Talent Acquisition Partner (Emiratization)

Key Responsibilities

Working alongside our ME team in a virtual environment, you will be responsible for the full recruitment life cycle specific to Emiratization:

• Virtually meet with the hiring manager every time ME opens a new job requisition to discuss recruitment and sourcing strategy
• Attract and source candidates through various sources (job boards, LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, own network, etc.), pre-screen and present qualified candidates to the hiring manager
• Be an employee brand ambassador, while internally and externally soliciting employee referrals
• Post/unpost roles, schedule interviews, debrief calls and any follow ups
• Conduct reference checks
• Manage the job offer / negotiation process
• Proactively build talent pipelines through networking, CV databases, Facebook, university relations, Twitter, Reddit, engineering forums and other creative channels
• Proactively develop strong partnerships with Atkins hiring managers, HRBPs and recruitment agencies
• Conduct talent phone screens and facilitate internal team discussions regarding candidates
• Gather and analyse recruitment metrics by daily updates in the recruitment tracker and participate in the weekly/monthly reporting activities
• Occasionally liaise with and manage external recruitment partners
  

Position Parameters

Typical KPIs:

• on target delivery of objectives
• quality of work
• customer satisfaction – candidates, hiring managers, HR team
• alignment with company business strategy and overall HR direction
  

Experience Required

• 5+ years of experience as a recruiter in a similar inhouse role
• Experience of using LinkedIn Recruiter and other search engines and job boards, have an established EPC candidates network
• Experience in using an Application Tracking System (ATS), ideally Workday
  

Competencies/ Skills Required

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Passion for working with and learning from individuals from various countries/cultures
• Ability to manage a heavy volume of job requisitions and work in a fast-paced ever-changing environment
• Exceptional sourcing skills
• Ability to project manage your job requisitions and organize your work.
• Bilingual Arabic - English
  

Education Required

• University Degree in HR related field, Psychology, Economics or Engineering
  

Personal Qualities Required

• Resilient and flexible achiever
• Remains calm under pressure in a constantly changing environment
• Results and customer service oriented
• Excellent listener
• Proactive and self-disciplined