Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Recruiter

Ginger Cove • Annapolis, MD

7d • $75,000 - $82,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Ginger Cove, a Life Plan Retirement Community in Annapolis, Maryland, is seeking a full-time Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead recruitment initiatives and support workforce development across the community. The role attracts, sources, and hires qualified talent while partnering with leadership to address organizational staffing needs. The successful candidate is proactive, experienced in recruitment, skilled at building relationships and sourcing talent, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. The position covers recruitment across clinical, culinary, hospitality, administrative, environmental services, maintenance, and leadership teams, and includes approximately 20% travel.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of progressive experience in full-cycle recruitment and talent acquisition, preferably in a multi-department or high-volume environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing recruitment strategies, workforce planning initiatives, and talent sourcing programs.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership, department directors, and hiring managers to address staffing needs.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems, recruitment technology, and talent acquisition reporting.
• Strong understanding of recruitment practices, employment laws, and applicable hiring regulations.
• Experience developing recruitment partnerships, employer branding initiatives, and community-based talent pipelines.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, as well as social media, job boards, and digital recruitment platforms.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments while independently managing recruitment initiatives.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel for recruitment events and community partnership activities.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Paycom experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage full-cycle talent acquisition across all organizational departments.
• Partner with executive leadership, department directors, and hiring managers to assess workforce needs, set hiring priorities, and develop targeted recruitment strategies.
• Develop short- and long-term talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational goals, staffing requirements, and workforce trends.
• Oversee recruitment from job posting and sourcing through candidate evaluation, interviewing, offer negotiation, pre-employment screening, and onboarding coordination.
• Develop sourcing strategies using job boards, social media, professional networks, employee referrals, community outreach, educational partnerships, and other channels.
• Build relationships with educational institutions, workforce development organizations, healthcare programs, and community partners to establish talent pipelines.
• Represent Ginger Cove at career fairs, networking events, school recruitment programs, industry events, and community partnership initiatives.
• Lead employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives.
• Develop and oversee recruitment metrics, dashboards, and reporting covering hiring activity, time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness, candidate pipelines, vacancies, turnover trends, and recruitment performance.
• Analyze workforce and recruitment data to identify hiring challenges, recommend improvements, and support staffing decisions.
• Manage and optimize the applicant tracking system and recruitment technology, maintaining accurate applicant records and efficient workflows.
• Establish consistent recruitment processes, hiring practices, and communication standards to improve efficiency and the candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Advise hiring managers on interviewing, candidate selection, compensation considerations, recruitment timelines, and labor market conditions.
• Maintain relationships with external recruiting agencies, staffing partners, and other talent acquisition resources as needed.
• Coordinate recruitment-related onboarding activities, including offer documentation, background screenings, drug testing, pre-employment requirements, and new-hire communication.
• Partner with Human Resources and department leadership to align recruitment and onboarding with organizational policies, employment regulations, and compliance requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment, internal collaboration, and the employee experience from candidate engagement through the first day of employment.
• Stay current on talent acquisition trends, labor market conditions, recruitment technology, employment practices, and industry best practices.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance (full-time only).
• Dental insurance (full-time only).
• Vision insurance (full-time only).
• Retirement plan with employer match.
• Accrual-based paid time off.
• Tuition assistance and scholarship programs.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Employee discount program.
• Employee leadership development.
• Annual employee appreciation bonus.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Additional voluntary ancillary benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior