HR Specialist

About Cyber Force

Cyber Force is a cybersecurity consultancy delivering advisory, managed services, and operations to international clients. Our senior-led teams combine governance, engineering, and 24×7 response to turn cyber risk into measurable resilience.

Role Overview

We are looking for an HR Specialist to build and execute the people operations function at Cyber Force. You will be the first dedicated HR hire in a growing cybersecurity consultancy of 20+ professionals, reporting to the CEO. Your focus will be on three pillars: recruitment and onboarding, performance management, and culture and engagement. Payroll administration, tax filings, and statutory paperwork are handled by an existing contractor.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process: job postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, offer packs
• Design and execute structured onboarding: first-day logistics, orientation, 30/60/90-day check-ins
• Build and maintain a talent pipeline across technical and non-technical functions
• Implement and administer the performance management cycle: goals, reviews, appraisals, development plans
• Work with team leads to define KPIs and competency frameworks per department
• Drive employee engagement: team events, recognition programs, pulse surveys
• Monitor retention, identify flight risks, recommend interventions
• Maintain employee records in coordination with payroll/tax contractor
• Ensure compliance with Egyptian Labor Law
• Leverage AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) for JD drafting, policy research, communications
• Serve as first point of contact for employee HR queries

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in HR, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related
• 3–5 years of HR experience (recruitment, performance management, engagement)
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Solid knowledge of Egyptian Labor Law
• End-to-end recruitment process design experience
• Performance management system implementation experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and discretion
• Microsoft 365 proficiency
• Experience with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) — preferred
• Professional services / consultancy / tech environment — a strong plus
• HR certification (PHR, SHRM-CP, CIPD) — a plus
• HRIS platform experience — a plus

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