2026.

Please direct inquiries about this role to [email protected] .

Statement of Non-Discrimination

Noble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, making all employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic or classification protected by law.