Recruitment Associate

Braven

Recruitment Associate enrolling 500+ students per semester for BravenX Accelerator course. Collaborating with stakeholders and managing a team of student recruits and ambassadors.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $62,700 - $78,300 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop vision, strategy, and plans to effectively enroll and retain 500+ students a semester into the Braven course
Use Salesforce and Google Suite to manage recruitment data, operations, and pipelines
Analyze recruitment data weekly to inform recruiting and partner support strategy
Organize and support recruitment presentations and materials
Host recruitment events in order to source prospective students
Recruit and manage a team of student interns and volunteers
Support the cultivation and management of BravenX nonprofit stakeholders who act as the pipeline for Fellow recruitment (national and regional college access organizations, K12 alumni programs, small universities/colleges, etc.)
Manage and provide support to stakeholders in order to support them in reaching their individual Fellow enrollment goals (weekly progress-to-goal updates, brainstorming new tactics, holding recruitment check-in meetings, attending partner events, etc.)
Assess the strategies employed and make informed improvements based on quantitative, qualitative, and anecdotal data gathered to present to key stakeholders.
Share design input and feedback with Braven’s External Affairs team on marketing materials
Collect and share compelling stories with the Communications Team and External Affairs Team
Support the Social Media and Marketing Committee
Develop a social media recruitment strategy with the Communications and Recruitment interns
Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all-team events
Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage part-time student interns
Recruit and train student volunteers known as Braven Ambassadors
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Work Experience: At least 1 year of experience with a track record of success in recruitment and/or marketing.
At least 1 year of experience in the non-profit field
Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Salesforce, Asana
Ability to quickly build positive working relationships and identify strategically important relationships
Excellent communication, facilitation, and public speaking skills
Experience coaching and mentoring students in career development
Experience managing and developing people, particularly managing through others
Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting milestones and deadlines
Track record of using data and metrics to drive decisions and measure performance
High degree of flexibility and adaptability, excels in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, and is comfortable with ambiguity
Exemplification of Braven’s core values
Experiences that have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year)
Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

recruitmentmarketingdata analysisproject managementcoachingmentoringpublic speakingrelationship buildingstrategic planningperformance measurement

Soft Skills

communicationfacilitationteam managementflexibilityadaptabilitycollaborationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillscreativity