Recruitment Partner - Regional Team Lead

Job Purpose

At Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always Fly Better. As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we're driven by innovation and excellence. Join us as a Recruitment Partner – Regional Team Lead and experience a fast-paced, multicultural environment where your ideas and expertise will help shape the future of aviation. Here, you’ll grow alongside professionals from diverse backgrounds, contributing to our shared success and making your mark on a global stage.

As part of the Cabin Crew recruitment team, your role will lead and deliver a comprehensive recruitment experience for the Emirates Group – from sourcing to hiring – ensuring candidates align with our values. You will achieve consistent, quality outcomes through strategic recruitment methodologies while maintaining the integrity of our process during this exciting time of transformational change.

In This Role You Will

• Understand workforce needs and translate departmental objectives
• Promote Emirates Group as the employer of choice locally and globally
• Collaborate with the Corporate Communication Brand team to implement marketing strategies across social media channels like TikTok, Instagram and job boards
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including HR departments, executive search firms and agencies, ensuring high standards of candidate service
• Conduct regional audits on assessment days, providing insights for improvement and driving regional talent engagement strategies
• Offer expert guidance on regional market trends and recommend new approaches to talent engagement and assessment
• Lead engagement with local industries such as hospitality, airport, travel, leisure and retail. Coordinate career events and foster relationships with recruitment agencies, hospitality schools and other partners relevant to cabin crew recruitment
• Provide management with data insights on offers declined, salary comparisons and recruitment challenges, recommending solutions to attract candidates
• Agree with hiring managers on the best recruitment channels such as IVNs, job boards, career portals and LinkedIn to advertise vacancies and attract global talent
• Design and implement recruitment and selection methodologies with the Business Psychologist team to identify candidates’ technical and cultural fit. Guide hiring managers in interpreting behavioural evidence and influencing selection decisions
  
  

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree and 5 years’ experience or 12 years’ schooling or equivalent and 8 years’ experience in recruitment, either as an in-house or agency recruiter
• CIPD or any other HR professional certification is desirable
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a leadership role, with relevant experience managing a remote team and high-volume processes
• Must be able to travel to cover recruitment campaigns
• Demonstrable ability to coach, develop and promote high performance within a complex remote environment
• In-depth understanding of regional best practices and recruitment trends within your chosen region, with demonstrable experience in driving performance improvement
• Familiarity with nurturing strategic relationships and managing events with local partnership organisations (e.g. hospitality schools and recruitment agencies)
• Experience with various selection processes: digital assessments, video interviewing, telephone interviewing and reference checks
• Ability to conduct interviews using a behavioural competency framework
• Ability to organise skills assessment centres, in-tray activities, work samples and presentation topics
• Familiarity with HR databases, ATS systems and CMS systems
• Experience working for a recruitment solution, ideally within a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) environment, in-house or agency recruiter is preferable
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with fluency in English
• Additional languages are desirable
  
  

Salary & benefits