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    Recruitment Consulting Professional – Digital | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a Recruitment Consultant you will join a discipline with fantastic opportunities for growth across the business; with the aim to play a key role in the ongoing growth through key account management, new client development and internal expansion.Client DetailsMichael Page has 60+ consultants from 15+ nationalities and cultivates a professional, yet relaxed and fun environment with a supportive leadership team who work hard to ensure the Consultant population have all the tools needed to be a great success in their roles.DescriptionYou will work on a consultative basis to explore and understand client requirements, then develop tailored recruitment solutions that will support their talent-related needs. You will act as a trusted Advisor and subject leader through developing your functional knowledge and building a network of top regional professionals for mutual benefit. Your role will include:* Creating client-focussed recruitment solutions through consultative fact-finding.* Creating a strategic business development plan to build a scalable and sustainable client portfolio.* Developing and utilising your leadership capabilities to build a strong presence and then, if desired, to build a successful team.* Managing recruitment processes end to end with full candidates and client responsibility.* Achieving monthly, quarterly and annual revenue targets.* Growing the Michael Page brand and developing internal and external relationships.Job Offer* An outstanding long term opportunity with a stable and progressive career path* Premiere Regional HQ location – Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)* Ongoing training and development* Opportunity to become one of the Middle East Management Team in the future* Fun culture with a work hard/play hard attitude* Tax-free salary and bonus* International career opportunities in the future

    * Either specialist Digital recruitment experience or Sales/Consulting experience related to Digital products, solutions or services.* Track record of building client partnership relationships and tailoring solutions to meet the needs of a varied client base* Demonstrable loyalty and success. * Track record of building and managing relevant and successful, mutually beneficial relationships* Genuine leadership skills with ability and desire to take on a bigger role in the future* Excellent time management and organisational skills* Collaborative approach with a passion for delivering top quality service

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Senior HR Associate | Irwin & Dow

    Employment:

    Full Time

    An experienced HR Generalist with a sense of gravitas and maturity is required for a financial services organisation based in the DIFC. This is a new position and will support the Vice President of HR & Administration to manage a period of internal growth, develop new HR initiatives and maintain all HR protocols and legal obligations for the future. Constantly evolving, this role requires a motivated and engaged individual who is highly capable of reviewing all current HR protocols and seeking improvements to minimizing skills gaps within the team. Encompassing operations, administrative support, finance, investments and the senior team across all nationalities, the employees are a highly diverse and collaborative team. It is expected that the Senior HR Associate will be an excellent communicator and continue to further develop the workforce into the future through employee engagement, development and maintenance of policies and procedures, learning and development strategy, rewards and compensation review and see the business beyond just the day-to-day HR function. Working very closely with the Vice President of HR & Administration you will act as the “eyes and ears” of the business and provide statistical evidence to support the changes you wish to make via analytical reports, PowerPoint presentations and an exceptionally high attention to detail. As the business continues to grow, you will develop a talent pool of both active and passive candidates, provide industry and competitor analysis and manage key relationships with staffing agencies to ensure the company continues to gain highly skilled employees and becomes an employer of choice within the financial services industry. Acting as a HR ambassador for the company, you will be constantly reviewing and developing the HR agenda for the future development of the organisation and adding overall value through a robust framework and a highly active approach with strong industry acumen.

    In order to be successful in obtaining this fantastic new challenge it is expected that you will have a minimum of 5 years HR Generalist experience, preferably within the professional services sector. Those with a relevant HR qualification including CIPD are highly advantageous and you should be exceptionally hard working and pro-active. High attention to detail with strong communication and a people centric attitude are all essential elements of this Senior HR Associate position.

    Irwin & Dow was established by two highly experienced recruitment professionals, Tracey Irwin and Jocelyn Dow. We provide a refreshing approach by working in close partnership with clients and candidates within the Business Support, Secretarial, HR & Finance sectors.

    Good staff are key to every business. We recognise and appreciate this, having over thirty years combined recruitment and executive search experience within the region.

    Our main aim is to provide a specialist service to clients preferring to work with a bespoke consultancy.

    Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount and our ultimate goal is to become a partner of choice for all our clients and candidates. More

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    Senior HR Operations Manager for an International Professional Services Firm | RecruitMe FZE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • To provide professional support in managing the HR unit through executing human resources processes in line with organization strategy and legal requirements across the different Middle East offices (including UAE DIFC, UAE Abu Dhabi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey)• To support the opening of new offices in the Middle East from an HR perspective (including Payroll, contractual and immigration)• To streamline human resource policies, process flows and systemsResponsibilities:• Responsible for the effective delivery of human resources products and services to all employees in assigned unit, acting as a business partner and advocate.• Responsible for defining and tracking HR Operations budget for Middle East• Responsible for effective delivery of all visa related processes across Middle East• Maintains current knowledge of HR legislation, requirements and issues.• Acts as project lead or member in HR related projects.• Supervises HR Operations and HR Compliance function ensuring quality and accuracy of work.• Supervises on-boarding process after offer to successful immersion into the organization, including international relocation processes• Supervises all visa process for Middle East staff and offboarding • Ensures all HR Operation related processes are streamlined, documented and kept up to date including process flows and employee communication packs• Manages vendor relations for HR Operation related topics (relocation, immigration, insurance)• Supervises and approval of payroll runs across all Middle East entities• Monitors effective benefit administration and tracking• Ensures payroll and benefits are reconciliated in collaboration with the finance team• Monitors competitiveness of compensation and benefits with major competitors and recommends program changes where appropriate.• Reviews benefits programs and manages transitions to new providers.• Within corporate guidelines, recommends salary adjustments and bonus allocations for all relevant employees.• Ensures HR related legal requirements for the firm and its employees are managed effectively.• Acts as a confident for all employees relating to work or personal issues impacting on work• Monitors the labor requirements and best practices across the regions and ensures compliance and consistent implementation• Implements internal tracking and audit processes to guarantee quality and consistency of system data, employee files and contract library• Responsible for the management and development of the HR Middle East team, including coaching and evaluation

    • Degree educated with 8+ years of similar experience in an international professional services firm in the Middle East• 3+ years of team management experience• Strong understanding of HR processes and Middle East HR legislation and practices• Strong understanding of Middle East immigration processes• Ability to gain trust and confidence of all employees• Excellent English communication skills, including verbal, written and presentational, Arabic is an advantage• Strong analytical skills, including process mapping• Advanced Excel skills• Strong understanding of the business context and professional services industry

    RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.

    Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.

    What we do:

    Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.

    We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved. More

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    Talent Acquisition Associate / Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ETIC -Talent Acquisition – Associate / Senior Associate – (Cairo)Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilizing AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.The center is looking to expand rapidly, we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven Recruitment Senior Manager to join our team! As a Recruitment Senior Manager, you will be responsible for finding, recruiting, hiring and retaining talented candidates. You’ll be in charge of planning, developing and implementing a new and productive Recruitment strategy for our company.Responsibilities:- Business Partnering – Enable and educate hiring managers on the recruitment process and meet the demands of the business.- Proactively source, screen and shortlist top talent in the region.- Design, plan and execute employer branding activities- Source and find candidates qualified for open positions- Design, plan and execute selection processes (conduct interviews and screening calls, administer psychological tests etc.)- Find bottlenecks in the recruiting process- Plan procedures for improving the candidate experience- Use sourcing methods for hard-to-fill roles- Attend the career events- Create and present hiring reports

    Requirements:- 4-8 years of experience as Talent Acquisition partner.- In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting and employer branding techniques.- Familiarity with a variety of different selection methods  (interviews, assignments, psychological test etc.)- Excellent sourcing and headhunting skills. – Hands on experience with posting jobs on social media and job boards- Experience with HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills- Team player- Good time-management skills- Great interpersonal and communication skills- Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines;- Language Skills: Fluent in English and Arabic. Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Graduate Recruitment Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesIndustry/SectorBusiness ServicesSpecialismIFS – Human Capital (HC)Management LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll help our local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers in the graduate recruitment team, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: – Wing to wing process, recruitment of Graduates and Interns in Saudi Arabia. – Develop new skills outside of comfort zone. – Stakeholder management across various lines of service, act as main point of contact. – Building key relationships with universities in the Kingdom, making PWC an employer of choice, including Branding and executing on campus events. – Act to resolve issues which prevent you from working effectively. – Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations for the future. – Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations. – Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points. – Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct. – A degree in HR or similar with CIPD qualification 5-8 years of experience in recruitment, graduate recruitment highly desirable. – Excellent communication and presentation skills.

    Minimum years experience required- A degree in HR or similar with CIPD qualification 5-8 years of experience in recruitment, graduate recruitment highly desirable. – Excellent communication and presentation skills.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Tomorrow, Today – Digital Upskilling Stream – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Tomorrow, Today – Digital Upskilling stream – Senior Associate (experienced)Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismIFS – Internal Firm Services – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryResponsibilities:- Coordinate learning programmes within Digital Upskilling agenda: including planning, trainers/providers searching, scheduling, arrange required facilities for online and offline sessions, communication with learners, evaluation and reporting, and other arrangements (incl. programmes for senior leadership level)Support learners during their programmes journey: – Being in contact with the, checking the progress, helping to overcome challenges – Acting as a point of contact for learners, advising learners on their inquiries related to digital skills – Writing learning programmes related communications – Arranging and managing nomination process where needed – Hosting learning sessions where required – Being involved in the content design – Maintaining documentation about programmes content, trainers and participants – Working with LMS and online content creation tools – Working with large amount of data – importing/exporting LMS data, transforming and analyzing data, driving conclusions

    Experience: – Min 5 years of work experience preferable in a big cross-territory organization, with at least 2-3 years being a senior specialist in learning and development, programmes coordination, or project management areas – Experience to perform data analysis and reporting – Experience in programme coordination for senior management level – Experience of working with LMSs is preferred Interest to the area of digital skills is a must, experience within digital area is preferred – Curious critical thinker and problem solver – Ability to work with large data sets – Ability to learn quickly – Ability to implement things from high level plan to execution – Ability to multitask Resilience to uncertainty Skills & Personality traits: – Agility – Change resilience – Learning agility Optimism – Teaming – Creativity – Reframing – Curiosity – Communication – Service – Excellence – Innovation

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Recruitment Officer | Acciona Facility Services Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Following up agencies for Clearances on immigration to proceed with bookings, coordinate with agencies for csdof• Arranging Interviews with OM’s and Agencies to fill in remaining visas. • Following up all under process visas, QVCs and update agencies.• Preparing of offer letters for selected candidates demand letters to agencies for different countries for job orders• Following up agencies for candidates with visas for deployment and bookings.• Updating arrival details for new joiners (including request for generating employee numbers)• Preparing of documents for bookings for print out hard copies, prepare on- boarding paperwork’s to give to welfare.• Updating the recruitment Invoices for any candidate’s deployment by agency for payment tracking.

    • Bachelor Degree, preferably in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field.• 2-4 years of relevant experience. GCC experience is a plus.• Excellent Communication Skills.• Experience on overseas hiring.

    ACCIONA is one of Spain’s principal business groups and a leader in the fields of infrastructure development and management, renewable energy, water and services.

    With a century of history, and more than 30,000 professionals, it operates in over 30 countries on the five continents. ACCIONA is included in Spain’s blue-chip Ibex 35 index and is a core stock in the market (see Financial Information).

    ACCIONA’s positioning as a pioneer in development and sustainability expresses its capacity to respond to the challenge of attaining sustainable development through all its areas of activity. One of its specific commitments is to steadily reduce its carbon footprint and lead the transition to a low-carbon economy. ACCIONA’s activities and businesses avoid millions of metric tons of emissions every year (see Emissions Meter). The Sustainability Master Plan develops the Company’s sustainability strategy. More

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    Talent Acquisition Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceIndustry/SectorSpecialismManagement LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in Human Resources, within Deals, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our firm-wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and firm-wide success in the marketplace.It takes talented people to support the largest professional services organisation in the world. Our Recruiting team works to identify and attract talent for PwC. You’ll focus on engaging the most qualified candidates by building relationships with job seekers and candidates, while understanding the dynamic hiring needs of each business. Our team actively recruits for full time employees at all levels, from experienced to executive, as well as fixed term, contingent, and flexible talent and supports the internal movement process between roles.ResponsibilitiesData management- This mostly involves looking after requisition and candidate information on team trackers and the internal applicant tracking system. We provide our internal stakeholders with updates on a weekly basis and they also have access to our internal trackers, therefore ensuring our trackers and the system is up to date daily is critical to the role.Data Analytics- Maintaining large files of candidate information while maintaining the highest form of confidentiality. Analyzing large datasets using Excel algorithms and tools and creating presentations to visualize pipeline.Recruitment Process- Assisting with large volume roles; understanding the needs of the business and managing multiple deadlines and candidate profiles, while utilizing multiple sources to build strong pipelines (referrals, online portals, internal system)- Developing and promoting the PwC people value proposition within recruitment.- Ensuring candidate information is up to date on the internal system throughout the process and managing the interview feedback process for interviewers on the system- Validating data and analysis for accuracy and relevanceStrategic Projects- Working closely with the regional recruiting team to work on initiatives related to new processes, stakeholder management, team upskilling etc. Project assignment is usually decided by the team lead, based on recruiter bandwidth and competency, however ideas are always welcome!

    Requirements- 3-4 years’ managerial experience in Talent Acquisition.- The ideal candidate will be thorough and accurate when completing a task, consistently delivering the highest quality of work.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More