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Job Description
Career Development & Staffing Specialist, AED 17,700-24,000 per month, Dubai
Our ‘Professional Services’ client is looking for a new team member to join their expanding team. This role supports the Head of Staffing in deployment of general ‘home team’ pool. Below is a brief job description, a full JD will be shared with the successful candidate applications.
Description:
- Guide and coach Career Development & Staffing Assistant and oversee his/her key deliverables
- Manage the allocation of client facing management consultants on projects and business development activities by interfacing closely with Head of Staffing, Practice Seniors, and ‘home team’ staff
- Propose and design departmental initiatives (e.g., digitizing reports, streamlining processes etc.) to improve processes or implement new policies and drive their implementation with the supervision of the Head of Staffing
- Interact daily with Partners, Principals, Managers and Business Operations Team members to understand requirements in terms of open needs on projects, required support on marketing/unbillable work
- Connect on a need basis with staff mentors for issues with their staffing
- Propose staffing allocations by matching available resources to projects while balancing business and personal needs (development needs and preferences) as well as personal preferences
- Develop an understanding of current staff profiles and skills to aid in optimal allocation staff to projects
- Manage allocation of Summer Interns (Associates and Senior Associates) to projects in line with constraints (timing, nature of work, industry preferences, etc.)
Skills
Criteria:
- This role would suit someone from a ‘professional services’ environment or management consultants however this isn’t essential, they would consider Account Managers from ad agencies as they are used to working in a fast-paced environment
- Degree educated
- Excellent Microsoft experience
- Approachable and diplomatic
- Ability to work in a fast-moving pressurized environment and think ‘on your feet’
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Positive, lively can-do approach
- Flexible to travel for business when needed
- Arabic would be an advantage but is not essential
- Must currently reside in the UAE
Please respect the criteria requirements and only apply if you meet the these as you won’t be considered if you don’t. We thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidate applications, we only accept online applications in the first instance. Successful candidate applications will be contacted, if you are not successful your CV will be stored on our database but to make sure you don’t miss out keep checking our website, follow us on Twitter and follow our Sapphire Recruitment LinkedIn page.