Manager Talent Acquisition

Role Overview

Manager Talent Acquisition at Abu Dhabi Airports, responsible for leading end-to-end recruitment operations across all organizational levels and ensuring an efficient, compliant, and candidate-centric hiring process.

Role Purpose

Lead recruitment strategy and execution across all levels of the organization while managing the Talent Acquisition team, partnering with business stakeholders on workforce planning, and driving continuous improvement in recruitment processes, employer branding, and candidate experience. Ensure compliance with labor laws, organizational policies, and HSE requirements while delivering recruitment objectives aligned with strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment Operations & Strategy

• Lead and manage end-to-end recruitment activities for all organizational levels, from entry-level to senior leadership.
• Ensure recruitment processes are efficient, timely, and aligned with business staffing requirements.
• Personally manage recruitment for mid-level and senior-level positions, including candidate sourcing, interviewing, assessment, and selection.
• Promote a candidate-first approach throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Monitor recruitment targets while maintaining a high standard of candidate experience and professionalism.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team to enhance capability and performance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

Onboarding & Transition

• Partner with HR Services to ensure seamless transition from recruitment to onboarding.
• Coordinate pre-boarding activities, ensuring documentation and system updates are completed before onboarding.
• Collect feedback from new hires and hiring managers to improve recruitment and pre-boarding processes.

Workforce Planning & Forecasting

• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and Organizational Development to align recruitment plans with workforce planning.
• Manage manpower forecasting in partnership with the Organizational Development team.

Process Improvement & Analytics

• Continuously improve recruitment workflows, tools, systems, and policies.
• Analyze recruitment KPIs and metrics including time-to-fill, quality of hire, and candidate satisfaction to improve performance.
• Implement corrective actions resulting from departmental audits.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with labor laws, company policies, aviation regulations, and recruitment governance requirements, including background checks, reference verification, security clearances, and medical assessments.

Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing

• Drive employer branding initiatives and recruitment communications.
• Represent the organization at career fairs, industry events, and campus recruitment activities.
• Develop recruitment marketing materials and social media campaigns to strengthen employer branding and attract diverse talent.

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare and present recruitment reports, progress updates, challenges, and recommendations to senior management.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Support HSE risk assessment reviews in collaboration with the HSE team.
• Promote safe work practices, encourage reporting of incidents and hazards, and reinforce HSE compliance within the team.
• Monitor adherence to HSE procedures and coordinate corrective actions where required.

General

• Perform other duties assigned by management to support departmental and organizational objectives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant Talent Acquisition experience.
• At least 3 years in a managerial role within a similar industry or function.
• CIPD certification is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strategic talent acquisition planning and execution.
• Recruitment governance and compliance management.
• Team leadership, coaching, and performance management.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Workforce planning and manpower forecasting.
• Data-driven recruitment management, including KPI monitoring and reporting.
• Process improvement and continuous optimization.
• Proficiency in digital recruitment systems and HR technology.
• Employer branding and recruitment marketing.
• Strong interviewing, assessment, and selection capabilities.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of labor laws, recruitment compliance, and HSE requirements.