# Talent Acquisition Lead **Company**: WSP **Location**: Sharjah **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97084?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_05bca444-437 ## Description We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to join our team and play a key role in attracting and securing the talent that will support our continued growth. This is a hands-on recruitment role, partnering closely with business and project leaders to understand their talent needs and deliver high-quality recruitment across a diverse portfolio. You'll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, with particular focus on large-scale project recruitment, specialist and business-critical hiring, and nationalisation priorities. You'll combine strong recruitment delivery with market insight and trusted stakeholder partnership, creating a positive and inclusive experience for candidates and hiring managers. ## Responsibilities - Manage end-to-end recruitment across assigned business areas, from initial role briefing and sourcing through assessment, offer and mobilisation handover. - Lead recruitment delivery for large-scale projects, managing high-volume and complex hiring requirements against project mobilisation priorities. - Partner with business and project leaders to understand workforce plans, capability requirements and critical hiring needs. - Proactively source and engage senior, specialist and hard-to-find talent through targeted search, market mapping, referrals and relevant recruitment channels. - Lead and support Talent Acquisition team members, helping to prioritise workloads, strengthen capability and maintain high standards of recruitment delivery. - Manage candidate screening, interviews, assessment, selection and feedback, ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience. - Support nationalisation priorities by proactively identifying, engaging and progressing local talent. - Build strong talent pipelines for current vacancies, project mobilisation, proposals and future growth requirements. - Provide hiring managers with practical market insight on talent availability, salary expectations and recruitment challenges. - Champion internal mobility, diverse shortlists and fair and inclusive hiring practices. - Maintain accurate recruitment data and ensure hiring activity is delivered in line with recruitment governance and standards. - Use recruitment technology, systems and data to improve efficiency, quality and the overall recruitment experience. ## Qualifications - A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline. - Strong Talent Acquisition experience within a complex, fast-paced and multicultural organisation. - Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment, with the ability to personally source and deliver across multiple roles and disciplines. - Experience supporting large-scale project recruitment and mobilisation, including high-volume and specialist hiring. - Exposure to multidisciplinary consultancy environments, including areas such as Design Management, Project Management, Advisory and Transportation. - Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers. - The ability to manage multiple vacancies and priorities while maintaining pace, quality and attention to detail. - Strong knowledge of regional talent markets and the ability to translate market insight into practical recruitment solutions. - Experience within engineering, professional services, consulting or another project-led environment would be advantageous. - A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused approach, with a strong commitment to candidate and hiring manager experience. ## Skills ### Required - Human Resources - Business Administration - Talent Acquisition - Recruitment - Stakeholder Management ### Nice to have - Engineering - Professional Services - Consulting - Project Management --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/97084?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)