TEAM SIZE: 30+

Part-Time  –  15 Hours/Week

Meet Vanderbloemen

Vanderbloemen serves churches, schools, nonprofits, and Christian businesses through innovative staffing, compensation, succession, and consulting solutions. 

Founded in 2010 by William and Adrienne Vanderbloemen, the company was started out of a deep passion for local churches that would have pastoral vacancies for years, thus minimizing their effectiveness in their communities. After pastoring for 15 years and then working as a corporate Executive Search Consultant, William believed there was a better way to help churches move through this transition.

Vanderbloemen now has over 30 employees working for the firm. We have successfully completed more than 3,000 searches in 49 of the 50 states in the U.S. and eight countries around the world.

While Vanderbloemen can staff any position at any size organization, the bulk of our work is made up of searches for senior-level staff. 

Searches involving Senior Pastor succession are an area of particular expertise. In addition to search work, the firm also provides services in staff consulting, succession planning, diversity consulting, and compensation analysis.

About the Recruiting Operations Intern

The Recruiting Operations Intern will support the Search Team by strengthening the operational systems behind our executive search process. This role is designed for a highly organized, detail-oriented individual who wants hands-on exposure to recruiting, sourcing, and search operations.

This is a part-time role (approximately 15 hours per week) with a required in-office presence in Houston one or two days per week, depending on academic schedule. The remaining hours may be completed remotely.

The intern will primarily focus on recruiting operations, candidate communication, and job board management, while gaining structured exposure to sourcing strategy and the fundamentals of executive search.

The Recruiting Operation Intern's responsibilities include:

Recruiting Operations

• Post, monitor, and manage job listings across multiple job boards
• Track job board performance and assist in optimizing posting strategy
• Process inbound applications and ensure accurate ATS documentation
• Maintain organized and up-to-date candidate records
• Support reporting on pipeline activity and sourcing effectiveness

Candidate Experience

• Respond professionally and promptly to candidate inquiries
• Help ensure a positive, respectful, and timely candidate experience

Sourcing & Recruiting Development

• Conduct research to identify potential candidate leads
• Support talent pipeline development
• Participate in recruiter meetings and search strategy discussions

Process & Administrative Support

• Identify areas for operational improvement
• Assist in documenting recruiting workflows and best practices
• Support special projects related to search operations

What You Will Gain

• Exposure to executive search within mission-driven organizations.
• Experience working in an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Practical understanding of sourcing strategy and candidate pipeline management.
• Professional communication skills within a client-facing recruiting environment.
• Insight into how recruiting operations drive successful searches.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree (Business, HR, Communications, Ministry, or related field preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Comfortable learning new systems and technology.
• Able to manage responsibilities independently within a 15-hour work week.
• Alignment with Vanderbloemen’s mission and values.

Ideal Candidate

• Eager to learn and grow in recruiting or talent acquisition.
• Proactive and dependable.
• Process-minded but people-focused.
• Professional and responsive.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, detail-driven environment.

What it's like to live in Houston, TX

Houston is the 4th largest city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of 579 square miles. Houston is the home of the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of healthcare, research institutions, and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located. Rated as a global city, Houston's economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. It is also leading in health care sectors and building oilfield equipment; only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters. The Port of Houston ranks first in the United States in international waterborne tonnage handled and second in all cargo tonnage handled. The city has a population with various ethnic and religious backgrounds and a large and growing international community. It is home to many cultural institutions and exhibits, which attract more than 7 million visitors a year to the Museum District. Houston has an active visual and performing arts scene in the Theater District and offers year-round resident companies in all major performing arts.