Ref: HP639-1402

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

It takes talented people to support the largest professional services organisation in the world. Our Recruiting team works to identify and attract talent for PwC. You’ll focus on engaging the most qualified experienced candidates by building relationships with job seekers and candidates, while understanding the dynamic hiring needs of each business. Our team actively recruits for full time employees at all levels, from experienced to executive, as well as fixed term, contingent, and flexible talent and supports the internal movement process between roles.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Summary
Supporting the recruitment of experienced hires for the Assurance LoS (Line of Service) across the Middle East. Provide a quality in-house recruitment service to stakeholders and a quality candidate experience at all times.

Financial
Reports recruitment information & statistics to key internal clients, for purpose of tracking cost, time & source of hire and to keep them informed of progress on recruitment
Ensures that cost efficient options are explored for interviewing candidates

Customer
Finalises job descriptions with Partners and Directors
Sources experienced candidates from multiple sources, liaising with PwC Recruitment teams in other locations to share information and minimize duplication of effort

Internal process
Develops and promotes the PwC people value proposition within recruitment; Interview and test candidates using the standard competency based recruitment model and employing psychometric testing within selection
Manages the end to end recruitment process in line with Global PwC standards and metrics
Collects data for recruitment reporting needs in a timely manner

Learning and Growth
Supports improvements in the HC Operating model, specifically the increased delivery of standardised services. Looks for areas of continuous improvement across the Recruitment & Global Mobility function
Promotes collaboration, trust and improvement between team members and across the People Team
Works on specific projects related to HR initiatives as assigned

Requirements

Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Management is an advantage
Professional Human Resources certification or Recruitment qualifications is an advantage (i.e CIPD, Level A/B Psychometric Testing)

Language
Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic

Overall Experience
2+ years of recruitment experience essential
Professional Services and/or Big 4 expertise and knowledge is essential
Knowledge and experience of the Middle East Region is required
Experience sourcing candidates with professional services experience, internationally as well as across the Middle East is essential

Knowledge and Skills
Experience and proficiency in recruitment technology is essential
Experience and expertise of selection techniques including competency based interviewing and running assessment centres is essential
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong customer service orientation with ability to use patience and diplomacy to handle issues

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.

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