Senior Recruitment Officer

V.Group; Manila; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

V.Group is seeking a Recruitment Officer to proactively plan and execute end-to-end hiring for Leisure and offshore staffing. You will source candidates through databases, channels, and social media, maintain records, and coordinate interviews and verifications.

The role requires in-house recruitment experience, knowledge of shipping regulations, and strong networking abilities, with a fast-paced, high-urgency work style.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher is required.
• In-house recruitment experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of international shipping conventions and regulations (STCW/MLC 2006) is desirable.
• Basic Maritime geography and visa procedures knowledge is a plus.
• Direct sourcing and networking experience is essential.
• Strong ability to assess and select top talent.
• Ability to work with urgency and switch priorities quickly.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement short-, middle-, and long-term recruitment strategies under supervision.
• Source candidates via internal databases, approved channels, platforms, and social media.
• Maintain contact with current and former Officers and market candidates.
• Expand talent pool through networking and advertising.
• Support local and international recruitment events to attract candidates.
• Keep recruitment records accurate and up-to-date, including availability, wage expectations, and competencies.
• Coordinate screening, tests, interviews, verifications, and background checks.
• Submit compliant candidate proposals to Planners and CMMs and track status through joined offers.
• Attend team meetings and assist onboarding of new recruiters.

Skills

Networking

Sourcing

Candidate assessment

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under support and supervision of Recruitment Manager / Global Recruitment Manager – Leisure, proactively plans and implements short-, middle- and long-term recruitment.
• Performs active and passive sourcing of candidates for Recruitment Requests assigned by the local recruitment leadership or respective Global Recruitment Manager – Offshore / Leisure inside an internal recruitment database as well as by utilizing approved channels, tools, platforms, social media, job-boards.
• Maintains contact with Officers either left company or pure market ones.
• Expands recruitment database (talent pool) with high in-demand candidates and unique expertise on a permanent basis through networking, advertising and active sourcing.
• Facilitates and supports various local and where applicable international recruitment events aimed at the attraction of candidates, including crew events and school events.
• Ensures all records in recruitment systems and databases are correct and up-to-date, notes in candidates’ profiles are accurate and reflect the verified information about the candidate, including but not limited to availability date, expected wage, attributes (skills and competencies).
• Discusses offers with shortlisted candidates.
• Arranges for recruitment screening, tests, interviews, documents and experience verification, background checks, profile updates as required according to workflow.
• Submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and CMMs and reviews candidate’s status until Joined. In Leisure: submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and Clients and follows through the process until the offer letter is finalized.
• Attends one-to-one and team meetings held by the local recruitment team leadership.
• Supports new and junior recruitment team members with quick onboarding.
• Deputizes for Recruitment Manager.
• Performs efficiently within the framework of defined KPIs, PIs and productivity ratios.
• Collaborates with recruitment colleagues from other locations, colleagues from other business functions (e.g. Planners, CMMs, CCs, assessors) and third-party agencies (Leisure only) on various operational matters.
• Escalates critical and urgent cases to Recruitment Manager or respective Global Recruitment Manager – Offshore / Leisure.
• Captures and records market intelligence for the local and international seagoing manpower supply marketplace.
• Undertakes all hiring activities observing local employment legislation, international conventions and regulations, V.Group ethics and values, Policies, Processes and Recruitment Strategy.
• Performs other reasonable recruitment related duties assigned by the line manager.

Key performance indicators (as specified in the Annual objective setting):

1. Efficient and timely response to a Recruitment Request.
2. Achieving and where possible exceeding KPIs and other targets.
3. Overall positive feedback from stakeholders.

• Possesses a Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Previous experience of in-house recruitment
• Knowledge of international conventions and regulations in shipping, the shipboard hierarchy, responsibilities, basic job descriptions and certification requirements for officers and ratings in accordance with STCW and MLC 2006
• Basic knowledge of Maritime Geography, Visa formalities, organizational set-up of ITF
• Significant direct sourcing and networking experience
• Strong experience of assessing and selecting the best possible talent
• Work with a strong sense of urgency; with the ability to switch priorities quickly as required
• Ability to problem solve
• Experience with Microsoft Packages (Word, Excel, Power Point)

• Seagoing experience as Deck or Engine Officer
• For Leisure: onboard Hotel / Restaurant experience
• Three years of experience in crewing industry as Recruitment Officer
• Strong work ethics
• Adaptability to change
• Ability to work under pressure