For 80 years, Sandy Cove Ministries has been a place where millions of people have connected with God and each other. 

We offer year-around signature programs designed to uplift and strengthen individuals and families, including summer vacation packages and a day camp for kids. We also contract with ministries and organizations, helping them create their own impactful retreats and events on our property. 

All of this happens at our breathtaking location on the headwaters of Chesapeake Bay in Northeast, Maryland. With 150 guest rooms in our lodge and 220 beautiful acres, we offer guests authentic hospitality and the rest and renewal they crave. 

Sandy Cove Ministries is seeking a Ministry Team Recruiter and Community Life Coordinator to join our team.

FLSA Status: Exempt 

Department: Human Resources

Reports To: Director of Human Resources 

Pay Grade: 17 

Reporting to this position: Seasonally, Summer Staff Leadership

Position Summary

The Ministry Team Recruiter & Community Life Coordinator is responsible for helping Sandy Cove Ministries attract, recruit, welcome, and develop individuals who are aligned with the organization's mission, values, and operational needs. This role also is a key employee that helps facilitate day-to-day positive culture building activities & events that help connect employees.  

This position owns the day-to-day recruitment process and serves as the primary HR coordinator for Sandy Cove's Converge Internship Program and Summer Staff program. The role builds strong talent pipelines, creates an excellent candidate and new-employee experience, develops relationships with schools and community partners, and helps ensure that Sandy Cove has the people needed to fulfill its ministry and operational objectives.

The ideal individual is relational, highly organized, enthusiastic about people, comfortable managing multiple recruiting priorities, discerning and passionate about connecting individuals with meaningful opportunities to serve and grow.

Essential Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition

• Coordinate recruitment for year-round, seasonal, part-time, and other assigned positions, including the h2-b visa program.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and position requirements.
• Prepare and post approved job opportunities.
• Manage applicant flow and candidate communications.
• Conduct initial candidate screening as appropriate.
• Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Maintain timely communication with candidates throughout the hiring process.
• Coordinate references and other pre-offer recruiting steps.
• Prepare approved offer documentation and facilitate the offer process.
• Maintain recruiting records and applicant tracking information.
• Monitor open positions and provide regular recruiting pipeline updates.
• Identify opportunities to improve time-to-fill, candidate quality, and the overall recruiting experience.

Talent Pipeline Development

• Build relationships with colleges, universities, schools, churches, ministries, community organizations, and other potential recruiting partners.
• Represent Sandy Cove at recruiting events, career fairs, ministry events, and community opportunities.
• Develop creative strategies for attracting mission-aligned candidates.
• Maintain pipelines of potential candidates for frequently needed positions.
• Coordinate employee referral and other recruiting initiatives.
• Partner with Marketing and other departments as appropriate to strengthen Sandy Cove's employment brand.

Converge Internship Program

• Coordinate and help grow the Converge Internship Program.
• Develop relationships with colleges, universities, faculty members, career centers, and ministry partners.
• Recruit and communicate with prospective interns.
• Coordinate internship applications, interviews, selections, and placements.
• Partner with department leaders to identify meaningful internship opportunities and learning objectives.
• Coordinate intern orientation, program schedules, learning experiences, and evaluations.
• Maintain regular communication with interns and supervisors throughout the program.
• Gather feedback and recommend improvements to strengthen the program.
• Develop opportunities for successful interns to transition into future employment or ministry opportunities with Sandy Cove.

Summer Staff Program

• Coordinate the HR and workforce components of Sandy Cove's Summer Staff program. Hire and lead seasonal summer staff leadership 
• Develop and execute an annual Summer Staff recruiting plan.
• Build relationships with schools, colleges, churches, youth ministries, and other recruiting sources.
• Manage Summer Staff applications and candidate communication.
• Coordinate interviews, selections, offers, and pre-arrival communication.
• Partner with internal departments regarding anticipated seasonal staffing needs.
• Coordinate Summer Staff onboarding and orientation in partnership with HR Assistant & Summer Leadership.
• Maintain ongoing communication with Summer Staff throughout the season.
• Coordinate employee-experience initiatives that support engagement, community, development, and retention. 
• Facilitate end-of-season evaluations, feedback, and offboarding.
• Maintain relationships with high-performing Summer Staff members for potential future seasonal or year-round employment.

Onboarding & Employee Experience

• Coordinate the relational and experiential aspects of new employee onboarding.
• Ensure new employees receive timely pre-arrival communication and know what to expect on their first day.
• Coordinate orientation schedules with supervisors and HR Assistant.
• Help employees understand Sandy Cove's mission, culture, values, and workplace expectations.
• Conduct or coordinate new-hire check-ins as assigned.
• Gather feedback from new employees and recommend improvements to the onboarding experience.
• Complete exit-interviews with departing employees to capture employee experience.

Community Development

• Support employee development and training initiatives identified by the HR Director.
• Coordinate training logistics, employee communications, attendance, and completion tracking in partnership with HR Assistant.
• Assist with leadership-development initiatives and employee engagement activities.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen internal talent pipelines and employee retention.

Recruiting Data & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain recruiting and workforce development metrics.
• Track information such as vacancies, applicant sources, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, Summer Staff return rates, internship participation, and retention.
• Identify recruiting trends and challenges.
• Provide regular talent pipeline updates to the HR team and organizational leadership.
• Recommend improvements based on recruiting outcomes and employee feedback.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruiting, human resources, program coordination, ministry, higher education, hospitality, or a related field preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent organizational and project-management ability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple recruiting processes and programs simultaneously.
• Comfortable communicating with candidates, employees, managers, students, parents when appropriate, and external partners.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across departments.
• Strong judgment and discretion when handling employee and candidate information.
• Alignment with Sandy Cove Ministries' mission, values, and statement of faith.

Physical demands of work environment:?The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of the job.? Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.? 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to physically lift up to 50 pounds and will be required to stand & walk for long periods and use hands. Sitting for long periods of time at a computer is also required. The ability to see is required to perform the essential job functions. 

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is characterized as a normal office environment 

Compensation: Minimum: $48,984.00 | Maximum: $66,269.00

Full-Time Benefits

Employee Benefits: Health Insurance (Individual/Family), Dental Insurance, Life, LTD, Paid vacation, Paid Sick, Paid Holidays, 401(k) with employer match, meal privileges, tuition reimbursement, discounts on Sandy Cove Programs, discount in the Nook. 

*on-site housing may be available*

Learn more about Sandy Cove by visiting www.sandycove.org