As Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist in the EMESA Global Services Recruiting team, you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of recruiting activities for a diverse range of roles in our Global Services and Global Specialty Businesses teams. In partnership with other key members of the GS Recruiting team, you will manage the sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offers for all candidates in a multi-faceted regional setting. You will be responsible for maintaining high quality standards and delivering a positive experience for all candidates and stakeholders at each phase of the recruiting process. To successfully lead the internal and external recruiting efforts, you possess excellent communication, relationship, and process management skills and build positive and lasting partnerships with internal hiring managers, the GS/GSB HR Teams, HR in local offices, and other stakeholders. 
Please note that this role has a strong focus on hiring in the Middle East, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so Arabic language and experience hiring in the region is preferred. 

• Full lifecycle management of vacancies across a diverse range of industries and corporate functions within the EMESA region with primary focus on the Middle East region and Africa, Specialty Business roles, such as Knowledge & Research businesses and additional business teams as required 
• Manage key stakeholder relationships as a trusted partner and valued advisor, building a deep understanding of their business, function knowledge and/or technical skills, role requirements and desired candidate profiles 
• Leveraging internal talent sources to drive mobility, employee referrals and alumni engagement in the region 
• Identify high quality candidates through the proactive identification of candidates via direct channels, job postings, social media, web sourcing, talent mapping, vendors, networking & innovative sourcing techniques 
• Conduct first round interviews for all suitable candidates, providing a competency based assessment and fact-based candidate recommendation 
• Build talent pipelines to fill current and future roles to drive improvements in quality and time to hire 
• Manage recruitment campaigns for any volume hiring needs or brand building events 
• Utilize the applicant tracking system to actively track, manage and report on candidate pipelines to enhance stakeholder communication and ensure effective process management 
• Articulation of the global talent brand and candidate value proposition to talent in the region and talent markets in individual countries 
• Support the regional recruitment strategy by contributing to and implementing regional initiatives to global projects; locally identify and implement improvements creatively 
• Manage and improve the candidate experience through efficient process management and continuous communication 
• Review key metrics and performance measures for the region such as time to hire, cost per hire and quality of hire, and recommend enhancements wherever possible 
• Ensure global best practices are embedded in the region to drive operational effectiveness through process improvements and the ongoing coaching and mentoring of hiring managers 
• Partner and collaborate closely with the regions HR and systems Recruiting teams to enhance the quality of hiring decisions

• Bachelor’s Degree with high academic achievement required 
• 3-5 years of recruitment/talent acquisition experience in international markets and matrixed organizations 
• Understanding of market talent pools, sourcing channels, hiring trends, cultural norms, compensation benchmarks 
• Full lifecycle recruitment and/or agency recruiting experience
• Strong behavioural and competency based interviewing experience required 

• Deep knowledge and proven success of utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter for successful talent engagement and pipelining 
• Well versed with Applicant Tracking Systems, recruiting analytics tools, and digital communication tools like Trello, Slack, Sharepoint 
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language/s will be an advantage 
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Suite 
• Experience in the Middle East market strongly preferred
• Ability to be responsive and effective in a fast-paced yet consensus-driven corporate culture, to multitask and operate effectively in a matrix organization 
• Experience building internal network with senior leaders and advising senior stakeholders as subject matter expert 
• Ability to drive efficient processes and show operational effectiveness