Recruitment Manager – Advisory

Overview

The Recruitment Manager – Advisory works closely with the Consulting & Deals lines of service in the PwC Middle East Region to partner in recruitment efforts and pro-actively manage end-to-end recruitment process – including manpower planning, sourcing and routes to market, quality selection methodology and best practice, on-boarding and compensation & benefits. The role requires constant, regular and consistent communication with Advisory to ascertain manpower requirements, succession planning activity, quality technical and person specifications and assignment briefings, and updates on immediate recruitment activity and campaigns. It is pivotal to communicate and ensure adherence to recruitment best practices and procedures including latest initiatives within Advisory.

This role requires an understanding of the Professional services business and the roles within it so that the best quality individuals can be recruited. The role is responsible for driving the recruitment of experienced hires and graduates into Advisory in the region. The role requires a ‘service mentality’ so that Advisory receives a quality in-house recruitment service with the objective of providing quality candidate experience and ensuring that our employer branding is positively promoted at all times. The role has a regional remit as the jobholder will be required to work closely with HC / Recruitment Managers in each market to achieve recruitment requirements.

The jobholder will also work on a number of other HR / Recruitment related projects during the course of the contract as needed, e.g., Graduate Recruitment, Interns and Nationalisation projects. The Advisory Recruitment Manager directly manages a small team.

Responsibilities

• Working with Directors and Partners to ascertain annual recruitment needs ensuring campaigns are run inline with approved manpower plans and right

Qualifications

• Pro-active, passionate, delivery focused experience Recruitment professional (or HR generalist with good recruitment record), who communicates regularly and consistently with internal clients, to build and maintain strong business relationships;
• HR Generalist or Recruitment specialist with 3+ years experience at Manager level or above required;
• Experience of in – house recruitment essential, including managing small teams. Agency background is a definite advantage;
• Professional Services and /or Big 4 expertise and knowledge is essential;
• Knowledge and experience of the Middle East Region is required;
• Experience and proficiency in human resources and/or recruitment technology is essential (i.e Oracle/Applicant Tracking Systems.
• In depth knowledge of sourcing top quality candidates on line from Job Boards and Social Media (Linked in/Facebook) and a proven track record in running on line recruitment campaigns is essential;
• Experience and expertise of selection techniques essential including competency based interviewing and designing and running assessment centres is essential. Evidence of use of a variety of selection techniques including group exercises, case studies and analytical exercises is required;
• Professional Human Resources or Recruitment qualifications an advantage (i.e CIPD, Level A/B Psychometric Testing);
• Experience of using psychometric testing in selection is an advantage;
• Knowledge and experience of manpower planning, organisational design and succession planning is an advantage;
• Knowledge of and evidence of having established, recruitment best practices and processes is required.

About The Company

PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.

We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services..

PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.

In our 3 key areas of business or ‘Lines of Service’ – Assurance, Tax, and Advisory – we work with our clients from business start ups to the world’s leading organizations – to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.

PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the ‘Central Cluster’ and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.

PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 2500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm

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