Manage full-cycle, high-volume recruiting and targeted sourcing for schools and departments. Conduct outreach (cold-calling, events), validate credentials, support pre-boarding, compile recruitment reports, and build community and higher-education partnerships to increase diverse hiring. Participate in evening/weekend events.
** Applications will be received until May 14, 2026. If the position is not filled by then, we may consider applications submitted after the deadline. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting the Denver Public Schools job board at careers.dpsk12.org. **
About this job:
Supports full life cycle recruiting for various high volume and specialized positions across the District as well as strategies to strengthen and expand initiatives to recruit, hire, retain and advance team members, with a specific focus to support increased recruiting efforts to build a diverse workforce. Duties include, but are not limited to; cold-calling, sourcing, pre-boarding transactions, and cultivation of candidates for positions across schools and departments.
What DPS Offers You:
- A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Student Will Succeed.
- Salary Range $68,448 - $82,139. Click here for more information on compensation for these roles.
- In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as; time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.
What You'll Do:
- Develops, organizes, and implements campus, community, and diversity recruitment activities for local, state, national, and international recruitment initiatives; coordinates and attends recruitment events (job fairs, open houses, conferences, and district-sponsored events).
- Identifies, recruits, sources, cold call passive candidates and cultivates talented candidates across schools and/or a variety of positions.
- Determines salaries by assessing experience and education following established guidelines per DPS and/or bargaining unit.
- Supports with pre-boarding activities such as; new hire paperwork and offers letters.
- Validates qualifications, credentials, and licenses required of school-based hires; verifies that candidates meet minimum requirements; and confirms that all new hire documentation is completed and received.
- Collaborates with Human Resources Partners to monitor and meet client group recruitment objectives.
- Compiles and creates data reports and other forms of recruitment and retention statistics; assists in the creation of a variety of state-of-the-art recruitment communications (e.g., banners, advertisements, brochures, web content).
- Develops and nurtures relationships with customers, school principals, community constituents, and partners in institutions of higher education; attends partnership meetings with institutions of higher education, business, community, and school partners, and serves on school, community, and business committees; councils and/or advisory groups.
- Participate in evening or weekend recruitment events
What You’ll Need:
- Bilingual in Spanish-English, preferred
- Three or more years of related recruiting and onboarding experience preferred
- Three or more years of related educational experience preferred
- Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED
- PHR or SPHR Certification preferred
- Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.
- Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
- Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.
Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Students First. Integrity. Equity. Collaboration. Accountability. Fun.
About UsDenver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students. DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.
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