Talent Acquisition Specialist

Overview

The Role Job Summary: The Talent Acquisition Specialist is a core member of the Human Resources team. They support the HR Manager in leading the recruitment activities for the company, in a timely, cost-effective and high-quality manner. The candidate will cover all recruitment activities including assessing and actively recruiting talent, developing and maintaining relationships with potential candidates and talent acquisition sources, and managing the talent acquisition life cycle for recruits, including posting placements, identifying and interviewing the most qualified applicants, guidance on selecting the best candidate, and offer negotiation.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify appropriate recruitment channels for recruitment while leveraging existing resources (e.g. LinkedIn and other job boards).
• Develop strong relationships with organizations for sourcing, networking, alumni networks and other channels as appropriate.
• Assess and recommend external recruitment agencies and vendors to the Manager, as needed.
• Develop relationships with university career services, academic leaders and student/academic on-campus organizations to promote the K&A brand and career opportunities.
• Attend career fairs and recruitment events that support the firm's branding efforts, including speaking on panels and opportunities to increase brand recognition in the recruitment marketplace.
• Prepare job postings through websites for recruitment of positions in coordination with senior manager.
• Receive and screen CVs and shortlist candidates for intended positions.
• Conduct interviews with candidates for positions in coordination with senior management, as needed.
• Prepare offer letters and standard employment contracts in coordination with the HR Team as needed.
• Develop HR management reports and statistics as needed (e.g., status of recruiting, open positions, hiring sources, hiring cost).

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Human Resources, Public Administration or equivalent.
• Master's Degree is preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of Talent Acquisition procedures and talent.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Strong team-working skills.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic.

Overall Experience

• 7+ years of experience in a Human Resources function.
• Demonstrated experience in all aspects of talent acquisition, including sourcing, attracting, selecting, process as well as labor market and employer of choice initiatives.
• Saudi market experience is essential.

About the company

Khatib & Alami, a multidisciplinary urban regional planning, architectural and engineering consulting company, offers clients an integrated approach toward the ever-increasing need for reliable project delivery systems. In-house expertise and the continuous recruitment of bright and innovative professionals enable us to meet the challenges of development with due consideration to environmental protection, social and economic characteristics of society. In close concert with clients, we have been able to consolidate factors that make the resultant project coincide with the client's vision within the time frame and budget set out for implementation. K&A started its consulting services in Lebanon and extended the areas of its professional activities in accordance with the growth of its experience, and its human and financial resources. The company operates in various countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Gabon and USA. K&A employs around 4,000 professionals and technicians. Since 1984, K&A has continuously ranked among the top 100 International Design firms as published by Engineering News Record (ENR). K&A has also obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS).