Recruitment Advisor – Asia (12m FTC)

In this role, you will be responsible for managing the attraction and selection of Associates and Business Team members across all our offices in Asia. Your focus will be on delivering high-quality hiring outcomes in a cost-effective and efficient manner. In this role, you will quickly establish a strong reputation and gain the confidence of stakeholders by consistently providing an outstanding recruitment service. You will be viewed as a trusted advisor on all operational recruitment matters. By developing a deep understanding of your client groups, you will provide valuable commercial insights to your team and actively contribute to the broader talent agenda.

Key Responsibilities

Resourcing

• Work with Partners, Hiring Managers, HR Managers and HR Advisors to identify hiring needs and skill sets. Determine a resourcing plan to meet the hiring needs
• Manage and develop new approaches to procurement of services from suppliers to deliver a more efficient streamlined model
• Develop and manage candidate ‘talent pools’
• Test validity and comprehensiveness of job descriptions at the start of the recruitment process
• Explore available resourcing options, to include the employee referral scheme, internal publications, alumni network, internet channels, advertising, and recruitment agencies

Sourcing and attraction strategy

• Establish innovative sourcing and attraction strategies to attract the right people from the widest pool for each vacancy / recruitment campaign
• Determine the key selling messages for each area of the firm, aligned with the global recruitment messages
• Liaise with the Lateral Recruitment Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and consistent approach globally and to share best practices between offices
• Market mapping using appropriate tools

Selection and assessment

• Establish relationship with the Recruitment Assistant to provide seamless service to candidates; manage the overall candidate experience
• Determine and manage the relationships with partner organisations to ensure access to a diverse candidate pool of the highest quality
• Determine the selection and assessment methods to use to enable objective and fair assessment of candidates
• Advise on selection tools (including online testing and case studies)
• Work with hiring managers to establish screening criteria for each role. Interview candidates and provide an independent assessment
• Advise hiring partners on recruitment best practices and diversity awareness
• Support and challenge hiring partners constructively on selection decisions at interview and offer stage

Relationship building

• Develop internal relationships with key stakeholders across the Practice Groups and Business Teams
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with our preferred recruitment agencies
• Develop and maintain a network of external recruitment contacts to keep abreast of good practices and market updates
• Act as the lead person for all recruitment knowhow issues
• Share successes and regular updates with the wider HR team

Additional Job Description

Character

• Able to influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Collaborative and a strong team player
• Confidence to constructively challenge, where required
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Innovative and strategic in thinking
• Works well under pressure

Education / Qualification

• University Degree or equivalent

Practical experience

• Strong recruitment background
• Track record in driving direct sourcing as primary source of candidates
• Excellent interviewing skills
• Knowledgeable in selection techniques and sourcing options

Office skills

• Able to multi-task effectively
• Computer literate – good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Previous experience of using an online recruitment tool

Commercial Skills

• Commercially aware
• Comfortable with figures/data

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.