About Us

Are you someone who seeks opportunity and has a true desire to grow your career with an organization that has enriched the lives of its clients and communities in the Greater Washington region for more than 150 years? If so, Sandy Spring Bank may be the perfect fit for you!

Sandy Spring Bank is a growing financial services company focused on creating real experiences for our employees, clients, shareholders and communities. We are proud to have been recognized by The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun as a Top Workplace, by Forbes magazine as the #1 Bank in Maryland. It is our employees who play an integral role in shaping who we are as a company and upholding what matters most to us: people and relationships.

To help us attract the highest quality individuals, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify. We offer competitive market salaries, paid time off, multiple retirement savings options, full health care options, life insurance, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, career development opportunities, tuition assistance and volunteer opportunities. We are proud to offer those, and so much more, making Sandy Spring Bank a remarkable place to work and build a career.

About The Job

Sandy Spring Bank is currently recruiting for a Receptionist in the Human department. If you are the chosen candidate, you will be responsible for providing lobby coverage at Reston Center and performing reception duties by opening and securing the front entrance daily, greeting and directing clients and visitors, accepting deliveries, etc. This role represents the company to the public in a friendly, professional and courteous manner at all times and performs a wide variety of duties to provide general and administrative support to the Human Resources Division. This role also coordinates participation in regular and occasional employee recognition and/or social events.

Areas of focus:

Reception Duties

• Depending on assigned location may open and secure the front entrance to the building daily according to schedule.
• Accept deliveries and contacts the recipient as needed.
• Maintain neat appearance of the reception area at all times, and reports any needed maintenance or repairs.
• Provide extraordinary, proactive, professional and remarkable client service by presenting a cooperative attitude and understanding demeanor while greeting clients, vendors, and visitors to the building.
• Must be friendly, responsive, courteous, diplomatic and helpful at all times.
• Responsible for registering and providing name badges to all visitors and collecting the badges when visitors leave.
• Completing other duties as assigned.
• Provide weekly Drug Testing Results to the Employment Manager.
• Provide backup support as needed to the Executive Offices
• Administrative Support for Human Resources (These duties may differ per location)
• Provide recruiting support to the Employment Team such as e-mailing candidates, scheduling interviews, preparing new hire paperwork packages, contacting applicant references, running background checks, tracking employee information, providing termination reports, verifications of employment, sending correspondence, preparing materials, completing mailings, and compiling data.
• Produce the weekly openings report.
• Order department office supplies.
• Assist with filing and record maintenance including employee records in HRIS.
• Completing other duties as assigned.

Administrative Support for Employee Events (These duties may differ per location)

• Provide assistance with certain employee events specifically, New Employee Orientation, Client Experience training and external outreach activities such as career fairs and other community events as needed. Responsibilities include registration and preparing other materials.

• Completing other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Work requires strong organizational skills to track multiple priorities along with excellent writing, grammar, and proof-reading skills. Great interpersonal skills are needed for telephone duties.
• Two to three years of client service experience required demonstrating superior client service skills. Ability to represent the company with a friendly and professional appearance, using eye contact and providing proactive service. Ability to handle difficult clients tactfully is required.
• Position requires intermediate level computer skills relating to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience using standard office equipment to scan, fax and copy is necessary. Quick and accurate data entry skills are essential.
• Work requires diverse internal and external contacts in furnishing and obtaining information to build lasting relationships.
• Position includes exposure to information at a high level of confidentiality requiring tact and discretion.

Work is under occasional supervision where independent judgment is sometimes required in the interpretation of existing policies and procedures, whereby guidelines may be limited. Refers unusual matters to supervisor or other staff.

Sandy Spring Bank is an equal employment opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We maintain a drug-free workplace environment.

Sandy Spring Bank requires COVID-19 vaccination(s) as a condition of employment for all employees. Submission of Covid-19 Vaccination Card is required if hired. Accommodations may be available for those who are unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position, please call our job line at 1-800-399-5919 and select option 5. Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.