Staffing Assistant

Job description / Role

We are seeking an exceptional performer who can cover a maternity contract with this top tier Global Professional Services firm. As Staffing Assistant, you will offer support to the Staffing team in all staffing processes by liaising effectively with the Middle East management team, professional staff members and the wider HR team. You will be a dynamic, flexible team player who will interact effectively with other colleagues in offices across the Global network.

- Proactively staying informed of local sales development efforts, upcoming projects and expected staffing requirements
- Maintain the ME Pipeline Whiteboard including all upcoming cases and current team compositions
- Maintain the Online database and local staffing availability report, along with other reports drawn from the system and elsewhere as needed
- Maintain adherence to staffing and mobility guidelines by communicating rules to requesting teams – e.g. balanced teams, travel policy etc
- Ensure up-to date data for all ongoing cases (teams, duration, case numbers etc) informing the Staffing Coordinator of any changes
- Support Finance with weekly meeting
- Support staffing team to find relevant profiles from other offices and maintain contact with staffers globally
- Maintain up to date staffing CV's and background data of all professional staff
- Take responsibility for monitoring training dates and annual leave requests from professional staff alerting the Staffing Coordinator where necessary on project conflicting vacations or trainings
- Share case assignments with Consultants and prepare case communication for the wider office.
- Support the Staffing team, as well as the wider HR team in a variety of tasks, including improving and maintaining tracking and reporting
- Conduct global searches to help Senior Management identify consulting staff with specific expertise required
- Ad hoc projects and tasks as requested by the Staffing Manager

Requirements

The successful application will have a bachelor’s degree plus 2 years relevant experience, preferably at a professional services firm. Additionally, you will have very strong verbal communication skills; fluency in English along with advanced level computer skills; Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

You will also be comfortable with the use of data based systems and report running, have strong organizational skills: with the ability to handle competing priorities effectively.

You will be resourcefulness with a high attention to detail and strong service orientation and responsiveness to requests. A string team plater you will have the ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team and you must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment. Experience working successfully in an international environment preferred

About the Company

GG Selection is a search partner with an international presence, clients in diverse industries, and a network of talent for all levels of seniority and experience. We’re not limited by industry or geography, and we treat every brief and every client like the individual case it is — never making assumptions or taking anything for granted, and always tailoring our service to the needs we discover.