Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Manage end-to-end recruitment from sourcing and screening through offer, joining and onboarding.
  
• Proactively headhunt experienced Retention and Conversion Sales candidates through LinkedIn, referrals, databases, professional networks and direct approach.
  
• Conduct candidate screening, coordinate interviews with hiring managers, manage offers and negotiations, and follow through to a successful start date.
  
• Build and maintain live talent pipelines for recurring roles so vacancies are filled from a warm pool rather than started from zero.
  

• Manage and guide in-house recruiters, allocate vacancies across the team and set clear priorities.
  
• Monitor recruiter KPIs and hiring targets, and coach the team on sourcing technique, screening quality and candidate handling.
  
• Calibrate with hiring managers so the team screens consistently against an agreed standard.
  

• Maintain recruitment trackers, talent pipelines and source-effectiveness data.
  
• Build and present monthly recruitment reports to senior management and the executive team — pipeline volume, conversion by stage, source effectiveness, time to fill, cost per hire and month-on-month movement.
  
• Present findings clearly to a numbers-focused audience: lead with the headline figures, show the funnel drop-off, and explain what the data means for hiring decisions.
  
• Flag where rejection patterns point to a role definition, market or offer problem rather than a sourcing one, and recommend the fix.
  

• Support basic HR administration and onboarding documentation.
  
• Coordinate with HR and the PRO on visa, documentation and joining formalities.
  
• Ensure new joiners are properly handed over to their department on day one.
  

Requirements

• Currently based in the United Arab Emirates.
  
• Proven experience in Talent Acquisition / Headhunting, particularly for Retention, Conversion, and Sales roles.
  
• Mandatory: Proven experience in European hiring, with a strong track record of sourcing and recruiting candidates across European markets.
  
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and direct approach capabilities, with an established candidate network.
  
• Experience managing, mentoring, or supervising in-house recruiters.
  
• Confident interviewing, negotiation, candidate assessment, and candidate-management skills.
  
• Working knowledge of UAE HR, visa, and onboarding processes.
  
• Strong ability to prepare and present recruitment reports to senior management.
  
• Strong Excel skills for recruitment tracking, reporting, and analysis.
  
• Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
  
• Comfortable working to targets in a fast-paced, high-volume sales environment.
  

• Recruitment experience within CFD, Forex, FinTech, Brokerage, or Financial Services.
  
• Strong existing European candidate network.
  
• Experience recruiting for UK and European sales desks.
  
• Experience hiring across Canada, Australia, and other international English-speaking markets.
  
• Experience building recruitment reporting and source-effectiveness tracking from scratch.
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary package.
  
• UAE employment visa provided by the company.
  
• Medical insurance.
  
• Company-provided daily lunch buffet.
  
• Professional growth and career development opportunities.
  
• Genuine ownership of the recruitment function, with a team to lead and direct access to senior management.