Rebecca Sullivan

• Lead recruitment, resume/cover letter review, and phone screening for 27 hires to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
• Conduct training and support site-level hiring managers, ensuring seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers alike
• Engage with potential talent through outreach, LinkedIn Recruiter and individual conversations
• Utilize Paycor to track, manage and learn from searches
• Lead and design onboarding, ensuring welcoming and informative experience during those critical first months
• Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume
• Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience

Program Development

• Led development and implementation of program strategies to serve 500+ students and alumni
• Led partnership and relationship building with outside organizations and universities in order to create opportunities for participants
• Implemented local strategies that align with national program initiatives and organization-wide priorities and lead toward successful achievement of key performance indicators
• Created and led new program components in response to COVID restrictions and funding opportunities, including family engagement initiatives and alternative summer opportunities for participant

People Development

• Recruited and led team of 9, providing overall team vision, hands-on coaching and supporting them to develop their supervisory capacity
• Served as interim Executive Director while colleague was on leave., College Bound Conference, workshop presenter and family panel moderator 2019

Training

• Co-led team’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work, including hiring and managing consultants to support goal of becoming anti-racist organization.
• Led crisis management and mental health initiatives, working across national team and with outside partners and agencies when needed.

Data Collection

• Created culture of quality data tracking.
• Effectively utilized data collected in Salesforce and Raiser’s Edge NXT to analyze progress and outcomes, as well as present data at local and national staff meetings and Board presentations.
• Supported grant data collection and reporting.

• Collaborated with national staff members to identify and build four articulated areas of student success – academic engagement, social engagement, financial literacy and career exploration.
• Pioneered and led Bridge Program, holistic support program serving caseload of college students as they transition to and persist in higher education.
• Advised students on college admissions process, including financial aid, potential barriers, and best-fit college paths.
• Maintained accurate and timely data tracking and interpreted data to donors and managers through ongoing creation of outcome reports and trend tracking.