Talent Acquisition specialist
Barzan Holdings Q.S.T.P
Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months
Managing the complete recruitment cycle for all Joint Ventures, Subsidiaries, Partners, Projects and core functions of the mother company.
• Heading the Recruitment department at group level, supporting the subsidiaries, joint ventures and other regional offices.
• Handling a team of 2 to meet the manpower needs at group level.
• Job responsibilities included: Manpower Planning forecasting, formation and finalization. Sourcing, Searching and Shortlisting as per approved Manpower Plan, Negotiating, Documents Management, Liaising with Government relations for visa requirements, Training and career development of Qatari Subordinate.
Worked directly with Msheireb Properties (Qatar Foundation) as an In-House Recruitment Officer (Definite contract) focusing on:
• Projects and Commercial Management
• Planning and Commercial
• Facilities Management
• Property Management
• Sales & Leasing
• Design & Delivery
• Corporate Planning and Support
Responsible for working closely with the Hiring Managers to finalise Job descriptions, sourcing & screening profiles shortlisting, interviewing candidates and arranging interviews
Collaborate with the Senior HR Management to develop comprehensive recruitment and selection policies & procedures that support the Organisation in attracting and hiring quality staff.
Coordinating with the Finance team and the Head of Directorates to set up Manpower plan for every quarter.
Maintaining a detailed recruitment tracker to produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as required.
Recruitment Planning, Budgeting, dealing and negotiating with external agencies for recruitment needs.
Maintain the company database in terms of CVs, Interviews and Feedback from managers.
• I was seconded to Msheireb Properties (Qatar Foundation) from Morgan McKinley (UAE) on a contract of 12 months.
• Responsible for working closely with the Hiring Managers to finalise Job descriptions, screening CV, shortlisting, interviewing candidates and arranging interviews.
• Perform internal and/or external sourcing of the candidates (Job Boards, LinkedIn, Msheireb website, Social networks etc.)
• Making weekly and monthly Recruitment reports for the hiring managers.
• Arrange interviews and facilitate the pre-employment processing of selected candidates.
• Recruitment Planning, Budgeting, dealing and negotiating with external agencies for recruitment needs.
• Maintain the company database in terms of CVs, Interviews and Feedback from managers.
1) SQ Gulf Recruitment: Dubai- Recruitment Consultant/ Resourcer
• Preparing client profiles, position summaries and job advertisements.
• Pre-screen and source the most highly qualified, diverse slate of Senior Management positions across multiple functional areas in the most cost effective and timely manner.
• Cold calling companies by getting their details from various sources
• Liaising with consultants and clients to define job descriptions
• Headhunting and conducting searches on various databases, job boards, networking sites and other online and print resources to source candidates.
• International Recruitment and Emiratisation Recruitment & campaigns.
• Conducting telephonic and face to face interviews& evaluation tests.
• Providing feedback and recommendations on candidates to consultants and clients.
• Arranging interviews, briefing and debriefing candidates before and after interviews.
• Handling negotiations between candidates and clients.
• Generating new business leads to develop new business across GCC.
• Managing different accounts / clients for follow up and new requirements
• Generating weekly and monthly reports including presenting the Quarterly Recruitment update to management
2) PeopleFirst HR Consultancy: Dubai, UAE- Recruitment/ HR Coordinator -Nov 2009- Dec 2010.
RECRUITMENT
• Assisted the head of recruitment in setting up the recruitment aspect of a newly established business activity. This involved, developing data bases, management reporting systems, agreeing adverts to be placed within national press and on-line recruitment web sites.
• Headhunting, sourcing, screening & short listing candidates for different position using various recruitment tools - online services, print media & internet.
• Maintaining client relationship with the head of recruitment and visiting potential client sites.
• Undertaking induction & orientation program for new joiners to PeopleFirst.
• Conducting first stage telephone interviews to short listing candidates on behalf of various clients.
HR-ADMINISTRATION
• Undertook a specific projects for the Managing director of PeopleFirst, this including a project management role for the re-location to new offices. This included the setup of the infrastructure and systems to support a quick transition to new offices.
• Responsible for maintaining Payroll records for staff and updating and maintaining employee personal records within the payroll database.
• Coordination of all PRO activities, this includes arranging and processing all the employee visas, medical claims, cancellations and leave requests and access rights to systems within PeopleFirst.
• Responsible for invoicing clients and tracking payments received from clients.
• Manage the daily& monthly inflow and outflow of cash from the business. Processing staff expenses and reimbursements.
• Produced training material and Job Descriptions as per the client requirements.
• BA Business & Marketing ( Honors Degree-Higher 2:1) - Middlesex University (UK)
• A-Levels - Roots College International -Business Studies -Economics -Urdu -Accounts