Talent Acquisition Specialist

Emirates Flight Catering; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UAE is seeking a dynamic talent acquisition professional to enhance their recruitment strategy. This role involves collaborating with hiring managers to innovate sourcing strategies, ensuring a positive candidate experience, and optimizing recruitment processes across diverse regions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in talent acquisition.
• Accredited in the usage of psychometrics and assessments.
• Experience in volume recruitment and managing diverse roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead innovative sourcing strategies and build strong candidate pipelines.
• Conduct interviews and assess candidates through various methods.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on talent gaps and market dynamics.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Customer service

Effective communication

Assessment tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or HR

CIPD

Tools

Taleo

BI reporting

Job description

We're looking for a dynamic talent acquisition professional to lead innovative sourcing strategies and build strong candidate pipelines. In this role, you’ll partner closely with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to deliver an exceptional recruitment experience—from screening to onboarding. You'll also act as a key ambassador for our employer brand, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a positive and proactive candidate journey.

Key Result Areas:

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.

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.