Morteza Jafari

An experienced Head of Talent whom leads growth, and ensures that the recruitment strategies are in an alignment with the company’s commercial goals across all areas. In addition to encompassing all recruitment tools, attraction methods, applicant and candidate management, external employer brand and team management. Along with building strong relationships with senior managers to develop their recruitment skills, including understanding their team dynamics to consider internal succession and opportunity.

• Dealing with internal stakeholders at a senior level, creating a strong professional brand for the HR recruitment team.
• Overseeing all the recruitment activities for all areas of the business and advising the management on the best HR/Recruitment practices.
• Coaching and developing a team of recruiters to hire strong performers in time and in budget, using appropriate sourcing and selection methods for all the vacancies.
• Developing creative opportunities to raise the employer brand in the marketplace and to stand as an employer of choice.
• Overseeing the internal promotions and succession planning by conducting the required assessments.
• Acting as an internal consultant for the Hay Group project of AAW.
• Developing and managing reports and tracking tools to monitor and report the hiring effectiveness (i.e. new joiners, attrition rate, probation reviews, exit interviews) and analyzing all data to come up with the best retention solutions.
• Dealing with local and overseas recruitment agencies, including agreements fees negotiation, to support recruitment - when required.
• Handling the relationships with external parties such as leading universities, recruitment tools providers, and so on.
• Working closely with the Marketing team to choose the best promotional methods for the marketing strategies of our hiring activities, corporate giveaways, and so on.
• Participating in local and overseas important job fairs in order to hire the top talents from different countries.

A strategic partner who effectively delivers business and HR solutions with an enthusiastic and positive work style in support of organizational goals, and demonstrated expertise in the following areas: Recruitment & Selection, Employee Relations & Engagement, Training & Development, Talent Management, Policies & Procedures Development, Compensation & Benefits, Project Management, Team Management, Business Development, and more.

• Managing day-to-day HR activities, in addition to, supporting and facilitating all the HR related requirements for all business units to ensure an effective organizational result.
• Supporting and administering the formulation and enforcement of the new policies and development programs for the company.
• Handling department’s restructuring and ensuring the proper succession planning is put in place for all functions.
• Supporting the Performance Management program and placing Personal Development Plans for all employees to ensure the proper growth of the employees and eventually the business overall.
• Consulting the management on annual salary revisions based on the PDP assessments conducted with the employees and their line-managers.
• Sourcing and appointing candidates for all vacancies through walk-ins, career fairs, open days, online, referrals, and more, in order to ensure the most accurate recruitment.
• Handling the recruitment process including sourcing strategies, interviewing, reference checking, negotiating packages, and offering the candidates.
• Advising and counseling the first and second line managers on employee related issues, as well as, reviewing documents of disciplinary action and performance improvement plans for the employee related cases.
• Conducting effective, thorough, and objective investigations when the need arises and accordingly handling them by suggesting appropriate actions in alignment with the Kuwait Labor Law.
• Developing appropriate methods for rewards and recognitions programs in order to motivate and create a positive working environment and increase the retention rate at the company.
• Conducting constant meetings, and exist interviews with the employees to get essential feedback in order to spot the problems and accordingly coming up with strategies for resolving them.
• Working closely with the senior management and the Training Manager to identity, develop, and implement training & development programs in line with the business objectives.
• Maintaining full confidentiality of information in accordance with the company policies and procedures.

Responsible of running the evening campus life by managing and leading a section in the department of Student Life.

• Leading an assigned section with a team of no less than 12 student workers.
• Rising student development programs and activities and assigning the student workers with projects and responsibilities for implementing them.
• Completing monthly reports on the overall performance of the assigned section, inventory, and etc.
• Forming working schedules, and accurately following up on the attendances throughout the month.
• Managing all sort of creative projects and events.
• Coming up with strategic programs and activities and means of marketing them in order to attract potential students to AUK.
• Coordinating with other departments to ensure the desired results are achieved as planned.
• Participated in setting the division’s yearly budget by accurately planning and studying the number and cost of the activities and events for the entire academic year.
• In charge of placing purchase orders for the division.
• Overseeing all the sports activities and tournaments that take place at evenings.