Manager Recruitment
Sidra Medical and Research Center
Total years of experience :35 years, 2 Months
once complete, will be a 450 bed ultramodern, all-digital academic medical center which will set new standards in patient care for women and children in Qatar, the Gulf region and internationally. I have been responsible for leading and managing the talent acquisition efforts for over 1000 Allied Health positions by recruiting, leading, managing, coaching and mentoring a team of Recruitment Specialists and Recruitment Coordinators. I have been heavily involved in talent acquisition project work in order to build the foundation and infrastructure for a best practice talent acquisition team and work closely with senior leadership, hiring managers, candidates, vendors and other stakeholders to ensure a high level of service is provided, and the best available talent acquired. (Direct reports 11)
Main responsibilities:
participated in many work groups for system/process builds
workforce planning
recruitment requisitions
advertising and sourcing
screening & selection
interviewing
background checks
salary negotiation
executing
ScarletBLACK was a boutique health recruitment agency recruiting Nurses, Doctors and Allied Health Professionals for the New Zealand and Australian markets. 2NZ is an Immigration Consultancy in its infancy. I was employed on short term contract with a brief to resurrect or fold one or both businesses which had not made a profit for a number of years.
Main responsibilities:
Research and Business Development
Attending conferences and Expos
Organization and coordination of marketing and promotional activities including organizing and attending networking events
Build, maintain and regularly contact candidate and client databases
Full end to end recruitment process
Day to day office management including budget management and financial reporting to the Director on a weekly basis
Mentoring and support to existing staff
1 of 2 consultants in the New Zealand office responsible for the recruitment of doctors and nurses of all levels into agency, contract and permanent positions across all states and territories of Australia.
Main responsibilities:
Writing, placing and managing advertising and response
Attending conferences and expos
Organizing and attending networking events
Utilizing social media
Building, maintaining and regularly contacting candidate databases
Phone screening, interviewing, reference checking, verifying candidate credentials
Candidate management including visa and professional registration assistance
6 week contract assisting with the set up of a new industrial recruitment agency, including developing policies and procedures. Responsible for recruiting a database of staff for the manufacturing industry including engineers, machine operators and warehousing staff. Also responsible for the permanent recruitment of Engineers.
Nightingale Nursing Agency
The Nightingale Group consisted of 3 separate business units - Nightingale Nursing Agency for temporary staffing, Medcall for permanent placements and Nightingale Homecare. 7 offices nationally and a call centre to service all national after hours calls.
Main responsibilities:
Managed the temporary nursing agency in Auckland as well as the national after hour’s coordinators. (Direct reports:10)
Employee Relations
Business Development
Organization and coordination of marketing and promotional activities including organizing and attending networking events
Ensured the overall profitability of the temp business
Budget management
Financial reporting
Staff training and development. I also delivered First Aid/CPR training to our database of nursing staff nationally.
Medacs Temporary Division and Education
Medacs Nursing, the temporary division of Medacs Healthcare was a locum nursing agency with a database in excess of 500 health professionals. I was responsible for managing the temporary division as well as the permanent recruitment of local candidates. I also managed the Education Division which was a value add initiative we set up to address the compliance requirements of our clients and of our own database of nursing staff.
Main responsibilities:
Managed, developed and maintained the temporary business to maximum potential (Direct reports:9)
Ensured overall profitability by setting, achieving and exceeding target
Account Management
Team training and development
Employee Relations
Implementation and facilitation of internal and external training programs to staff and clients
Sales & Marketing of our training programs to new and existing clients
Quality Management ISO (Quality Manager)
Risk management
Project Management national/ international recruitment campaigns
Employed to develop a permanent recruitment division within an already existing temporary industrial recruitment company. I put systems and processes into place and developed both a client and candidate database. I recruited both local and international candidates for our New Zealand clients.
Main responsibilities:
• Writing, placing and managing advertising and response
• New business development
• Attending Conferences and Expos
• National and International travel
• Full project management of international client recruitment campaigns including;
organization and coordination of marketing and promotional activities
• Organizing and attending networking events
• Utilizing social media
• Building, maintaining and regularly contacting candidate databases
• Developing and maintaining candidate and client relationships
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external agencies including registration boards, dept of immigration etc…
• Full end to end recruitment process
Employed as a nurse in various hospitals for 10 + years.
Specialties included, general surgical and orthopedics, post natal, general medical, aged care and crippled children.