Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Role purpose

Recruitment delivery

• Recruit F&B and corporate roles from sourcing through offer stage, meeting agreed service levels and time-to-fill targets.
• Support urgent and high-volume hiring for new store openings and seasonal peaks.
• Plan and run open-day recruitment events and walk-in interview drives.
• Build candidate pipelines for recurring and critical hospitality and F&B roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and operations teams to understand workforce needs and support recruitment planning.

Sourcing, reporting, and coordination

• Develop sourcing ideas through social media campaigns, employer-branding activations, community partnerships, and campus partnerships.
• Maintain dashboards tracking time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source of hire, offer acceptance rate, and pipeline conversion; report insights and KPIs.
• Support strategic talent acquisition projects, employer branding, and process improvement plans.
• Coordinate with recruitment agencies, job boards, universities, and hospitality institutes.
• Travel to sites, stores, and restaurants for hiring events, interviews, and hiring-manager coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• 7–10 years of talent acquisition or recruitment experience, with exposure to hospitality, restaurants, or F&B operations.
• Experience with mass or urgent high-volume hiring and open-day recruitment events.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment metrics, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• English fluency required; Arabic is a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office and applicant tracking systems (ATS).
• Willingness and flexibility to travel as required.

Role capabilities

• The role suits someone comfortable with fast-paced, high-volume hospitality and F&B recruitment.
• Stakeholder coordination is essential for regular work with operations leaders, hiring managers, and the Talent Acquisition Lead.
• Familiarity with Excel, Power BI, or similar data visualization tools supports dashboard and metrics work.
• Creativity in sourcing and employer branding is important in a competitive hiring market.

Travel

• Regional or on-site travel is expected, especially for new openings, open-day events, and peak hiring periods.