Sourcing and Recruiting Coordinator

Van Meter•Cedar Rapids, IA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sourcing and Recruiting Coordinator helps Van Meter build strong candidate pipelines by identifying and connecting with talent through sourcing technology, social media, professional networks, career fairs, hiring events, college partnerships, and community connections. The role focuses on improving both the quantity and quality of candidates entering the recruiting process. It also supports recruiting operations by coordinating job advertisements, position postings, recruiting calendars, interviews, events, reporting, and project deadlines. The coordinator conducts initial screens for entry-level positions, enabling Recruiters to focus on hiring-leader partnerships and local-market talent pipelines. The position develops and executes sourcing strategies, engages prospective candidates, builds pipelines for recurring, entry-level, high-volume, and difficult-to-fill roles, and partners with Recruiters to target local talent markets. It reviews applications, conducts initial screens, and communicates with candidates during early recruiting stages. Recruiting coordination includes creating and posting job advertisements, monitoring candidate flow, maintaining calendars and records, coordinating events and interviews, and providing administrative and project support. The coordinator also organizes and analyzes recruiting data to assess sourcing effectiveness and recruiting performance, maintain metrics and reports, track candidate and position activity, and recommend practical process improvements. The description states the role requires office work and may involve regional travel. It also describes an indoor office environment, collaboration and customer contact, occasional outdoor or operational-site exposure, and occasional non-standard or extended workdays.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, business, communications, marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
2–3 years of professional human resources experience.
Experience supporting project-based work.
Experience in recruiting, sourcing, recruiting coordination, human resources, marketing, sales, customer service, or another relationship-focused field.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as other business technology.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities, positions, events, interviews, projects, and deadlines.
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, interpersonal communication, and judgment.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
Ability to creatively use technology, social media, online research, and digital tools to find and connect with prospective candidates.
Strong written communication skills, including the ability to create engaging job advertisements and outreach messages.
Ability to conduct structured initial candidate screens and evaluate candidates against established requirements.
Ability to work in the office 5 days per week, with flexibility for personal obligations, and travel regionally when required.

Nice To Haves

Experience proactively sourcing candidates beyond traditional job-board postings.
Experience using applicant tracking systems, sourcing technology, social media, resume databases, or professional networking platforms, including evaluating candidate quality and source return on investment.
Experience writing job advertisements, conducting candidate screens, or coordinating recruiting events.
Experience supporting college recruiting, career fairs, internships, or community recruiting partnerships.
Experience maintaining recruiting metrics, analyzing trends, and delivering actionable insights.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to expand the quantity and quality of candidates for open positions.
Identify and engage prospective candidates using sourcing technology, social media, professional networking sites, resume databases, digital outreach, and emerging recruiting channels.
Build candidate pipelines for recurring, entry-level, high-volume, and difficult-to-fill positions.
Connect with talent through virtual career fairs, hiring events, colleges, community organizations, trade groups, professional associations, and referral networks.
Partner with Recruiters to understand talent needs and develop targeted sourcing approaches based on positions and local labor markets.
Review applications and conduct initial screens for entry-level positions.
Communicate professionally and responsively with candidates during early recruiting stages.
Write job advertisements and post positions across appropriate recruiting channels.
Monitor candidate flow and recommend adjustments when candidate quantity or quality is not meeting expectations.
Maintain the recruiting calendar, including career fairs, hiring events, interviews, deadlines, and follow-up commitments.
Coordinate event registrations, materials, staffing, schedules, logistics, and follow-up activities.
Support interview scheduling and provide accurate, timely information to candidates and interviewers.
Maintain position trackers, candidate records, recruiting documentation, and recruiting resources.
Provide administrative and project support to senior Recruiters.
Organize, validate, and analyze recruiting data to identify trends, evaluate sourcing effectiveness, and monitor performance.
Assess recruiting processes, sourcing methods, and candidate channels using data and recommend practical improvements.
Maintain accurate recruiting data and prepare recurring metrics, dashboards, and reports.
Track candidate volume, sourcing activity, source effectiveness, screening outcomes, pipeline strength, and position status.
Translate recruiting data into insights and recommendations for Recruiters and People Operations leaders.