Job Description Summary

The TA partner is responsible for delivering comprehensive, strategic recruitment support across the entire hiring process. This role focuses on partnering with designated client groups to effectively manage a diverse portfolio of open positions and ensure that the TA goals are met with high quality candidates. They will possess a strong knowledge of proactive sourcing techniques, advanced screening skills, strong negotiation capabilities, and the ability to manage complex recruitment processes. The TA Partner will be proficient in advising both hiring managers and senior leaders on market trends, recruitment strategies, and talent acquisition best practices and expected to track and optimize key performance metrics for effectiveness and continuous process improvement.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Recruit:

• Utilize advanced sourcing techniques to identify and engage active and passive candidates.
• Screen candidates for technical expertise, cultural fit, leadership potential and provide strategic input on candidate selection.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior recruiters on advanced sourcing and screening techniques.
• Articulate a compelling career opportunity based on the candidate’s motivation.
• Ensure the recruitment process is inclusive, equitable, and delivers a positive candidate experience.
• Be a brand ambassador by sharing content on social media and promoting GEV talent brand.
• Build GEV presence in targeted channels to create candidate engagement strategies and build key pipelines for hard to fill roles.
• Take an active role in leading localization initiatives within the country/ GCC.

Advise & Lead:

• Leverage recruitment data and market insights to enhance recruitment strategies, offering actionable recommendations for process optimization and influencing stakeholders in response to market trends and talent availability.
• Manage and advise on the end-to-end recruitment process for roles of varying complexity, providing insights and recommendations to hiring managers and people leaders.
• Lead complex offer negotiations with candidates and provide guidance to stakeholders on compensation benchmarks.
• Manage candidate / requisition lifecycle in ATS with highest accuracy and timeliness to ensure data integrity for reporting.

Innovate & Continuous Learning:

• Apply Lean principles in your daily work to identify opportunities to optimize recruitment processes, track KPI’s, identify areas for continuous improvement.  
• Participate in projects and adopt best practices in daily operations. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in recruitment, with expertise in sourcing, screening, offer management, and stakeholder advisory
• Good knowledge of sourcing strategies, including passive candidate engagement
• Ability to tell a story with data, with a good understanding of statistical methods for data analysis
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and/or Tableau
• Experience working with leaders/ hiring managers to shape recruitment strategies, particularly in localization projects
• Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to manage complex offer discussions with candidates and hiring managers
• Prior work experience in Middle East region
• Fluency in both English & Arabic

 

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience in both Corporate and agency recruiting environments is preferred
• Experience in market intelligence projects using multiple data sources
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience advising senior leadership
• Strong advisory skills with the ability to influence hiring strategies
• World class customer management by out of box thinking and proactive approach