Talent Acquisition, Senior Associate

Role: Talent Acquisition, Senior Associate (Fellowship)

Start Date: Immediate

Employment Type: Full-time, 1-Year Contract (Renewable)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

The Fellowship is a Leadership Development Programme with three pathways ~ Teaching Partner, Orang Asal, and Guru Muda. It is designed to equip aspiring leaders with the skills, on-ground experience and network to create change in the long run for: classrooms, communities, and the education system. Our Fellows work closely with the school and local community to understand and address educational inequity from the roots, while building a global professional network with Alumni, partners and mentors who are ready to guide and collaborate with you throughout your leadership journey. 

More information about The Fellowship is available at this link - https://teachformalaysia.org/fellowship/ 

OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE

To oversee brand presence of The Fellowship, in particular our Guru Muda track, in order to identify, recruit and select the most promising future leaders into these programmes. This includes securing engagements across Malaysia and creating a diverse ecosystem of ambassadors and advocates within tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools, corporates and youth hubs.

The mission of this role is to work relentlessly and collaboratively across the organisation and with key stakeholders to recruit at least 2,200 Fellows across 3 Fellowship pathways by 2030.

KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Measure 1 - Number of Fellows recruited who start the Fellowship.
• Measure 2 - Quality and diversity of Fellows who start the Fellowship.
• Measure 3 - Number of high-potential candidates engaged at the early engagement stage.
• Measure 4 - Number of strategic university and non-university partners (JPN / PPD / government schools)  who champion the Fellowship and maintain a strong conviction in our mission.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Fellowship Recruitment

• Set ambitious recruitment goals, and drive recruitment events to achieve them, in particular for the Guru Muda track of Fellowship.
• Identifying, building, and managing relationships with key stakeholders such as the Ministry of Education, District-level education leads, school principals, teacher-related unions and / or organisations, and universities.
• Design, plan and execute effective recruitment events 
• Represent Teach For Malaysia to potential candidates professionally and convincingly.
• Deliver recruitment pitches and campaigns at recruitment sessions and other talent pools to ensure Teach For Malaysia fills its required Fellowship vacancies with top quality candidates.
• Efficiently using tracking systems to analyse and determine the effectiveness of campaign strategy and execution.
• Provide support to the organisation’s mission through activities such as conducting relevant research, tracking all aspects of campaign progress, participating in cross-functional working groups, maintaining databases and coordinating travel.

Fellowship Admissions

• Support Selection Team to ensure candidates are prepared and attend the selection processes, including application review, interview and assessment centre.
• Manage the applicant tracking system (Salesforce) and other platforms & tools.
• Analyse and use selection data and trends to improve work in selection and create a strong feedback loop to support our recruitment and sourcing efforts.
• Deliver an inspiring candidate experience while providing candidates with support throughout the Selection process and until candidates begin their journey as Fellows.

Early Engagement & Team Management

• Build and cultivate relationships with university student organisations, related to the teaching profession locally (public and private universities) to raise awareness of educational inequity in Malaysia.
• Design, plan and deliver workshops and training sessions with university student organisations locally as an early cultivation strategy.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Aligned to TFM Core Values: Sense of Possibility, Excellence, Collaboration & Integrity.
• Passion for TFM’s mission, the education field, and developing people’s potential: 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. 
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to manage multiple streams of work, and independently prioritise tasks.
• Strong desire to learn new things and grow professionally.

Role-Specific Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia: can speak and deliver compelling pitches, workshops and info sessions about our organisation, mission and vision.
• Proven ability to build and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders, especially with governmental-related stakeholders
• High degree of adaptability: ability to quickly adjust in a fast-paced, dynamic, and Volatile, Uncertain, Challenging, Ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
• Able to think strategically, creatively, innovatively, and in a resourceful manner.
• Analytical mindset: Able to analyse, apply and translate recruitment and selection data into implementable strategies and actions plan.
• Tech-savvy: Has knowledge of or willing to learn on how to build, develop, manage and maintain knowledge management systems, analytics dashboards and customer relationships management softwares (including but not limited to Google Workspace, Salesforce, Power BI, Google Data Studio, and Atlassian Confluence).
• Strong organisational skills and detailed orientation.
• Willing to travel, as well as working over unconventional hours (e.g. weekends or nights for recruitment & selection events or calls with candidates in different time zones).

Years of experience & qualification

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in any discipline, with 2 years working experience.
• Experience related to the teaching profession is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge and network within the government teaching profession will be an advantage.