Talent Acquisition Specialist

4 days ago


Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Wood PLC Full time
Job Description

Wood PLC is seeking a highly skilled Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team in Dubai, UAE.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage the full resourcing life cycle for assigned business areas, including talent planning, sourcing, engagement, screening, assessment, and hiring of suitable candidates within agreed cost and timescales.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, business leaders, and candidates.
  • Daily interaction with hiring managers to ensure effective delivery of resources against open vacancies.
  • Deliver an ethical and customer-focused resourcing service.
  • Senior recruiters may act as focal points for specific business areas or projects and deputise for leads during periods of leave.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for managing resourcing delivery for a particular function/specialism/business area, working with hiring managers to fulfill current and future resource requirements.
  • Attend relevant resource meetings with stakeholders to provide updates on vacancy progress, discuss assessment outcomes, and obtain lookahead.
  • Utilize available talent attraction and engagement tools to identify relevant candidates.
  • Promote vacancies and employer brand to the relevant audience via available media channels.
  • Match candidate skills with role requirements, taking initiative to explore areas of importance or relevance with hiring managers and candidates.
  • Identify and recommend the most effective assessment method for particular roles/specialisms and utilize available tools.
  • Guide hiring managers through structured interview processes, ensuring adherence to legal and ethical obligations throughout candidate assessments.
  • Influence candidates throughout the hiring process to promote a successful outcome, preempting and acting on candidate hesitation or queries.
  • Maintain open and proactive lines of communication with candidates, ensuring a positive experience regardless of application outcomes.
  • Provide timely and detailed feedback to candidates at every stage of their application, particularly following interviews.
  • Make job offers and coordinate negotiation processes between candidates and business, interfacing with P&O on contractual queries and coordinating responses.
  • Collate market data to support talent planning initiatives and processes (candidate availability, rate information, mobility, etc.).
  • Proactively obtain accurate forecast data and develop a pipeline of suitably qualified and available talent for current and future projects.
  • Manage vacancies through ATS, ensuring candidate and vacancy data are accurate and up-to-date.
  • Comply with company and legislative data protection requirements by responsibly storing candidate information and assessment notes.
  • Facilitate the effective movement of candidates through the resourcing process, encouraging proactive feedback from hiring managers and collaborating with Global Mobility/P&O teams to ensure timely release of employment contracts and mobilization processes for new hires.
  • Provide feedback from business areas on aspects of the resourcing process requiring improvement or elements that are particularly effective.
  • Ensure consistent alignment to company values and behaviors.
Requirements:

The ideal candidate will possess:

  • A degree-level qualification (desirable but not essential).
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience in In-House or Agency roles within the Oil and Gas sector.
  • A proven track record of excellent customer service and effective teamwork, with the ability to work autonomously.
  • Proven interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated at all levels of the business.
  • Proven capability of managing a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.
  • Iraq Projects experience is preferred.
  • Arabic language is an added advantage.
Personal Attributes:

The successful candidate will possess:

  • A results-driven self-starter attitude, consistently delivering high-quality results, taking accountability, having a sense of urgency, overcoming hurdles, and ensuring results are delivered.
  • An ability and willingness to roll up one's sleeves and do what it takes to deliver results, handling both routine tasks and being an agile learner, taking on new responsibilities that challenge and exceed previous experiences.
  • An inquisitive nature, looking for new ways of working to maximize results.
  • A customer service orientation, being responsive to internal client needs, effectively managing expectations.
  • A collaborative nature.
  • Business savvy, learning core elements of the business, understanding functional and position specifics to ensure effective identification of relevant talent.
  • The strength of character to deal with challenging stakeholders, ensuring compliance with the code of conduct and resourcing procedures, using judgment and knowing when to push back.

Salary: AED 15,000 - AED 20,000 per month, depending on experience.



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