People Resourcing Manager

Job description / Role

People Resourcing Manager for an International Professional Services Firm

This is not a recruitment role

Responsible for People Resource Management by working closely with Head of Career Development & Staffing, Practice Leads and senior client staff in accordance with overall firm targets, project needs, and development priorities of staff.

Responsibilities:
• Interact daily with Partners, Principals and Managers to ensure appropriate staffing in line with firm needs, project needs and staff preferences and development priorities
• Resolve conflicts arising from complex staffing situations and handle autonomously difficult conversations with senior client staff
• Support Head of Staffing in defining and implementing strategic initiatives to improve fair and effective implementation of the staffing process and uphold guidelines
• Escalate to Head of Career Development & Staffing any alarming activity or unexpected leakage to warrant continued transparent and fair approach
• Connect with client staff’s mentors on a need basis for issues with their staffing
• Act as gatekeeper in managing staffing decisions based on business needs, staff preferences and development needs and availability
• Maintain close ties with Practice Leads for cross-practice staffing of their aligned managers
• Ensure full integration of new hires by proactively securing most suitable projects (team structure, length, content, etc…); proactively escalate to senior stakeholders to ensure finding suitable solutions if staffing got derailed
• Provide supporting evidence when necessary on resource performance, staffing pull amongst partners and principals and additional background on any staffing issues faced
• Post appraisal cycle, regularly refer to the extracted list of development needs as maintained and managed by the Performance Management Team to ensure full understanding of all needs and meet staffing requirements accordingly, when possible
• Guarantee committee recommendations be taken into account during staffing decisions; if unable to implement committee recommendation, document the reasons hindering this for later reference
• Oversee content and production of weekly staffing reports for quality, accuracy, and timely submission (master staffing sheet, newsletter, etc…)
• Ensure production and timely distribution of other adhoc reports, as requested by senior management and other requesting audiences
• Uphold consistent and constant implementation of staffing guidelines with every decision, taking into account the three pillars of staff deployment (Business Needs, Staff Preferences and Development Priorities)
• Position self as a subject matter expert on a broad range of Staffing questions and take the lead to interact closely with Seniors to address cross-functional queries
• Act as a key resource and liaison to other functional areas of the business, building productive cross-functional relationships
• Manage the Career Development and Staffing Coordinator and ensure proper distribution of tasks to optimize the resource allocation and management

Requirements

Qualifications:
• University Degree
• Near native level business English communication skills
• Computer proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Autonomous and works well under pressure
• Excellent Interpersonal, Organizational and Communication Skills
• Presentable, approachable and diplomatic
• Exercise sound judgment, objectivity, while maintaining highest level of confidentiality
• Empathetic towards staff needs and preferences
• Ability to make decisions in an efficient and timely manner
• Ability to prioritize workload in a highly dynamic environment
• 8+ years’ relevant experience ideally at a corporate multinational firm
• Applicants outside of the UAE are encouraged to apply

About the Company

RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.

Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.

What we do:

Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.

We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved.