VP - Executive Talent Acquisition Partner - Functions, Tech and Ops

Job Description

• Develop the strategies to enable the optimal mix of nationals, expatriate employees, internal referrals, direct hires.
• Recommend innovative, leading-edge sourcing strategies.
• Implement the strategy; communicate progress against key milestones.
• Manage costs and delivery;
• Focus on Group Talent Acquisition strategies for experienced hires;
• Research the market and define the FAB employment brand and that of key competitors;
• Articulate FAB’s most attractive and compelling attributes to the current and potential employees.
• Articulate current perceptions of working within the organisation and the impact of these perceptions on the capacity to recruit top talent;
• Recommend strategies to enhance the FAB employment brand in the candidate markets that are most important to the organisation;
• Manage the work flows and work loads;
• Ensure compliance with all legislative requirements;
• Deliver HR data, metrics and reporting to the leaders;
• Take action to continuously improve the service;
• Develop strong relationships with internal customers, including HR Leaders, HR Business Partners and users of the service;
• Respond to changing stakeholders needs by recommending new services or services improvements.
• Stay abreast of industry developments by participating in recruitment, shared services, and business networking activities

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience senior recruiting in a banking or finance environment (in-house or agency);
• Strong experience across multiple sourcing methodologies including careers site, in house database search, employee advocacy and LinkedIn Recruiter;
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to build strategies and action plans. 
• Excellent communication skills, collaborative style, including group presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong written communication skills to effectively turn position profiles into clear, concise marketing and branding tools.
• Excellent client service skills with proven experience to build and foster strong relationships with business partners and senior management, through influencing and exceptional negotiating skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a growing and changing environment.
• Knowledge of disciplined selection techniques and behavioural interviewing models.
• Experience developing a recruitment strategy to meet hiring objectives.
• Experience with behavioural descriptive interviewing techniques and developing effective interview guides to ask the right questions.
• High personal standards of integrity and professionalism.
• Fluent in English, fluency in Arabic is highly desirable.