Talent Acquisition Specialist / Head Hunter

Confidential Company; Dubai; Sur place; AED 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential Company in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Recruitment Delivery lead to drive end-to-end recruitment, build and maintain strong candidate pipelines, and coach an in-house team of recruiters. You will manage interviews, offers, onboarding, and KPI tracking in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

The role requires strong LinkedIn sourcing, European/UK candidate networks preferred, and solid knowledge of UAE visa and onboarding processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Talent Acquisition / Headhunting, especially for Retention, Conversion and Sales roles.
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and direct approach capabilities, with an established candidate network.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or supervising in-house recruiters.
• Confident interviewing, negotiation, candidate assessment, and candidate-management skills.
• Working knowledge of UAE HR, visa, and onboarding processes.
• Strong ability to prepare and present recruitment reports to senior management.
• Strong Excel skills for recruitment tracking, reporting, and analysis.
• Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
• Comfortable working to targets in a fast-paced, high-volume sales environment.

Responsabilités

• Manage end-to-end recruitment from sourcing and screening through offer joining and onboarding.
• Proactively headhunt experienced Retention and Conversion Sales candidates.
• Build and maintain live talent pipelines for recurring roles so vacancies are filled from a warm pool.
• Lead and coach in-house recruiters; monitor KPIs and hiring targets.
• Coordinate interviews with hiring managers; manage offers and negotiations.
• Prepare and present recruitment reports to senior management.

Connaissances

LinkedIn sourcing

Interviewing

Negotiation

Candidate management

Team coaching

KPIs

Reporting

Sourcing strategy

Sales recruiting

Outils

LinkedIn

Excel

Description du poste

Recruitment delivery

Manage end-to-end recruitment from sourcing and screening through offer joining and onboarding Proactively headhunt experienced Retention and Conversion Sales candidates through LinkedIn referrals databases professional networks and direct approach Conduct candidate screening coordinate interviews with hiring managers manage offers and negotiations and follow through to a successful start date Build and maintain live talent pipelines for recurring roles so vacancies are filled from a warm pool rather than started from zero

Team leadership

Manage and guide in-house recruiters allocate vacancies across the team and set clear priorities Monitor recruiter KPIs and hiring targets and coach the team on sourcing technique screening quality and candidate handling Calibrate with hiring managers so the team screens consistently against an agreed standard

Reporting and data

Maintain recruitment trackers talent pipelines and source-effectiveness data Build and present monthly recruitment reports to senior management and the executive team pipeline volume conversion by stage source effectiveness time to fill cost per hire and month-on-month movement Present findings clearly to a numbers-focused audience lead with the headline figures show the funnel drop-off and explain what the data means for hiring decisions Flag where rejection patterns point to a role definition market or offer problem rather than a sourcing one and recommend the fix

HR and onboarding support

Support basic HR administration and onboarding documentation Coordinate with HR and the PRO on visa documentation and joining formalities Ensure new joiners are properly handed over to their department on day one

Currently based in the United Arab Emirates.

Proven experience in Talent Acquisition / Headhunting, particularly for Retention, Conversion, and Sales roles.

Mandatory

• Proven experience in European hiring, with a strong track record of sourcing and recruiting candidates across European markets.
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and direct approach capabilities, with an established candidate network.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or supervising in-house recruiters.
• Confident interviewing, negotiation, candidate assessment, and candidate-management skills.
• Working knowledge of UAE HR, visa, and onboarding processes.
• Strong ability to prepare and present recruitment reports to senior management.
• Strong Excel skills for recruitment tracking, reporting, and analysis.
• Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
• Comfortable working to targets in a fast-paced, high-volume sales environment.

Preferred

• Recruitment experience within CFD, Forex, FinTech, Brokerage, or Financial Services.
• Strong existing European candidate network.
• Experience recruiting for UK and European sales desks.
• Experience hiring across Canada, Australia, and other international English-speaking markets.
• Experience building recruitment reporting and source-effectiveness tracking from scratch.