Family Recruitment Specialist

Rocketship Public Schools

Family Recruitment Specialist supporting new family recruitment, enrollment, and community engagement at Rocketship's new campus. Seeking passionate individuals to enhance educational access in underserved communities.

Posted 7/17/2026full-timeLaVergne • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $50,000 - $60,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills while executing recruitment strategies and managing relationships with families and community stakeholders. Proficient in organizing and analyzing recruitment data to drive engagement and enrollment goals.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Community EngagementRecruitment Campaign ManagementInterpersonal CommunicationData AnalysisFluency in Spanish

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Hard Skills

Recruitment StrategyData AnalysisOutreach Campaign DesignApplication Data EntryEvent Planning

Soft Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationCustomer ServiceDetail-OrientedOrganizational SkillsResourcefulness

Tools & Technologies

Social MediaEmail CommunicationVoicemail ManagementWebsite Management

Industry Keywords

Family EngagementCommunity PartnershipsEducational OptionsEnrollment ModelingAchievement Gap

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Canvass within recruitment areas specified by the recruitment plan you are helping to execute; includes but is not limited to knocking on doors, making contact with local community groups and businesses, and handing out pamphlets to prospective families at events/high traffic locations
Make phone calls to new and prospective families
Track recruitment work in target area to ensure all potential families are contacted
Plan and market informational events for prospective families
Support new and existing schools in enrollment
Provide feedback to inform continued refinement of recruitment plans
Analyze recruitment trends and data to create metric-driven strategy around new family engagement that meets recruitment and enrollment goal
Engage external stakeholders with a focus on building new partnerships that will support the work of communicating educational options to families in the communities we serve
Foster relationships and develop champions with community based organizations, faith leaders, elected officials, civic and community leaders that lead to positive engagement of the community and neighborhoods where Rocketship has and will have a presence
Maintain, organize, and manage recruitment communications with interested families and applicants, including email, voicemail, Rocketship’s website, and social media
Coordinate student application data entry and support of central efforts to ensure lottery system
Partner with founding principal to provide planning, training, and direct allocation of staff time/resources around family engagement and enrollment
Support school leadership in developing plans for ongoing family engagement and events for building school community
Cultivate external relationships with other community-based schools and nonprofits
Work with community partners to identify family and whole child support resources
Manage early family engagement with founding families to facilitate school-based decisions
Represent Rutherford County in regional discussions and projects
Provide input to inform enrollment modeling decisions
Work with regional team to foster community among faculty and staff members across the region
Collaborate with regional Family Recruitment team members across the Rocketship network to share best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

A passion for Rocketship’s mission to eliminate the achievement gap and a belief that all families deserve high quality educational options
Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
Genuine enjoyment of “on the ground” work, combining people and project management with direct execution of detailed processes.
Skilled at building strong working relationships with people in both senior- and junior-level roles
Experience managing through influence and driving results from multiple stakeholders without direct oversight
Experience designing and conducting outreach and/or recruitment campaigns
Absolute professionalism and customer service under all circumstances; ability to maintain strict confidentiality where required and discretion when involved in sensitive conversations
High tolerance for ambiguity, changing work priorities and deadlines
Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented, organized, and resourceful
B.A. or B.S. Degree preferred
Fluency in Spanish is strongly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

excellent health and wellness benefits
403b retirement plan
flexible spending account (FSA)
generous paid time off