HR SPECIALIST - RECRUITMENT

Emirates Flight Catering; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Dubai is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to manage relationships with stakeholders and build effective candidate pipelines. This role involves implementing innovative recruiting strategies and ensuring efficient selection processes. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience in recruitment, strong communication skills, and a Bachelor's degree in HR or business administration. Knowledge of tools like Taleo is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in talent acquisition.
• Experience managing the end-to-end selection process.
• Experience in volume recruitment and assessment centres.

Responsibilities

• Build proactive candidate pipelines for talent acquisition.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to forecast talent gaps.
• Conduct technical and competency-led interviews.

Skills

User competency in Taleo and BI reporting

Exposure to various assessment tools

Effective communication skills

Exceptional customer service experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or HR

CIPD certification

Tools

Taleo

BI reporting tools

Job description

Overview

Job Purpose

The jobholder will build and manage relations with all internal and external stakeholders to provide a proactive customer service ensuring a positive image and awareness of the company is promoted at all times. The incumbent will lead and implement innovative candidate attraction strategies to build candidate pipelines from within the marketplace in a cost-effective manner. He/she will work in partnership with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to deliver quality and efficient services to the business by providing guidance, support and recommendations on candidates during the screening, selection and on-boarding processes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with the business & HRBPs on forecasting talent gaps based on business demands to build proactive candidate pipelines. Support stakeholders to understand market dynamics and constantly evolve acquisition and selection approaches to meet expectations.
2. Actively collaborate with the business to identify their talent pool and grow future successors, consider gaps when hiring. Create customer commercial value through talent acquisition strategies and the delivery of cost effective results. Provide best in class recruitment support, ensuring the most effective sourcing strategies to support an efficient cost per hire.
3. Conduct technical and competency led interviews as well as other forms of assessment to ensure that the right person is employed.
4. Utilises a variety of online search tools to proactively source talent, create networks and pipelines to accommodate current and future headcount needs.
5. Develop and deliver regular requisition update reports and dynamic area of business dashboard metrics on Quality of Hire, and other key information and take corrective actions when KRAs are not met.
6. Develop and maintain pro-active and constructive relationships with senior levels of the HR department by demonstrating an understanding of the business, the associated requirements and managing expectations accordingly.
7. Enhance and encourage awareness of internal referral program and where required, focused effort on diversity. Recommend, coordinate and participate in hiring events such as Job Fairs, external recruiting and other networking events.
8. Proactively seek market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in attraction, assessment and sourcing methodologies Participate in formulating policies related to talent attraction and talent acquisition. Update documentation, procedures and training guides to ensure business continuity and process clarity.
9. Participates in building a positive and performance-oriented culture in the Company and works toward enhancing the candidate to employee experience.
10. Implement employer branding activities to increase brand reach, both internally and externally.
11. Ensure efficiency in time to hire, is maintained, while delivering a high level of accuracy within EKFC’s Applicant Tracking System, Taleo.

Job Context

This job holder operates within the framework of talent acquisition practices but needs to keep up to date of factors that could affect the attraction of candidates, sourcing and assessment tools as well as selection.

Knowledge, Skills & Minimum Experience

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or HR, CIPD is desirable.
• Accredited in the usage of psychometrics and assessments.

Experience & Knowledge:

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in talent acquisition and supporting the provision of services related to global sourcing, assessment centres and selection within a large organisation.
• Experience managing the end-to-end selection process of multiple diverse roles, bulk recruitment and building talent pools through online networks.
• Experience in volume recruitment including the selection and conducting assessment centres in a variety of regions. Asia, Africa and Europe is desirable. Willingness to travel.

Skills:

• User competency in Taleo and BI reporting.
• Exposure and ability to use a variety of assessment tools including behavioural interviews, role-plays, trade tests and psychometric testing.
• Ability to search and employ a variety of approaches to active and passive job seekers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all organisational levels.
• Exceptional customer service experience with demonstrated ability to effectively assess customers’ needs, quickly respond, prioritize competing priorities and problem solve.