Recruiter - Oryx

Job Title: Recruiter

Job Code: Recruiter

Job Description:

Responsible for finding, sourcing, attracting, and hiring talent with the goal of fulfilling the company's hiring needs. Responsible for managing the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles, helping managers find, hire, and retain quality candidates.

Core Responsibilities:
This position includes but does not limit to the following:

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day recruitment for Oryx, Zaleej and all its sister companies, including Alhomaizi staff.
• Develop relationships with managers to build awareness of their departments’ hiring needs, and job specifications.
• Design and implement the overall recruiting strategy.
• Draft and finalize job descriptions and specifications for vacancies as they arise and place job postings through various channels, especially social media.
• Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources and execute innovative strategies to find quality candidates and prospects for new business.
• Assess applicants' skills, experience, and aptitudes.
• Determines applicant qualifications by interviewing applicants, analyzing responses, verifying references, and comparing qualifications to job requirements.
• Sort, filter and review job applications, organize interviews and tests for shortlisted candidates and provide recommendations to the management regarding candidate selection.
• Coordinate the entire recruitment process for new hires including conducting interviews, generating offer letters, collecting, and verifying official documents in coordination with HR, administrative and accounting staff.
• Assist new employees with general orientation and related matters.
• Maintain an up-to-date staff database in hard and soft versions.
• Improves organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices; monitoring job offers and compensation practices; and emphasizing benefits and perks.
• Maintain employee files with all relevant data as per best practices and as stipulated in Kuwait Labor Law including contracts, work permits, leaves, loans, etc.
• Coordinate with the Legal Department to ensure that all visa and residency-related formalities for employees are completed on time.
• Avoids legal challenges by understanding current legislation, enforcing regulations with managers, recommending new procedures, and conducting training.
• Provide recruiting reports and build influential candidate relationships.
• Processing documentation and preparing reports related to HR, Personnel & Admin activities (e.g. recruitment & staffing, benefits, joining and departure procedures, training, appraisals, promotions, leaves, grievances, company events, policies, job descriptions, employee services, etc)
• Assist the HR in drafting related correspondences-memos, circulars, letters, certificates, etc
• Obtain Management approval on agreements / transactions / payments, etc as deemed necessary.
• Support the HR and Admin Team in any HR and Admin tasks as and when required.
• Handle travel arrangements as and when required.
• Conducts research and analysis tasks as required.
• Handle confidential and non-routine information.
• Any other related tasks as required by the management.

People Management:

• Organize people, information, and other resources.
• Ensure that office equipment is maintained, relevant records are up to date and that all administration processes work effectively.
• Must have good communications and sales skills.
• Computer skills are a must to navigate through modern content management systems.

Self-Management:

• Achieve the highest levels of proficiency in all skills required to perform the role.
• Ensure that performance goals set by and agreed with management are achieved during the course of the year.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in human resources management or related field. Certification in a relevant field is a plus.
• Prior working knowledge/experience as a Recruiter
• Experience with document management systems
• Knowledge of Kuwait law practices
• Knowledge of applicable document development processes
• Communication Proficiency
• Willingness to learn

Key Job Skills and Competencies:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English is essential. Arabic language is an added advantage.
• Ability to conduct different types of interviews and use various selection processes.
• Proficiency in recruitment strategies, HR tools, and recruitment marketing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• Passion about HR and Talent Acquisition methods.
• Ability to scan large volumes of resumes.
• Sound judgement, decision making, risk management and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent independent initiative
• Dynamic and proactive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Planning and organizational skills
• Able to adapt to changing priorities and demands.
• Deadline-driven
• Able to effectively handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Information collection and management
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Able to work well under pressure.

Language Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Arabic language is an added advantage.

Job Type:

• Full-time

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