About UsAs the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.
Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.
If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand.
Located on Doha's longest private beach and nestled in landscaped gardens, the InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa features 12 restaurants, a range of recreational facilities, a free-form swimming pool, and the world-class Spa InterContinental.
Situated in an exclusive location, minutes from downtown Doha and major government and corporate offices and within minutes to the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre, City Center Mall, and Doha Golf Club, our properties offer distinctive surroundings which will forever redefine luxury.
Located within the InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa in West Bay Lagoon, Mykonos Restaurant offers a contemporary Greek-taverna dining experience in a luxurious setting. The décor evokes the feel of the Greek islands, using whites and blues, with an expansive terrace overlooking the pool and Arabian Sea. Live bouzouki music and vibrant ambiance add to the dining experience on select evenings.
Your Day to DayThe Talent Resourcing Manager will be responsible for ensuring the hotel attracts, identifies, and secures the right talent to support its current and future business needs. The role will combine strategic workforce planning with hands-on recruitment, talent sourcing, employer branding, candidate engagement, and recruitment process improvement.
Working closely with the HR leadership team and Department Heads, you will develop effective talent pipelines, advise leaders on market availability and recruitment strategies, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.
The successful candidate will bring strong hospitality recruitment expertise, excellent stakeholder-management skills, a creative approach to sourcing, and a passion for identifying and developing talent.
Key Responsibilities Included:
- Develop and implement the hotel's talent resourcing strategy in alignment with business priorities and workforce requirements.
- Partner with the HR leadership team and Department Heads to understand current and future talent needs.
- Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical, high-volume, and hard-to-fill positions.
- Provide market intelligence on talent availability, salary expectations, competitor activity, and recruitment trends.
- Recommend appropriate sourcing strategies based on role requirements, market conditions, and business priorities.
- Support workforce planning and manpower requirements by providing recruitment insights and market data.
- Identify opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency, quality, and time-to-fill.
- Lead and oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned vacancies.
- Partner with hiring managers to establish clear job requirements, candidate profiles, and selection criteria.
- Develop effective sourcing strategies using IHG Careers, professional networks, social media, recruitment platforms, talent databases, referrals, agencies, and other channels.
- Conduct candidate screening, interviews, assessments, and selection activities as required.
- Ensure candidates are assessed fairly and consistently against the requirements of the role.
- Support hiring managers in making informed and objective recruitment decisions.
- Manage offers and recruitment negotiations within approved salary structures and hotel guidelines.
- Ensure recruitment documentation and approvals are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Maintain a strong focus on quality of hire, candidate suitability, and long-term retention.
- Build and maintain active talent pools for key hotel functions and recurring recruitment needs.
- Develop pipelines for critical roles before vacancies arise.
- Identify high-potential external talent through targeted market mapping and direct sourcing.
- Maintain relationships with strong candidates who may become future opportunities.
- Develop talent communities across key hospitality disciplines.
- Support succession and internal mobility initiatives by identifying internal talent where appropriate.
- Establish relationships with hospitality schools, universities, professional networks, and relevant talent communities.
- Support the development and execution of the hotel's employer branding strategy.
- Position InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa as an employer of choice within the local and international hospitality market.
- Develop creative recruitment campaigns and talent attraction initiatives.
- Leverage social media and digital channels to showcase the hotel's culture, colleagues, career opportunities, and employee experience.
- Coordinate recruitment marketing materials, job advertisements, career events, and talent campaigns.
- Ensure job advertisements accurately reflect the hotel's culture, role expectations, and employee value proposition.
- Identify innovative ways to attract talent in competitive and hard-to-fill markets.
- Ensure candidates receive a professional, engaging, and consistent experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Maintain clear and timely communication with candidates regarding interview stages, assessments, offers, and onboarding requirements.
- Ensure recruitment processes are organized, efficient, and respectful of candidates' time.
- Gather candidate feedback and identify opportunities to improve the overall recruitment experience.
- Act as a strong ambassador for the InterContinental and IHG employer brand throughout the candidate journey.
- Ensure recruitment activities comply with IHG policies, hotel procedures, approved manpower plans, and applicable local regulations.
- Maintain accurate recruitment records and ensure all required approvals and documentation are completed.
- Monitor recruitment activity through relevant HR and recruitment systems.
- Ensure recruitment data is accurate and updated in a timely manner.
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality of candidate information.
- Work closely with HR and relevant stakeholders to ensure employment documentation, background checks, references, medical requirements, and onboarding processes are appropriately coordinated.
- Support recruitment audits and identify opportunities to strengthen recruitment governance.
- Monitor and report on key recruitment KPIs, including vacancies, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, candidate pipeline, offer acceptance, and quality of hire.
- Analyze recruitment trends and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide regular recruitment updates to HR leadership and hotel management.
- Evaluate the effectiveness and return on investment of recruitment channels and external agencies.
- Use recruitment data to improve sourcing strategies and workforce planning.
- Benchmark recruitment performance against relevant market and hospitality standards.
- Build strong and credible relationships with General Managers, Department Heads, hiring managers, and HR colleagues.
- Act as a trusted recruitment advisor to operational leaders.
- Challenge recruitment requirements constructively where appropriate and ensure vacancies are supported by sound business needs.
- Coach hiring managers on interviewing, candidate assessment, selection, and effective recruitment practices.
- Facilitate recruitment discussions and support leaders in making timely hiring decisions.
- Work closely with the HR team to ensure a seamless transition from recruitment through onboarding.
- Lead, coach, and develop Talent Resourcing colleagues where applicable.
- Allocate recruitment priorities according to business needs and vacancy criticality.
- Share recruitment best practices and develop the team's sourcing and assessment capabilities.
What We Are Looking For
- * Proven experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, Talent Resourcing, or HR, preferably within a large hotel or hospitality organization.
- Previous experience at Manager or senior recruitment level is preferred.
- Strong understanding of hospitality recruitment and the local and international talent market.
- Demonstrated experience in proactive sourcing, market mapping, talent pipelining, and direct recruitment.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence and advise senior operational leaders.
- Excellent interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
- Experience developing employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives is an advantage.
- Strong understanding of recruitment technology, applicant tracking systems, social media sourcing, and digital recruitment platforms.
- Commercially aware with the ability to understand workforce requirements and translate them into effective recruitment strategies.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using recruitment data and KPIs to drive decisions.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple vacancies and competing priorities.
- Excellent command of English; additional languages are an advantage.
- Degree or qualification in Human Resources, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related field is preferred.
What We OfferWe’ll reward all your hard work with competitive salary and benefits.
Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.
So go on - show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit to deliver memorable experiences to our guests.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
