Job Description
General Description of Role and Responsibilities:
- Works as an advisor, along with colleagues, providing talent solutions for recruitment-related activities.
- Manages the talent acquisition process for assigned roles
- Both sourcing yourself and working sourcing colleagues to identify technical and specialized skill sets through various tools.
- Identifies the right talent candidates against job requirements and briefs provided.
- Negotiates, presents offers and closes deals with the selected candidates.
- Manages the applicant tracking system, ensuring data is entered accurately and in a timely manner.
- Working with colleagues to ensure interviews are in place with hiring managers and attend interviews when required.
- Develops and maintains talent pools for assigned positions.
- Successfully liaises with mobilization/visa and HR teams to ensure the successful onboarding of candidates.
- Works with hiring managers. This involves asking questions and advising on best practice for the acquisition of talent.
- Contributes to driving forward new ideas that can help streamline processes and speed up recruitment.
- At all stages of the recruitment process, ensures credibility is maintained through effective feedback.
- Performs other responsibilities as required.
Skills
As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will need to demonstrate the following competencies/skills:
- Market knowledge: Ability to understand the PMCM industry in the Middle East, identify competitors' pay rates and keep abreast of recruitment trends.
- Teamwork: Ability to work within a team and with multiple departments/teams to identify the right hire.
- Creativity: Ability to develop creative ideas about sourcing, outreach, and interviewing candidates.
- Critical thinking: Think critically about the requirements of the open positions, analyze the situation, gather information, and make a logical decision about the right hire.
- Multitasking: Manage many different working parts simultaneously and handle various difficult situations and assignments.
- Social media Recruiting: Efficient use of social media to help spread the word about job vacancies, reach out to broader potential hires and enhance recruitment branding.
- Inquisitiveness: Being able to ask questions at all business levels, both internally to hiring managers and externally to candidates.
- Strong communication: Demonstrate strong communication skills, influencing, negotiating and collaborating with all decision-makers within the company. Ability to articulate conversations with senior-level/ VP management and learn to partner with them rather than having a directive relationship.
- Confidence: To the best of your ability and knowledge as a recruiter, if you feel the recruitment process is not being followed, challenge it to all levels within the business.
- Relationship-Building: Ability to develop relationships and manage both Internal and External stakeholders.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:
- 5 years of talent acquisition experience. Preference will be for relevant industry knowledge
- B.Sc. degree is a preference.
- Candidates must be based in Abu Dhabi.
- A passionate and driven recruiter who enjoys working in a challenging environment.
- Experience closing candidates to offers in a competitive market.
- Self-sufficient and able to work with little direct supervision.
- A track record of demonstrating a strong work ethic, integrity, and personal accountability.
- Strong knowledge of multiple job boards, social media, other sourcing platforms, ATS and CRM.
- Proven track record of building rapport with hiring managers and cross-functional partners.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Job Details
- Job Location
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Company Industry
- Construction & Building
- Company Type
- Employer (Private Sector)
- Job Role
- Human Resources and Recruitment
- Employment Type
- Full Time Employee
- Monthly Salary Range
- Unspecified
- Number of Vacancies
- 1
