Joseph Bryan Ricafrente, Recruitment Officer

Joseph Bryan Ricafrente

Recruitment Officer

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore And Marine Company

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
23 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 9 Months

Recruitment Officer at Nakilat-Keppel Offshore And Marine Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since April 2019

o Participated in handling and coordinating activities related to recruitment planning, candidates’ sourcing, selection, and engagement in close coordination with hiring managers to ensure that Nakilat’s and Joint Venture Companies’ staffing requirements are satisfied in a timely manner, with competent workforce, and in accordance with established recruitment guidelines, policies, and procedures.
o Assist in planning regular recruitment events to source high-caliber Qatari National candidates through university fairs or similar, whilst promoting a positive image of NAKILAT and Joint Venture Companies.
o Identifying the appropriate recruitment channels to be utilized to fulfil the recruitment plan requirements, and work on building and maintaining good relationships with the external sourcing channels (if any).
o Perform end to end Recruitment activities and fill all job vacancies on time
o Managed timely processing of invoices related to outsourcing, agency fees and onboarding costs in relation to expenses incurred during mobilization of candidates.
o Ensured full compliance with established guidelines, policies, and procedures related to sourcing, selection, immigration formalities and engagement of candidates for employment.

Recruitment - Talent Acquisition - at Mashreq Bank psc, Grand Hamad Street
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2010 to December 2018

o Work closely with hiring managers to clarify recruiting requisitions and ensure that all the recruitment processes are conducted efficiently to meet all assigned key performance indicators.
o Partnering with business leaders and the HR team to build talent pipelines based on current and future talent needs job specifications and sourcing strategies that result in client satisfaction and overseeing the recruitment team with regards to the KPIs being met.
o Building multi-channel cost saving sourcing strategies including active and passive strategies.
o Manage selection processes including reviewing applications, managing interviews, psychometric testing, personality questionnaires, assessment scores and candidates qualifications to determine eligibility.
o Negotiate pay and salary rates and finalize arrangements between Company and candidates.
o Conduct reference check process to support hiring decisions for senior management hires.
o Develop and maintain recruitment track report that provides accurate, timely reporting and hiring statistics to management.
o Meet and liaison with various recruitment agencies and recruitment job boards and tie up for cost effective requirements.
o Manage the on-boarding activities and the formalities in regard to visas, CID Clearance, airline tickets issuance, medical checkups, accommodation, allowances, and transport arrangement for all new hires.
o Advising management across the complete recruitment lifecycle from inception (requisition) through to the candidate's onboarding plan.
o Building and developing a robust talent management strategy for key strategic initiatives and organizational restructuring.

Human Resources Officer (HR Officer) at Mashreq Bank psc
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2008 to September 2010

o Responsible for HRMS and personnel file update for all existing staff.
o Diligently reviewing and ensuring that the processes followed by the outsourced company with regards to payroll, leave, benefits and staff files are in line with the agreed terms and conditions
o Responsible for ensuring along with the HR Manager that HR policies and procedures are in line with labor law
o Assist the HR Manager and act as a checker for the outsourced monthly payroll and management fees processing, final settlement process, and other staff payments.
o Conducted quarterly audit in outsourced HR and review the process including payroll, leave, benefits and staff files along with C&B Officer
o Assist in the preparation of proposals for changes in the compensation and benefits structure based on the compensation survey results.
o Assist in driving performance management process across MB Qatar.
o Assist in providing Talent Pool members with developmental experience.
o Ensure attrition rate of ATs, SATs and Mawaheb members are under control
o Act as a liaison between the bank and the medical insurance provider.
o Review HR loans in accordance with the HR policies and QCB Regulations
o Assist in driving Employee Engagement process and following up on the implementation of the action plans
o Monitor staff leaves and attendance.
o Monitor the employment visa renewal dates
o Ensure org charts are up-to-date for all departments.
o Assist in developing plans for staffing positions with the line manager.

Marketing Communications Officer at Mashreq Bank
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2006 to September 2008

o Responsible in preparing and maintaining sales materials such as brochures, direct mail pieces and other promotional materials for all products.
o Collaborating, implementing, and coordinating multiple marketing and promotional programs such as credit card monthly discount offers, yearly discount offers by partnering with local merchants to provide exclusive discounts to banks' credit card holders.
o Experienced in creative concepts for marketing and field promotions that generates significant recall for company branding.
o Specializes in the project management of various marketing program elements such as MashreqMillionaire, Mashreq Offers of the Month, Mashreq Offers of the year, Mashreq Redemption Program.
o Interacting daily with clients, vendors, and retailers to insure the smooth planning, implementation and post-promotional activities involved with each program (Credit Cards Campaigns)
o Solid experience in Marketing support activities ranging from editing copy, to tracking program budgets, to reconciling invoices, to creating presentations, to brainstorming new programs etc.

Section Head at Sun Life Grepa Financial (formerly Great Pacific Life Assurance Corporation)
  • Philippines
  • April 2000 to February 2006

Managed team to increase sales by 40% for year 2005
Train newly hired financial executives and monitor daily sales activities of Financial Executives to increase productivity
Sell bancassurance products to high level markets by utilizing tie-up bank branches as channel
Devise sales campaigns/product bundling for bancassurance accounts
Compose memos, letters, circulars and other correspondences
Prepare sales materials for campaigns
Surpassed semi annual 2004 personal quota by 60% and the monthly (April 2004) quota by 130%. Increased client repeat business. Brought in $200, 000 single premium for the month of July 2004.
Train branch managers and staffs concerning to product information covering Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao RCBC, RCBC Savings Bank and Chinabank branches

Training and Seminars:
Social Media Recruitment Strategies

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Philippine Christian University
  • June 2020

MBA Candidate

Diploma, Human Resource Management
  • at Edinburgh Napier University
  • September 2018
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at AMA Computer University
  • January 2000

Computer Science, programming

Specialties & Skills

Mass Recruitment
Sales Recruitment
Onboarding
Recruitment
Human Resources
recruitment
resourcing
Mass Recruitment
Project Management Skills
Computer Skills
Sourcing

Social Profiles

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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Recruitment Analyst (Training)
Training Institute:
Carlton Advanced Management Institute CAMI and Middle Earth Consultants
Date Attended:
September 2012

Hobbies

  • Community Services
    Helped raising funds to provide assistance to less fortunate individuals travel back to home country after settling disputes and issues with employers. Coordinated with local medical clinics to conduct free medical missions to everyone in Doha who would like to avail free medical check up, medicines etc.