Description:
What if your skills mattered more than your job title?
At AMS, we're building teams that are curious, collaborative, and committed to delivering exceptional recruitment experiences. We're looking for a Senior Recruiter who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, solving hiring challenges, and influencing recruitment outcomes through insight and expertise.
This role supports a key client account in the Middle East and requires a recruiter who can build strong relationships with hiring managers, advise on hiring strategies, and deliver an outstanding candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
This is a fully on-site role based in Dubai, requiring attendance in the client's office 4 days per week.
If you're passionate about talent acquisition, stakeholder management, and delivering high-quality hiring solutions in a fast-paced environment, you might be exactly who we're looking for.
What you'll do:
- Partner with senior hiring managers and business leaders to provide consultative recruitment support and market expertise.
- Lead vacancy briefing discussions and define recruitment strategies aligned to business needs.
- Collaborate with sourcing teams to develop effective attraction strategies and ensure strong talent pipelines.
- Provide hiring managers with insights on talent availability, market trends, competitor activity, and hiring expectations.
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from intake through to offer acceptance and onboarding.
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Lead complex offer negotiations and support hiring managers in making informed hiring decisions.
- Build and maintain proactive talent pools to support future hiring demand.
- Use recruitment data and funnel metrics to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and improve hiring outcomes.
- Partner effectively with sourcing, administration, and wider delivery teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Support and coach colleagues on recruitment best practices, client culture, and delivery excellence.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and strategic recruitment projects.
Skills & Requirements:
- Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment within the Oil & Gas, Energy, Engineering, Construction, or related sectors.
- Experience supporting hiring across the Middle East region.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including partnering with senior hiring managers and business leaders.
- Experience leading recruitment strategy discussions and advising stakeholders on market insights and hiring approaches.
- Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and requisitions in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience using ATS and recruitment technologies.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Fluency in both Arabic and English both written and spoken.
- Ability and willingness to work on-site in Dubai five days per week.
Nice to Have
- Experience coaching or mentoring recruiters or recruitment support teams.
- Strong understanding of talent market mapping and pipelining strategies.
- Additional language skills.