Head Of Recruitment
Become part of a growing recruitment company in the MENA region and manage our international recruitment business. Mselect is a complete workforce management and development company, proudly working with the world’s largest corporations across industries. We currently have offices in the UK, UAE, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar and the KSA.
Purpose of the Role:
As the Head of Recruitment, you will play a central role in the future success of the company. You will be working closely with the board to oversee the day-to-day recruitment activity of the team and its members. Whilst remaining responsible for your own personal target and clients, you will also take increasing responsibility to support the overall strategy, ethos and purpose of the business. We take great pride in the service we offer our candidates and clients. We strive to be ethical, knowledgeable, empathetic and a genuine partner to all our customers. You will be expected to uphold these values whilst acting as a valued member of an ambitious, focused team. This role is targeted, and you are expected to meet those targets. To head up sales prospecting, in order to drive business growth. To further expand and develop our presence within our new markets, building on current success and building new accounts, relationships and translating those new opportunities into new business.
Responsibilities of the Role:
• New business development, identifying and targeting new accounts
• Managing and developing existing accounts (as applicable)
• Understanding client requirements at both a strategic and tactical level to be able to offer the best business solutions
• Building strong commercial and long-term relationships with prospects and clients
• Work collaboratively with other business areas to leverage opportunity and develop joined-up propositions.
• Conducting sales meetings and presentations with prospective clients
• Develop and maintain market knowledge
• Mentoring members of the team
• Developing and supporting team strategy from direction given by senior management
• Actively developing new business and maintaining relationships with key clients
• Ensuring productivity of the team
• Monitoring team performance to ensure KPI and targets are met
• Ensuring the team are working towards the strategic sales (and other) goals of the Company
• Continually seeking and identifying areas for business growth
• Generating new business by networking, promoting the brand, gathering market information and making business development calls
• Assisting members of the team with CV marketing strategy and implementation
• To work with the company’s proven processes, structure and methodology whilst profiling candidates, clients, vacancies and opportunities, whilst supporting other staff members to do the same.
• To uphold the company’s values and service to all external customers and contacts always.
• Adherence to the internal company policies to the best of your ability at all times e.g. phone and ICT usage, clothing policy, online guidelines.
• Any other relevant ad-hoc duties as required by the board. Business leadership
• Contribute to the strategic direction and strategy implementation
• Be a visible and proactive leader of the business, supporting, challenging and holding people to account across the business
• Represent the business where appropriate
• Build and maintain the culture through the business Values and Leadership Charter
• Be the role model of the Values of the business Success – how is the role measured? • Financial performance of the division against targets
• Compliance to agreed systems, processes.
• Contribution to the senior leadership team.
• Loyalty, motivation and performance levels of the team
• Efficient of staff costs and effectiveness of controls
• Brand and reputation of the business internally and externally
• The culture
• A role model for behaviours
• Revenue in line with targets
• Client relationships
• Colleague relationships Competencies: Knowledge – what do you need to know?
• Industry, divisional and market trends
• Team strengths and weaknesses
• Recruitment Best Practice
• Commercial acumen