Senior Recruitment Officer

As a member of regional recruitment team, the role is responsible for provision of efficient and effective recruitment services to satisfy the short-, medium- and long-term hiring requirements of customers.

A key deliverable of this position is to, jointly with other recruitment team members, permanently attract high-calibre candidates to join V. seafaring pools with focus on Officers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under support and supervision of Recruitment Manager / Global Recruitment Manager Leisure, proactively plans and implements short-, middle- and long-term recruitment.
Performs active and passive sourcing of candidates for Recruitment Requests assigned by the local recruitment leadership or respective Global Recruitment Manager Offshore / Leisure inside an internal recruitment database as well as by utilizing approved channels, tools, platforms, social media, job-boards.
Maintains contact with Officers either left company or pure market ones.
Expands recruitment database (talent pool) with high in-demand candidates and unique expertise on a permanent basis through networking, advertising and active sourcing.
Facilitates and supports various local and where applicable international recruitment events aimed at the attraction of candidates, including crew events and school events.
Ensures all records in recruitment systems and databases are correct and up-to-date, notes in candidates profiles are accurate and reflect the verified information about the candidate, including but not limited to availability date, expected wage, attributes (skills and competencies).
Discusses offers with shortlisted candidates.
Arranges for recruitment screening, tests, interviews, documents and experience verification, background checks, profile updates as required according to workflow.
Submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and CMMs and reviews candidate s status until Joined. In Leisure: submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and Clients and follows through the process until the offer letter is finalized.
Attends one-to-one and team meetings held by the local recruitment team leadership.
Supports new and junior recruitment team members with quick onboarding.
Deputizes for Recruitment Manager.
Performs efficiently within the framework of defined KPIs, PIs and productivity ratios.
Collaborates with recruitment colleagues from other locations, colleagues from other business functions (e.g. Planners, CMMs, CCs, assessors) and third-party agencies (Leisure only) on various operational matters.
Escalates critical and urgent cases to Recruitment Manager or respective Global Recruitment Manager Offshore / Leisure.
Captures and records market intelligence for the local and international seagoing manpower supply marketplace.
Undertakes all hiring activities observing local employment legislation, international conventions and regulations, V.Group ethics and values, Policies, Processes and Recruitment Strategy.
Performs other reasonable recruitment related duties assigned by the line manager.


Key performance indicators (as specified in the Annual objective setting):
1. Efficient and timely response to a Recruitment Request.
2. Achieving and where possible exceeding KPIs and other targets.
3. Overall positive feedback from stakeholders.

Possesses a Bachelor s degree or higher
Previous experience of in-house recruitment
Knowledge of international conventions and regulations in shipping, the shipboard hierarchy, responsibilities, basic job descriptions and certification requirements for officers and ratings in accordance with STCW and MLC 2006
Basic knowledge of Maritime Geography, Visa formalities, organizational set-up of ITF
Significant direct sourcing and networking experience
Strong experience of assessing and selecting the best possible talent
Work with a strong sense of urgency; with the ability to switch priorities quickly as required
Ability to problem solve
Experience with Microsoft Packages (Word, Excel, Power Point)

Seagoing experience as Deck or Engine Officer
For Leisure: onboard Hotel / Restaurant experience
Three years of experience in crewing industry as Recruitment Officer
Strong work ethics
Adaptability to change
Ability to work under pressure