Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Recruiter

Talent Acquisition Specialist | Full-Time | $75,000-$82,000 Annually | Approximately 20% Travel

Ginger Cove is a premier Life Plan Retirement Community dedicated to providing each member of our community with exceptional quality, comfort, and care. We value staff excellence, resident independence, and business integrity.

Ginger Cove is currently seeking a full-time Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead recruitment initiatives and support workforce development across our community. This position plays an important role in attracting, sourcing, and hiring qualified talent while partnering with department leadership to meet organizational staffing needs. The ideal candidate is a proactive and experienced recruitment professional with strong relationship-building skills, strategic sourcing capabilities, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and manage full-cycle talent acquisition across all organizational departments, including clinical, culinary, hospitality, administrative, environmental services, maintenance, and leadership positions.
• Partner with executive leadership, department directors, and hiring managers to assess workforce needs, establish hiring priorities, and develop targeted recruitment strategies.
• Develop and implement short- and long-term talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational goals, staffing requirements, and workforce trends.
• Oversee recruitment activities from job posting and sourcing through candidate evaluation, interviewing, offer negotiation, pre-employment screening, and onboarding coordination.
• Develop innovative sourcing strategies utilizing job boards, social media, professional networks, employee referrals, community outreach, educational partnerships, and other recruitment channels.
• Build and strengthen relationships with local colleges, universities, high schools, workforce development organizations, healthcare programs, and community partners to establish sustainable talent pipelines.
• Represent Ginger Cove at local career fairs, networking events, school recruitment programs, industry events, and community partnership initiatives.
• Lead employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives to strengthen Ginger Cove's reputation as an employer of choice.
• Develop and oversee recruitment metrics, dashboards, and reporting to evaluate hiring activity, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, candidate pipelines, vacancies, turnover trends, and overall recruitment performance.
• Analyze workforce and recruitment data to identify hiring challenges, recommend process improvements, and support informed staffing decisions.
• Manage and optimize the applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruitment technology, ensuring accurate applicant records, efficient workflows, and effective utilization of available recruiting tools.
• Establish consistent recruitment processes, hiring practices, and communication standards to improve efficiency and enhance the candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Provide guidance and consultation to hiring managers on interviewing practices, candidate selection, compensation considerations, recruitment timelines, and competitive labor market conditions.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external recruiting agencies, staffing partners, and other talent acquisition resources as needed.
• Oversee and 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 ensure recruitment and onboarding practices align with organizational policies, employment regulations, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, strengthen internal collaboration, and enhance the overall employee experience from initial 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.

Why Ginger Cove?

At Ginger Cove, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in creating an environment where talented professionals can make meaningful contributions, develop their skills, and grow alongside an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of others.

Join our team and help us build a workforce that makes a difference every day!