Applications here: https://forms.gle/FqPMvFfqtjZNZSYW7
Contract: 1 year with the possibility of renewal
Status: Full-time, hybrid
Preferred Location: Portugal (Porto Metropolitan Area or Algarve or Lisbon Metropolitan Area, preferably)
Report to: Head of Recruitment, Selection and Matriculation
Languages: Portuguese (Native) and English (Fluent)
Why Teach For Portugal?
Teach For Portugal is an independent, non-profit organisation, founded to expand opportunity for vulnerable children in Portugal by recruiting and developing the leadership capacity necessary to address educational inequality in the country. Our vision is that one day all children in Portugal will have access to an excellent education, independently of their socio-economic or cultural background.
Teach For Portugal’s model is based on the experience of the global network Teach For All (http://teachforall.org/en), with partner organisations in 61 countries and more than 30 years of experience and proven results. Teach For Portugal recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in the country’s high-need classrooms and ensure all children facing extreme adversity are given the opportunity to fulfil their potential.However, our mission does not end in the classrooms. Informed by their experience and involvement with all members of the educational community, Teach For Portugal alumni will go on to become social entrepreneurs, policymakers, advocates, leaders in many areas working together with many others, inside and outside of education, to address the multiple factors that prevent some children from attaining the kind of excellent education all children deserve.
Why the Recruitment and Selection team?
The mission of the Recruitment and Selection Team consists of the recruitment and selection of the country’s top talent to join Teach For Portugal’s Leadership Program and commit two years of their life to teach in the country’s high-need schools. In Teach For Portugal’s initial phase, the Recruitment and selection team faces the great challenge of recruiting Teach For Portugal’s initial cohorts.
Looking ahead, Teach For Portugal aims at becoming a very prestigious graduate employer. To achieve this goal, the Recruitment and Selection team will need to creatively develop and improve the recruitment and selection processes to attract top talented graduates from different backgrounds to dedicate two years of their career to education.
Why you?
We look for someone who, besides being qualified for the job, deeply wishes to help transform the Portuguese education reality. We need someone who shares Teach For Portugal’s vision and mission and is fully aligned with our core values: Equity, Urgency, Commitment with Transformation, Excellence and Collaborative leadership.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to define and optimise Teach For Portugal’s talent acquisition strategy, with a strong focus on attracting and engaging high-potential candidates for the organisation’s leadership development program. The position contributes to defining and executing a strategic recruitment approach that identifies and mobilises diverse talent committed to addressing educational inequality.
In this role, you will contribute to building a strong and mission-aligned pipeline of candidates while continuously improving recruitment processes, outreach strategies, and cultivate external recruitment partnerships. As a member of Teach For Portugal’s team, you will also help shape the organisation’s growth and accelerate its impact, working collaboratively with colleagues, program participants, corporate partners, universities, and other stakeholders across the education ecosystem.
After all, we're not just offering you a job. We are looking for a future leader who wants to grow with us while contributing to Teach For Portugal’s mission to end educational inequality in Portugal.
In Portugal, 87% of the children who are retained annually come from low-income communities. Come change this reality.
Key Success Indicators
- Co-define, execute, and monitor the talent attraction strategy to enable Teach For Portugal to recruit 100–125 professionals annually for its Leadership Development Program.
- Contribute to candidate assessment and selection processes in partnership with the Teach For Portugal selection team.
- Build and cultivate a database of public and private partners, developing relationships that strengthen Teach For Portugal’s recruitment strategy.
- Document and consolidate Teach For Portugal’s recruitment strategies and expertise in attracting professionals with high potential for educational leadership.
Core Responsibilities
Talent Attraction Strategy
- Co-design and co-lead Teach For Portugal’s talent attraction strategy to identify and engage high-potential candidates for the Leadership Development Program.
- Define priority talent pools and outreach approaches to ensure a diverse and mission-aligned pipeline of candidates.
- Monitor recruitment performance through rigorous data analysis, using funnel metrics and candidate insights to continuously refine and optimise attraction strategies.
Employer Branding and Positioning
- Strengthen Teach For Portugal’s positioning as an employer of choice for purpose-driven professionals and emerging leaders.
- Co-define the employer value proposition with the Program team and ensure consistent positioning of Teach For Portugal’s mission, impact, and leadership opportunity across recruitment channels.
- Align employer branding priorities with the organisation’s broader communication strategy.
Recruitment Marketing Strategy
- Define the strategic direction for recruitment marketing, including target audiences, key messages, and priority channels.
- Work closely with the marketing team to translate recruitment priorities into campaigns and outreach initiatives.
- Ensure recruitment messaging effectively communicates the program’s leadership development value proposition and societal impact.
Partnerships for Talent Pipeline Development
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with universities, student organisations, corporate partners, and professional networks to strengthen the candidate pipeline.
- Activate partners as ambassadors and referral sources for high-potential candidates.
Recruitment Team Management and Cross-Team Coordination
- In the medium term, and based on performance, there is the possibility to manage and develop the recruitment team, supporting clear priorities, strong performance, and alignment with organisational goals.
- Coordinate closely with the selection and matriculation team to ensure alignment across the recruitment funnel, from attraction to the final stage of the matriculation process.
- Ensure smooth information flow, shared planning, and continuous feedback between recruitment, selection, and matriculation processes.
Profile We’re Looking For
Talent Attraction and Recruitment
Experience in attracting talent: Demonstrated experience attracting and engaging experienced professionals using a variety of recruitment channels and outreach strategies.Experience in recruitment processes: Ability to recruit a significant number of professionals simultaneously while maintaining quality, rigour, and attention to detail.
Required: 2 - 4 years of professional experience in a recruitment role.
Tech savvy: Able to autonomously use Office and Google tools (specially Sheets); we use other several tools like Canva, GMass or Salesforce. You are also comfortable using LinkedIn as a useful recruitment tool.
Strategic and Analytical Thinking
Strategic Thinking: Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a view to resolving the challenges associated with recruiting a diverse group of people.Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze data and monitor strategies and processes with a view to continuously improving results.
Communication and Stakeholder Management
Communication skills: Excellent communication (writing and speaking – native-level Portuguese and fluent English), with the ability to prepare and deliver public presentations and adapt communication to different audiences. Additionally, the ability to consider and have experience in branding communication is crucial, ensuring Teach For Portugal's positioning as a key player in its sector within the Portuguese context.Interpersonal skills: Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues and partners to identify and implement best practices.
Ownership and Execution
Organizational skills: Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain high performance across multiple initiatives.
Ability to take initiative and responsibility: Creative, proactive, and solution-oriented approach to recruitment challenges.
Teamwork, Management and Collaboration
Ability to work with others: Strong team player with the ability to build positive working relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
Ability to manage and supervise others (not required): strong ability to manage and assist in prioritizing the work of others, as well as contributing to and monitoring their personal and professional growth.
Mindsets:
- Strong alignment with Teach For Portugal’s mission and values;
- Growth-oriented, eager to learn and improve with feedback;
- Excellence-driven, constantly seeking innovation and better ways of working;
- Empathetic and collaborative, able to foster trust and teamwork.
What we offer:
- Contract: 1 year, with possibility of renewal.
- Compensation (gross): Between €22,000 and €24,000 per year, depending on proven experience, including: salary, twelfths Christmas and Holiday allowance and meal allowance (€6.15/day);
- Integration into a team that respects each other and is committed to the vision we hold - we are not perfect, but we work with effort to improve every day;
- Access to the Teach For All global network, with international resources, training and peer learning opportunities;
- Space for professional growth, autonomy, and ownership of projects.
- Holidays: Two days per month, totalizing 22 days of paid vacations (plus the birthday, and December 24 and 31);
- Other benefits, such as: integrate an international network (Teach For All) that gives you access to materials, trainings, and support communities that make all the difference in your personal and professional development; and benefits in accordance with the organization's protocols;
- This is a hybrid position, with the opportunity to use a workspace in Lisbon and Porto.
Join us in shaping the future of education in Portugal.
Apply now and help us ensure that all children, regardless of their background, can achieve their full potential.
Contacts: [email protected]
Applications here: https://forms.gle/FqPMvFfqtjZNZSYW7
Tipo de oferta: Integral/Full-time
Pagamento: 22 000,00€ - 24 000,00€ por ano
Benefícios:
- Acesso à internet
- Descontos comerciais
- Horário flexível
- Seguro saúde
- Trabalho remoto
Localização do trabalho: Presencial
