Academic Recruiting Sourcer

Position Overview

We’re seeking a Founding Sourcer on the Academic Recruiting Team to help build and maintain a strong, diverse pipeline of instructor and teaching assistant candidates for Campus’s growing academic programs.

This is the first dedicated sourcing role on the Academic Recruiting team, with high ownership over how we identify, engage, and pipeline instructors and teaching assistants (TAs) nationwide. You’ll report to the Academic Operations, People & Recruiting Manager and partner closely with the Academic Recruiting Associates to define sourcing strategies, build repeatable processes, and ensure a steady flow of high-quality candidates into our faculty network.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in ambiguity, building systems where none exist yet, and making a visible impact on how an organization scales its academic hiring.

What You'll Do

Foundational Sourcing & Strategy

- Design and own Campus’s academic sourcing strategy across instructors and TAs.

- Identify priority institutions, programs, professional networks, and communities for sourcing academic and industry-aligned talent.

- Build and maintain proactive pipelines across key subject areas (e.g., business, software engineering, general education).

- Partner with recruiting and academic leadership to forecast upcoming hiring needs and pipeline coverage.

Outreach & Early Engagement

- Execute high-volume, high-quality outbound outreach via email, LinkedIn, referrals, professor pages, and academic networks.

- Craft and test outreach messaging that reflects Campus’s mission, instructional model, and faculty value proposition.

- Conduct initial qualification screens or early-stage intake steps before handoff to the recruiting team.

- Serve as the first point of contact for many faculty and TA candidates, representing Campus with clarity and warmth.

Systems, Tools & Process Building

- Build and maintain sourcing workflows, templates, and documentation from scrat...