Head of Teacher Recruitment

About the Role

As we continue to scale rapidly, our success depends on building and sustaining a world-class teacher recruitment engine. The Head of Teacher Recruitment will serve as the organization’s recruitment leader, overseeing the entire teacher acquisition strategy—from marketing-driven applicant generation to recruiter performance, budget management, and executive-level partnerships.

This role requires a visionary yet hands-on leader who can balance operational excellence with long-term strategic planning. You will own the full recruitment lifecycle for thousands of teachers annually, build a high-performing recruitment organization, and partner with the C-suite to ensure talent supply aligns with client and business growth.

What You Will Do Strategic Leadership

• Develop and own the long-term teacher recruitment strategy to support aggressive growth targets.
• Partner with C-level executives to forecast hiring needs, align recruitment strategy with company goals, and advise on workforce planning.
• Design and manage the annual recruitment budget, balancing cost efficiency with candidate quality.
• Build strategic partnerships with universities, teacher communities, and professional networks to expand and diversify talent pipelines.

Recruitment Operations & Performance

• Lead the entire recruitment funnel, from applicant generation through onboarding readiness.
• Use advanced data analysis to monitor funnel health, forecast hiring outcomes, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee the design and implementation of recruitment technologies, dashboards, and automation tools.
• Establish and enforce KPIs, ensuring operational discipline across recruiter performance, ATS usage, and candidate experience.

Recruitment Marketing & Applicant Generation

• Lead the Recruitment Marketing team, ensuring delivery of quality applicants through targeted marketing campaigns.
• Oversee initiatives such as social media campaigns, digital outreach, referral programs, and tutor engagement events.
• Strengthen recruitment branding by shaping compelling value propositions and positioning EDGE Tutor as the preferred platform for online teachers.
• Ensure recruitment messaging and campaigns resonate with global teacher audiences and generate qualified candidates at scale.

People Leadership

• Build, mentor, and scale a recruitment team of managers, team leads, recruiters, and B2T marketers, fostering a culture of performance, accountability, and growth.
• Provide coaching and career development to leaders within the recruitment function.
• Establish succession planning and workforce capacity strategies to meet evolving business needs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Training, Operations, Account Management, and Product to ensure recruitment capacity matches client launches and retention goals.
• Collaborate with Finance on workforce planning models and recruitment ROI tracking. Work with People Ops to ensure compliance in all recruitment practices.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of recruitment experience , including at least 3–5 years in senior leadership (Head, Director, or equivalent level).
• Proven success in high-volume recruitment environments (BPO, education, outsourcing, or global talent acquisition).
• Strong background in data-driven recruitment, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience working closely with C-level executives on workforce planning and recruitment strategy.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution—leading at scale while stepping into details when needed.
• Demonstrated success in leading and developing large recruitment and marketing teams.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, capable of representing recruitment priorities at the executive level.

Preferred but not required:

• Experience with teacher recruitment, freelance markets, or edtech platforms.
• Track record of scaling recruitment in startup or hyper-growth environments.
• Familiarity with recruitment marketing, b recruitment branding, or candidate engagement campaigns.

Work Setup and Requirements

• Schedule: Mid-shift, starting at 12 NN or 1 PM PHT; flexibility required
• Workdays: Five-day workweek with two rest days
• Location: Fully remote, with preference for NCR+ for monthly leadership meetings
• Internet: Minimum 25 Mbps with backup connection
• Power: Backup power supply for at least 8 hours
• Device Requirements: Intel i5 (10th gen), Ryzen 5, or Apple M1 and above; 8 GB RAM minimum; Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS Big Sur and above

What’s in It for You

• Work-from-anywhere flexibility
• 30 paid vacation days per year
• Guaranteed 13th-month pay
• Comprehensive health plan for you and one dependent, effective after 30 days

Let’s Build Something That Matters

This is more than a recruitment role—it’s about shaping the future of global online education. If you’re ready to lead with vision, execute with discipline, and partner with executives to scale a world-class teacher workforce, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us grow the team that helps students learn across the world.

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