Manager Talent Acquisition

Job Purpose

As a manager within PICG Mashreq Pakistan, your role revolves around managing all staffing, onboarding and related HRMS activities at Mashreq Bank Pakistan. 

Key Result Areas 

• Coordinate with stake holders to define the staffing requirements and develop candidate job description and specifications for the open positions. 
• Develop plans for staffing the positions with the Hiring Manager. 
• Assess all open positions and hiring requests against the approved budget and headcount. 
• Work with hiring managers to create appropriate JD for each approved role. 
• Work with the relevant team for Job Evaluation 
• Upon successful Job Evaluation, post the role to seek most relevant profiles. 
• Attract appropriate candidates for the position through the network of recruitment agencies/ advertisements / other sources. 
• Evaluate new recruitment markets / new agencies for attracting talent. 
• Conduct interviews and assessment centers in order to shortlist candidates for the open positions. 
• Recommend grade / salary for the new recruits. 
• Maintain market information about the positions handled. 
• Responsible for onboarding of all new hires 
• Conducting New staff orientation/induction 
• Responsible for HRMS entry as well as data management of the new hires 
• Develop contract terms for new hires and transfers and provide input on HR policies to support our organizational objectives. 
• Review all onboarding related MIS / data requests. 
• Responsible for confirmation of all new hires 
• Maintenance of critical hiring status 
• Maintenance of hiring tracker 
• Creation and updating of employee files from onboarding till confirmation 
• Build positive relationships with all stakeholders within local and group level teams. 
• Ensure excellent onboarding journey for candidates as well as hiring managers. 
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements and company policies, providing guidance on labor laws, disciplinary processes, and HR policy interpretation. 
• Facilitate communication with middle management, updating them on PICG transformation initiatives and projects, and collaborate with PICG teams to develop solutions and policies. 
• Ensure adherence to policy and be guided by the people manuals across locations. Support line managers in the job evaluation process (documentation and coordination). 
• Ensuring timely intimation to the EE team on employee addition and related activities/data (HRMS record creation parameters, joining salary/JB, notice period buyout etc.) 
• Support Head of PICG – MB Pakistan in all Employer Branding activities 
• Support Head of PICG and coordinate with EE team on all Talent Development initiatives (employee engagement, succession planning and L&D)

Problem Solving

• Operates within the defined policies and procedures.  
• Required to respond on all onboarding queries from employees across MB Pakistan 
• Provide solutions to employees and line managers with regards to related policy matters, identify solutions within the approved policy & process guidelines.

Decision Making Authority & Responsibility

• Works under limited supervision from Head PICG MB Pakistan but in a defined environment.  
• Independently manage specific divisions on onboarding matters end to end.  
• Handling confidential sensitive issues and liaise with hiring managers.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A minimum bachelor’s degree qualification in any field is required. 
• 5-7 years’ experience in Human Resources at both operational and strategic level. 
• Strong interpersonal skills, influencing, high level of negotiation ability. 
• Knowledge of banking business/financial services industry is a distinct advantage. 
• Highly customer focused, as it demands in the service industry. 
• Leadership skills, experience in working with matrixed organization.  
• Sound knowledge of all areas of HR with experience of international practices is preferred.