HR Specialist – Recruitment

The HR Specialist - Recruitment will manage the full recruitment lifecycle i.e., source, attract, hire and onboard top talent across all levels for New Century Education corporate and school-based roles in addition to managing external marketing campaigns including but not limited to LinkedIn, company website, job advertisements and boards.

To provide an effective, efficient and empathetic people-related HR support function in the school, and to be a key point of contact for new staff in relation to all employment matters. To provide support with all HR matters.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment

1. Identifies the organization's needs and works to create and implement an efficient talent acquisition strategy to ensure vacancies are filled in a timely manner.
2. Anticipates the organizations future and advises on recruiting tactics that will help to sustain NCE's success.
3. Manage recruitment agency relationships and manage agency use/spend.
4. Consult with management to discover staff requirements and specific job objectives.
5. Write and post job advertisements on career websites, job boards and social media.
6. Source candidates by using databases and social media.
7. Evaluate and screen resumes and cover letters.
8. Conduct phone, VoIP and/or in-person interviews.
9. Provide a shortlist of qualified candidates to hiring managers.
10. Support the hiring team with recruiting methods and interview questions.
11. Contact new employees and prepare onboarding sessions.
12. Keep up to date with ADEK hiring guidelines ensuring legislation requirements are met.
13. Maintain a complete record of interviews and new hires.
14. Represent New Century Education at job fairs and careers events where necessary.

Onboarding

1. Manages the onboarding of new joiners in NCE schools and corporate office.
2. Coordinates with Finance, Business Support and HR support to ensure a smooth onboarding process for local and international hires.

Data Entry

1. Support the Head of HR and Recruitment Manager with the entry of staff information.

Employee Relations

1. Provide support, where necessary to new hires and support the Recruitment Manager with onboarding enquiries.

Perform other duties as requested by direct and dotted line reporting managers/supervisors.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related fields.
2. CIPD, PHR, SPHR type certifications strongly preferred.

Experience

1. Customer service oriented and confident in building relationships with employees at all levels.
2. Strong knowledge of HR policies, practices, processes, recordkeeping, and UAE Labor Law.
3. Strong communication skills, including the ability to build rapport, actively listen, ask pertinent questions.
4. Minimum of 1 years experience in Human Resources in the UAE.
5. Fluent Arabic Communication a strong advantage.