Talent Acquisition Development Senior Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Talent Acquisition & Development Senior Specialist

Report To: Assistant Vice President – Human Resources

Key Responsibilities

• Review, update and monitor Manpower Budget and update Organization Charts and Department Charts accordingly.
• Assist in preparation and monitoring of manpower budgets and reports.
• Supports the HR Management to implement approved recruitment strategies of various departments using internet tools, online ads, agencies, etc.
• Provide support services to the business and staff as and when requested and is a point of contact for all recruitment activities and tasks.
• Conduct the entire recruitment process to enable selection of quality talent for vacant positions within defined timelines that includes conducting employment checks, pre-screening and interviews.
• Refer to the job descriptions to identify key accountabilities and requisite competencies for all vacant positions.
• Perform searches for qualified candidates as per relevant job criteria; through CV database, recruitment portals, social media (such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), professional networking websites (such as LinkedIn), approved recruiting agencies, etc. in an efficient and cost effective manner.
• Coordinate with marketing department to design and ensure that the internal and external advertisements and various recruitment related templates adhere to the guidelines of the marketing department.
• Screen candidates to obtain information on work history, training, education and job skills, and provide feedback against job standards; review & verify educational, employment and other relevant documents as required.
• Administer written or psychometric assessments as appropriate, evaluate and analyse results.
• Summarize and forward screened CVs to the concerned hiring managers for evaluation.
• Sets up interviews for all vacancies, with a selected interview panel and provide feedback to the hiring manager and updates the candidate of the outcome.
• Conduct HR interview for all vacancies along with the interview panel, and provide recommendations to the hiring manager, obtains their decision and inform the candidate.
• Perform reference and background checks for candidates.
• Inform prospective colleagues about visa documentation, joining formalities and relocation and hiring policies and ensures smooth arrival of the colleagues within stipulated date.
• Prepare conditional offer for selected candidate based on successful employment check and verify the offer with the compensation structure, thereby ensuring agreement of the hiring manager on the same.
• Handle negotiations regarding new hire and their joining date in coordination with hiring manager, prior to preparing a legally binding employment contract for the new hires in coordination with the policy and procedures of the company.
• Administer joining formalities of the new hires ensuring that all the documentation provided by the new hire is accurate and up-to-date and coordinates with immigration team to finalize new hire immigration requirements.
• Check-in regularly with new hires to ensure they are settling in well; dispatch probation feedback forms as per schedule, track and follow up for timely completion.
• Prepare and update recruitment reports and metrics.
• Maintain resume database of the candidates and manage the recruitment database to ensure up to date information of recruitment activities.
• Conduct Training Need Analysis for departments based on based on annual Business Plans together with regular feedback from Performance Management and Succession Planning.
• Liaison with external training providers for nominated employees and organizing in-house trainings.
• Support internal training and blended learning initiatives with concerned departments.
• Monitor and support the employee's 'Training Action Plans' to ensure and enhance application of learning at work
• Maintain an up to date catalog of Job Descriptions, review and update Job Descriptions on an annual basis or earlier as required.
• Analyse jobs and prepare new Job Descriptions using primary and secondary sources of data and obtain requisite approvals.
• Identify the training and development requirements for self and agree on them with the direct manager to ensure that the required training is arranged and attended.
• Set performance goals in the beginning of the year after discussion with the direct manager and ensure that the goals are achieved during the course of the year.
• Perform other duties as from time to time as assigned by the direct manager

Skills

Candidate Profile:

1. Requirement open for Arab nationals; Kuwaiti nationals are preferred.

2. Bachelor’s degree in the relevant field or Diploma with equivalent years of experience

3. Professional certificates from as SHL, CIPD, SHRM or others will be added advantage

4. Min 3-6 years of experience in a similar role in recruitment, training and development