Talent Acquisition & Marketing Manager / Specialist (Bilingual)

Talent Acquisition & Marketing Manager (Bilingual)

Make a Future – Careers in BC Education

Make a  Future – Careers in BC Education is about to embark on a Ministry-funded recruitment and retention project to attract minority Francophone teachers, French immersion and French as a second language teachers to British Columbia’s public schools.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Strategic Talent Acquisition, the Talent Acquisition & Marketing Manager is responsible for executing the Provincial French Teacher Recruitment and Marketing Campaign, the education sector’s effort to attract qualified minority Core French, French immersion, and French as a second language teachers to British Columbia.

The Talent Acquisition & Marketing Manager will be at the centre of various strategic activities to brand and promote BC education as an employment destination for Canadian teachers. Working closely with the Digital Marketing Specialist and agency partners, the Talent Acquisition & Marketing Manager is responsible for developing and delivering upon three key activities in the province’s strategy. This includes project managing the development of a French teacher microsite, launching a public relations campaign, and engaging in digital marketing and lead generation strategies to attract candidates and grow BC’s French teacher candidate pool.

We are looking for an experienced talent acquisition, recruitment specialist or educational leader with first-hand experience recruiting French-speaking candidates. In addition to excellent project management and communications skills, you should also be able to exercise diplomacy and independent judgement on many issues, and work effectively with various partners and stakeholders.

Your qualifications include a post-secondary degree or diploma in human resources or a related field. With five or more years of relevant professional experience, you have demonstrated the ability to effectively manage and coordinate digital marketing and recruitment campaigns. Experience working in the public education sector is an asset and French fluency is required.

If you’re passionate about French education and making a direct impact in bilingualism in BC’s communities, please apply online at https://bit.ly/3Xwm6eI with your resume and cover letter by Monday, January 23, 2023. For questions about this role, please email Andrew Jang, Senior Manager, Strategic Talent Acquisition, at andrewj@makeafuture.ca.

This Ministry-funded term position is funded by the Government of British Columbia through its investment of $2.2 million to recruit and retain French-language teachers. Make a Future’s project is one of eight initiatives that are in place to support the BC Government’s strategy.

Make a Future is a recruitment initiative created by the BC Public School Employers’ Association as a joint venture among BC’s 60 public boards of education, the First Nations Education Steering Committee, and the Ministry of Education. Makeafuture.ca is the official recruitment portal of BC’s public school districts, First Nations schools, independent schools and BC-certified offshore school operators.

Make a Future would like to gratefully acknowledge that our office is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Our work spans across the traditional homelands of hundreds of Inuit, Métis, and First Nations peoples across British Columbia, each with their own unique traditions, history and culture. We are committed to Reconciliation and to strong Indigenous partnerships and relationships.

We are an inclusive and accessible employer. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Reconciliation are embedded in our organizational goals. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including Indigenous, Black, people of colour, all genders, 2SLGBTQ+, and persons with disabilities.

We are a small, dynamic team that provides expertise to all 60 school districts across the entire province. Support and teamwork is at the core of how we work together. We offer on-the-job training and have regular all-staff training and fun staff events.

Accommodations are available for interviews and in the workplace. If selected for an interview, you will be provided information on how to request accommodations.

Hybrid work options are available to work partially remote, subject to operational considerations.

BC Public School Employers’ Association provides trusted sectoral leadership in labour relations and human resources within BC's public education school sector. Through our services, support, advice and professional learning offerings we work together with school districts, government, partners and stakeholders to ensure the success of the public education system.