Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Recruiter to join our internal resourcing team in Dubai to support across our Operations project.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the full resourcing life cycle within assigned business area, including vacancy and candidate management, talent planning, sourcing, engagement, screening, assessment and hiring the most suitable candidates within appropriate cost and timescales.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, business leaders and candidates, providing advice to ensure that resourcing tools, process and personnel have maximum impact
• Coordinating and attending resourcing meetings and ensuring ongoing delivery against business area objectives
• High and effective utilisation of available talent attraction and engagement tools; provide guidance and mentorship to support others in identifying the most effective resourcing channels, tools and methods of assessment for their vacancies
• Expert in social sourcing methods, proactive approach to identification and networking talent and candidate pipelining
• Actively and professionally promotes vacancies and employer brand to relevant audience via available media channels
• Accurately match candidate skills with role requirements, taking initiative to explore particular areas of importance or relevance with Hiring Managers and Candidates
• Identify and recommend most effective assessment method for particular role / specialism and effectively utilise tools available
• Guide Hiring Managers through a structured interview process, ensuring adherence to legal and ethical obligations throughout candidate assessments
• Strong influencer, ability to influence candidates throughout the hiring process to promote a successful outcome, pre-empting and acting on candidate hesitation or queries
• Maintain open and proactive lines of candidate communication, ensuring a positive candidate experience for all, regardless of the outcome of their application
• Negotiate offers of employment on behalf of the business and provide guidance on contractual queries, deferring to Human Resources for specific or complex issues
• Proactive in obtaining accurate forecast data and developing and maintaining a pipeline of suitably qualified and available talent for current and future projects that can be shared with the business
• Manages vacancy through Applicant Tracking System (iCIMS), ensuring that candidate and vacancy data is accurate and up to date at all times
• Supports the implementation of wider recruitment strategy within area of responsibility guiding Hiring Managers through any process changes and queries

Skills / Qualifications

• Degree level qualification desirable but not essential
• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Prior track record of excellent customer service and effective teamwork with the ability to work autonomously
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills, which can be demonstrated at all levels of the business
• Proven capability of managing a varied workload in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders internally and externally
• Prior experience of recruiting in the Oil and Gas sector or Engineering is preferred
• Experience of using iCIMS or other applicant tracking systems preferred
• Experience of presenting solutions to customers and working in partnership to deliver to agreed customer requirements
• Experience of delivering high volume and/or complex recruitment campaigns

Personal attributes:

• Results Driven self-starter
• Takes initiative and consistently delivers results of the highest quality, takes accountability for one\xe2\x80\x99s work, has a sense of urgency, overcomes hurdles and ensures that results are delivered
• Inquisitive nature, looks for new ways of working to maximize results
• Customer Service Orientated

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

John Wood Group