Cruise industry Recruiter

Crew Life at Sea Ltd.; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Crew Life at Sea Ltd. is seeking a Recruiter to manage recruitment across river and ocean cruises. The role focuses on maintaining a stable pipeline of candidates, coordinating assessment centers, and working with partner agencies globally.

The Recruiter will report to the CEO and be based in South Africa, with required cruise ship recruitment experience and knowledge to drive hiring across vessels.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cruise industry recruitment processes and standards.
• Experience coordinating interviews and assessment centers across multiple markets.

Responsibilities

• Verify recruiting profiles and criteria with departments.
• Update recruitment requirements based on operational needs and HR policy.
• Maintain and update the candidate pool database.
• Supervise and control the candidate resource pool.
• Conduct personal and Skype interviews for onboard crew and officers.
• Plan and run assessment centres worldwide with agencies.
• Handle crewing requests to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Participate in global recruitment events with partner agencies.

Skills

Recruitment

Cruise ship knowledge

Interviewing

Stakeholder management

Agency relationships

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Purpose of Position

The Recruiter is responsible for all recruitment related activities within Crew Life at Sea(river and ocean cruises).
The main responsibility of the Recruiter is to ensure a stable pipeline of accepted candidates over all vacant positions on all vessels. This includes organizing, conducting and evaluating successful assessment centers; maintain a healthy relationship with our partner agencies and representing Crew Life at Seaas an Employer of Choice within the cruise industry.
The Recruiter will report to the CEO for now and will be located in South Africa.

Please note that we can only consider applicants with a cruise ship knowledge and recruitment knowledge only.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Verify recruiting profiles & selection criteria with all involved departments
• Regularly updating recruiting requirements based on operational needs and following HR policy
• Managing and updating the application pool database
• Supervision and control over candidate resource pool
• Conduct personal and Skype interviews for onboard crew and senior officers positions
• Organisation and execution of assessment centres (location planning, communication with recruiting agencies worldwide, screening, selection, interviews, statistics)
• Efficient handling of crewing requests with best practice to meet deadlines
• Participate in recruiting events worldwide with our partner agencies following SOPs and company standards
• Support defining measures to establish employer branding in the relevant markets in close coordination with Global Marketing
• Research competitor conditions, visa requirements & industry trends (Benchmarking)
• Follow defined recruiting processes in an effective & efficient manner to ensure given budgets and optimise if necessary
• Ensure adequate reporting of recruiting status quo & measures at all times
• Maintain business relationships with a trusted network of high quality recruiting agencies in all relevant markets