As a core member of the regional recruitment team, you will deliver
efficient, end-to-end recruitment services to meet the short-, medium- and
long-term hiring needs of V.Group’s Leisure business. You will focus on
permanently attracting and retaining high-calibre seafarers—primarily Officers
and, where required, Junior Officers & Ratings—who possess the specialised
hotel, restaurant and entertainment expertise demanded by the modern cruise
industry.
Key Responsibilities:
? Under support and supervision of Recruitment Manager / Global Recruitment Manager – Leisure, proactively plans and implements short-, middle- and long-term recruitment.
? Performs active and passive sourcing of candidates for Recruitment Requests assigned by the local recruitment leadership or respective Global Recruitment Manager – Offshore / Leisure inside an internal recruitment database as well as by utilizing approved channels, tools, platforms, social media, job-boards.
? Maintains contact with Officers either left company or pure market ones.
? Expands recruitment database (talent pool) with high in-demand candidates and unique expertise on a permanent basis through networking, advertising and active sourcing.
? Facilitates and supports various local and where applicable international recruitment events aimed at the attraction of candidates, including crew events and school events.
? Ensures all records in recruitment systems and databases are correct and up-to-date, notes in candidates’ profiles are accurate and reflect the verified information about the candidate, including but not limited to availability date, expected wage, attributes (skills and competencies).
? Discusses offers with shortlisted candidates.
? Arranges for recruitment screening, tests, interviews, documents and experience verification, background checks, profile updates as required according to workflow.
? Submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and CMMs and reviews candidate’s status until Joined. In Leisure: submits compliant and timely proposals of seafarers to Planners and Clients and follows through the process until the offer letter is finalized.
? Attends one-to-one and team meetings held by the local recruitment team leadership.
? Supports new and junior recruitment team members with quick onboarding.
? Deputizes for Recruitment Manager.
? Performs efficiently within the framework of defined KPIs, PIs and productivity ratios.
? Collaborates with recruitment colleagues from other locations, colleagues from other business functions (e.g. Planners, CMMs, CCs, assessors) and third-party agencies (Leisure only) on various operational matters.
? Escalates critical and urgent cases to Recruitment Manager or respective Global Recruitment Manager – Offshore / Leisure.
? Captures and records market intelligence for the local and international seagoing manpower supply marketplace.
? Undertakes all hiring activities observing local employment legislation, international conventions and regulations, V.Group ethics and values, Policies, Processes and Recruitment Strategy.
? Performs other reasonable recruitment related duties assigned by the line manager.
Essential:
? Bachelor’s degree or higher.
? Minimum three years of in-house recruitment experience with proven direct-sourcing capability.
? Sound knowledge of STCW, MLC 2006, shipboard hierarchy, certification and manning requirements for Officers and Ratings.
? Strong talent-assessment and selection skills with a high sense of urgency and ability to reprioritise rapidly.
? Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
? Fluent written and spoken English.
Desirable:
? Seagoing experience as Deck or Engine Officer
? Onboard hotel, restaurant or entertainment department experience within the cruise industry.
? Three or more years of experience as a Recruitment Officer in the crewing sector.
? Demonstrated strong work ethic, adaptability to change and the ability to perform under pressure.