Talent Acquisition Specialist - 6 Month Contract

Job description / Role

Responsible for developing appropriate talent acquisition strategies, and managing the end-to-end talent acquisition process to deliver agreed targets for roles within assigned business areas, ensuring that the right candidates are recruited, at the right time, at the right price. Partnering with the business, the role holder will provide both consultative and transactional talent acquisition support to deliver a comprehensive and value added service, covering the recruitment of all employed worker (internal and external) local and cross border hires and transfers, ensuring all talent acquisition activity is aligned to and effectively communicates the employer brand.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
* Conduct structured business needs discussions with hiring managers before candidate search commences, identifying the key role and candidate requirements, and agreeing the sourcing and selection strategy, SLA and respective roles and accountabilities, updating the JR accordingly
* Agree sourcing and administration needs with Talent Acquisition Coordinators
* Design and deliver innovative sourcing strategies and solutions to meet business growth needs and generate diverse pools of applicants whilst closely controlling cost bases
* Proactively search for, identify, network with and directly contact active and passive job seekers, both internally and externally, for hard-to-hire, evergreen and specific vacancies, sourcing the very best candidates using a variety of channels that are aligned to and effectively communicate the employer brand including:
* Conducting pure research and name generation activities
* Online advertising (careers website, external job board postings) and automated electronic candidate searches
* Alumni
* Database mining, using social networking sites etc. Contacting potential candidates who have posted their information on the internet, consistently generating leads from applicants over the phone or face to face
* Searching in-house databases (talent lists, CV database), creating hot lists, keeping high quality declined candidates warm and on 'potential prospect' lists
* Networking at professional and trade events, and careers fairs, and partnering with Government Labour Agencies
* Engaging and managing external PSL recruitment agencies, where required
* Develop multi-hire sourcing approaches and work in partnership with colleagues across the network to tap in to overseas sourcing channels and co-ordinate global campaigns
* Conduct preliminary assessments, as required, assessing candidates' talents, fit and readiness, setting realistic role expectations
* Ensure all required approvals are obtained before offers are made
* Negotiate offers between hiring managers, suppliers (where relevant) and candidates, assisting in the negotiation of release dates and backfill requirements where applicable. Work in partnership with Reward, IM and hiring managers to establish competitive, effective total reward packages in line with budgets and global policies
* Manage work permit applications and extensions for new hires and in-country transfers, where required
* Effectively collaborate with, and respond to, colleagues, candidates, customers and suppliers, building sustainable relationships, setting and managing expectations clearly, identifying and resolving the root cause of any issues and escalating as required
* Work collaboratively and share knowledge with Talent Acquisition professionals in other countries
* Use PeopleSoft to drive the end-to-end talent acquisition process, recording all relevant details associated to job requisitions and candidates in a timely manner, ensuring applicants are categorized effectively in the CV database for easy and fast retrieval, and regularly conducting system 'housekeeping'
* Analyse dashboards, reports and MI to proactively monitor internal and external conditions, using these findings to deliver operational excellence and continuous improvement e.g. more effective and efficient channel management, candidate conversion
* Regular updates with HR RMs regarding JRs raised, work in progress etc

Requirements

* Proven recruitment experience (in-house or search firm) of retained search and selection, or contingency and multi channel recruitment, with a successful track record in effective job filling within a complex recruitment model / environment
* Able to deal with high recruitment volumes as well as more specialist vacancies, managing multiple vacancies at any time across a variety of disciplines
* Understanding and some experience of developing sourcing strategies and managing multiple recruitment channels to deliver recruitment targets within budget. Some experience of managing / working with PSLs and non-PSLs and good knowledge of the market place, competitors and best practice
* Consulting / diagnostic skills (e.g. probing to identify underlying needs, effective questioning to provoke broader thinking about resource requirements, capability gaps etc
* Sound communication and influencing skills, enabling the role holder to network effectively, establish credibility quickly, build sustainable relationships, relate to candidates and hiring managers, push back on hiring managers / agencies and effectively sell Standard Chartered Bank to individuals
* Ability to deal with conflict, and remain positive when under pressure
* Customer-focused approach
* Sound reasoning skills and the ability to screen and interview applicants while making sound judgments on suitability for the role / organization
* Track record of working in a very organized way, multi-tasking, prioritising, managing data, and setting and achieving deadlines (both short and medium term)
* Experience of analysing recruitment management information and using this to identify and initiate improvements
* Knowledge of / exposure to relevant employment legislation (e.g. data protection)

Desirable
* Proven track record as an effective manager of a small sized team, coaching, managing and engaging the team to deliver high performance
* Knowledge of HR databases (e.g. PeopleSoft)
* Experience in an international professional services / banking environment
* Proven experience in working in a complex matrix, with a broad base of cultures, dealing with demanding and fast-paced client groups
* Demonstrable knowledge of banking / divisions
* Arabic speaking candidates will be given priority.

About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.