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We are seeking an experienced Recruitment Manager to lead senior, specialist, and complex recruitment across a diverse international portfolio spanning Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. In this role, you will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders and hiring managers, combining end-to-end recruitment delivery with executive search, proactive candidate sourcing, talent intelligence, and market mapping to attract exceptional talent. You will also collaborate and share knowledge across the wider people and talent team to drive global improvements in our talent acquisition strategy and enhance our overall candidate experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end recruitment across multiple countries and career levels, including senior, specialist and difficult-to-fill appointments.
- Develop country-specific sourcing strategies for Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa while supporting recruitment requirements across other markets as priorities evolve.
- Partner with senior leaders and hiring managers to develop and deliver recruitment strategies aligned with organisational priorities, dynamic workforce needs and local market conditions.
- Run executive and specialist searches through market mapping, headhunting, proactive sourcing, and engagement of passive talent.
- Advise senior stakeholders on talent availability and expectations, balancing both stakeholder and market demands.
- Provide market intelligence and advice on talent availability, compensation, mobility, candidate criteria, hiring feasibility and timelines.
- Build robust talent pipelines, deliver an excellent candidate experience, and utilize recruitment data and insights to continuously improve hiring outcomes.
- Drive recruitment experience and continuous improvement through enhancing processes and talent tools such as executive search, recruitment processes, and hiring manager guidance.
- Build external partnerships with professional networks, universities, alumni communities, and other talent sources to strengthen the company's employer brand in the market.
Person Specification
- 6–8+ years’ recruitment experience, with strong expertise in international, senior, and complex recruitment.
- Demonstrable experience in executive search, headhunting, proactive sourcing, and talent mapping, with the ability to engage high-quality passive candidates.
- Experience of recruiting in management consulting, government advisory, public policy, technology, international development or similar sectors; MBB/Tier 1 strategy consulting recruitment experience is advantageous.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills, with the confidence to advise and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
- Cultural intelligence, adaptability, and the ability to operate effectively across international and evolving markets.
- Experience using Workday (or a similar ATS/HRIS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and recruitment data.
- Experience working in emerging markets, fragile states, politically sensitive environments, or international mobility contexts is desirable.
Closing Date:
2026-11-22
