Senior Executive Corporate Engagement

WhiteCrow Research Pvt. Ltd.; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

WhiteCrow Research Pvt. Ltd. in Dubai invites applications for a Senior Executive Corporate Engagement to lead corporate engagement, employer branding, and strategic partnerships across the GCC.

You will develop relationships with universities, government entities, and community partners to support talent initiatives and workforce development. The role focuses on Emiratisation, internships, and graduate programmes, coordinating campaigns with Marketing and Communications to deliver compelling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline is required.
• Fresh graduates may be considered; up to 2 years of relevant experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver corporate engagement, employer branding and stakeholder partnership initiatives to strengthen talent attraction, workforce development and organizational visibility.
• Use engagement insights and programme data to recommend improvements and support effective internal and external relationships.
• Develop and maintain relationships with universities, government entities, associations, and community partners to support Human Capital priorities.
• Coordinate partnership activities for Emiratisation, internships, graduate programmes, and workforce development to track commitments and outcomes.
• Represent the organization at career fairs, conferences, networking forums, and community initiatives to strengthen visibility and access.
• Coordinate employer-branding campaigns and content with Marketing to ensure consistent messages across channels.
• Plan and execute career fairs, recruitment drives, university outreach, and early-career initiatives to build talent pipelines.
• Review market and stakeholder insights, benchmark engagement practices, and recommend enhancements to talent-attraction initiatives.
• Coordinate employee engagement, recognition, wellbeing, and CSR initiatives to support culture.
• Prepare engagement plans, presentations, reports, and supporting materials for timely decision-making.

Skills

Achievement Drive

Initiative

High-Performance Teamwork

Flexibility

Stakeholder Management

Corporate Engagement

Partnership Development

Employer Branding

Talent Attraction

Event Planning

Coordination

Communication Skills

Networking

Project Management

Analytics & KPI

Cross-functional Collaboration

Planning & Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

Since its inception in 2000, our client has emerged as a prominent and fast-growing retail group serving markets across the Middle East. The organization partners with world-class fashion and lifestyle brands, delivering globally inspired products and experiences to discerning consumers throughout the GCC. Guided by a vision to become a leading regional gateway for international retailers, the company has successfully built a broad portfolio across diverse consumer categories. Its collaborative approach with global brand partners, combined with extensive market expertise and a customer-first mindset, has enabled sustained growth and ongoing expansion across the region. Today, our client remains well-positioned to capitalize on emerging opportunities within the dynamic Middle Eastern retail market.

About the role

• To coordinate and deliver corporate engagement, employer branding and stakeholder partnership initiatives that strengthen talent attraction, workforce development and organizational visibility.
• The role uses engagement insights and programme data to recommend improvements and support effective internal and external relationships.

As a Senior Executive Corporate Engagement, you will be responsible for...

Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships

• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with universities, colleges, government entities, professional associations, and community partners to support agreed Human Capital priorities.
• Coordinating partnership activities for Emiratisation, internships, graduate programmes, and workforce development to ensure commitments, actions, and outcomes are being tracked.
• Representing the organization at approved career fairs, conferences, networking forums, and community initiatives to strengthen organizational visibility and stakeholder access.

Employer Brand and Talent Attraction

• Coordinating employer-branding campaigns and content with Marketing and Communications to ensure consistent, accurate, and compelling messages across engagement channels.
• Planning and executing career fairs, recruitment drives, university outreach, and early-career initiatives to build relevant talent pipelines and improve candidate awareness.
• Reviewing market and stakeholder insights, benchmarking engagement practices, and recommending practical enhancements to talent-attraction initiatives.

Employee and Community Engagement

• Coordinating employee engagement, recognition, awareness, wellbeing, and corporate social responsibility initiatives to support a positive employee experience and organisational culture.
• Collecting participant and stakeholder feedback, assessing programme effectiveness, and recommending remedial or improvement actions for future initiatives.

Programme Coordination, Governance and Reporting

• Preparing engagement plans, presentations, stakeholder communications, reports, and supporting materials to enable timely decision-making and professional programme delivery.
• Maintaining accurate stakeholder records, activity schedules, approvals, and deliverables in line with organisational policies, data requirements, and agreed governance.
• Tracking participation, partnership outcomes, campaign performance, and programme effectiveness; analysing results and providing clear recommendations to management.
• Coordinating activities across internal functions and external parties, escalating risks, delays, or non-compliance to the relevant stakeholder for resolution.

What you already have...

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competencies

Core Competencies:

• Achievement Drive
• Taking and Sustaining Initiative
• High-Performance Teamwork & Cooperation
• Flexibility & Adaptability

Functional Competencies:

• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Corporate Engagement & Partnership Development
• Employer Branding & Talent Attraction
• Event Planning & Coordination
• Corporate Communications & Presentation Skills
• Networking & External Relations
• Project Management & Execution
• Reporting, Analytics & KPI Monitoring
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Planning, Organization & Multitasking

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations or a related discipline
• Fresh graduates may be considered. Up to 2 (two) years of relevant experience in corporate engagement, stakeholder relations, employer branding, events, communications or Human Capital is an advantage.