Role Overview
The Talent Acquisition Specialist manages end-to-end recruitment across the company's departments and brands, from taking the hiring brief through sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer support, ensuring every vacancy is filled with candidates who fit the role, the approved salary range, and the working environment.
The role works closely with direct managers and department heads to translate requirements into clear written briefs, builds and maintains an active candidate pipeline for recurring roles, and keeps recruitment records and the HR system accurate and up to date at all times.
The role is measured on shortlist quality, speed of closure, adherence to approved budgets, and candidate experience, with emphasis on permanent full-time hiring across Egypt and coordination with management on approvals and offer issuance.
Key Responsibilities
- Take complete hiring briefs from direct managers, including job title, reporting line, headcount, required experience, approved salary range, and target start date, and confirm them in writing before sourcing begins.
- Source candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, and direct approach, and build a pipeline for recurring and hard-to-fill roles.
- Screen applications and conduct initial interviews to assess role fit, relevant experience, stability, notice period, and salary expectations.
- Verify candidate salary expectations on both a gross and net basis before shortlisting, and progress only candidates who sit within the approved range.
- Submit shortlists accompanied by a written summary of each candidate's fit against the brief, current package, and expectations.
- Coordinate interview scheduling between managers and candidates and follow each interview through to completion and feedback.
- Keep managers and HR updated on the status of every open vacancy, with clear reasons for any delay.
- Collect and verify required hiring documents and hand over complete candidate files to HR operations for contracting and onboarding.
- Maintain accurate recruitment records on the HR system and the recruitment tracker, including candidate status, source, and time to fill.
- Prepare periodic recruitment reports covering open vacancies, time to fill, offer acceptance rate, and sourcing channel effectiveness.
- Manage candidate communication throughout the process, including timely and professional responses to candidates who are not selected.
- Support employer branding activity, including job postings and recruitment content for company and professional platforms.
- Maintain full confidentiality of candidate, salary, and company information at all times.
- Perform any other duties related to the nature of the role as assigned by HR management to support business needs and operational continuity.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 1 – 3 years of hands-on recruitment experience, preferably in-house rather than agency.
- Practical sourcing experience through LinkedIn, job boards, Behance and direct approach.
- Ability to screen candidates against a written brief and justify every shortlist decision.
- Understanding of gross and net salary structures in Egypt, and the ability to discuss packages accurately with candidates.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to run multiple vacancies simultaneously and meet agreed timelines.
- Good written and spoken English.
- Discretion in handling confidential candidate and compensation data.
Preferred
- Experience recruiting for marketing, creative, or commercial roles.
- Exposure to an HRIS, ideally ZenHR.
- Experience working with managers based in another country or time zone.
- Familiarity with Egyptian Labour Law No. 14 of 2025 as it relates to hiring, probation, and contracting.
