Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dubizzle Egypt is the leading marketplace for selling and buying online in the region. Our aim is to upgrade people's lives by facilitating deals and identifying attractive opportunities for both individuals and businesses. Our goal is to strengthen local economies, empower small businesses, and help everyone in making smarter choices for themselves, the market, and the planet.

As part of Dubizzle Group, we are alongside some of the strongest classified brands in the market. With a collective strength of 10 brands, we have more than 200 million monthly users that trust in our dedication to providing them with the best platform for their needs.

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering all features of recruiting across the organisation. This will be achieved through employing traditional and modern sourcing strategies as well as developing new and creative recruiting ideas to ensure we are hiring the best possible talent, whilst actively living our values.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruitment:
• Drive the full lifecycle of recruitment by: -
• Preparing the Requisition and obtaining sign-off from all stakeholders.
• Advertising all vacancies internally and externally within 24 hours of obtaining sign-off.
• Screening and shortlisting applicants from Workable and LinkedIn.
• Conduct various assessments applicable to the role.
• Submit shortlisted candidates to the hiring manager (minimum four candidates).
• Obtain feedback on shortlisted candidates from the hiring manager (minimum two candidates).
• Set interviews with all stakeholders (first/second/culture).
• Regret all unsuccessful candidates.
• Sit in all interviews to ensure compliance (all scorecards to be completed).

Post Recruitment:

• Perform entry interviews for all new recruits who have been with the company for 3 months.
• Provide feedback to the manager on the interview.

Record Keeping:

• Capture all interview notes in Workable.
• Save all successful shortlisted candidates on Workable for the future pipeline.
• Track and capture feedback on all entry interviews.

Monthly Reporting:

• Update recruitment activity sheet.
• Ensure the applicant tracking system (Workable) is updated with prospective candidates and interview feedback.
• Meet with Head of HR and Hiring Manager to discuss progress of open positions, quality of candidates and strategy to find / engage more talent.
• Provide pre-screened and qualified candidates to the Hiring Manager within agreed time frames.

Other:

• Ensure all recruitment documents are scanned and saved on Workable (paperless environment).
• Coordinate and implement university graduate recruiting initiatives.
• Build recruitment networks through industry / global contacts to keep up to date with recruitment practices.
• Perform any other reasonable task which might be required from time to time.
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies.
• Maintain good relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Develop superior knowledge of all the roles we have.
• Mentor and train junior recruiters and new entrants to the TA team.
• Assist the team in the absence of the Head of HR.

• A minimum of secondary education.

• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

• Minimum 3 - 6 years sourcing in either an in-house or search firm (both would be preferred).
• Experience in sourcing positions in the online classifieds or e-commerce sector.
• Has proven experience in sourcing using a wide variety of sourcing channels to source talent, ideally within digital/tech/mobile apps.
• Experience sourcing and headhunting niche and senior roles using LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Proven experience managing senior stakeholders and hiring managers in an advisory role.
• Proven analytical capabilities to report on and interpret data related to searches with a view to improving sourcing techniques
• Tech recruitment knowledge is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people at all levels.
• Excellent coordination and organisation skills.
• Ability to prioritise work requirements.
• Strong internet research and social media recruitment skills.
• Fast approach to hiring top-quality candidates.
• Highly motivated, professional, creative, proactive and able to work independently and cooperatively in a diverse group.
• Hands-on attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Take pride in your work and have fun doing it.
• Must display resilience and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Proactive approach to finding solutions.

• A fast paced, high performing team.
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Rewards & Recognitions
• Learning & Development opportunities