Cruise industry Recruiter

Purpose of Position

The Recruiter is responsible for all recruitment related activities within Crew Life at Sea (river and ocean cruises).
The main responsibility of the Recruiter is to ensure a stable pipeline of accepted candidates over all vacant positions on all vessels. This includes organizing, conducting and evaluating successful assessment centers; maintain a healthy relationship with our partner agencies and representing Crew Life at Sea as an Employer of Choice within the cruise industry.
The Recruiter will report to the CEO for now and will be located in South Africa .

Please note that we can only consider applicants with a cruise ship knowledge and recruitment knowledge only.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Verify recruiting profiles & selection criteria with all involved departments
• Regularly updating recruiting requirements based on operational needs and following HR policy
• Managing and updating the application pool database
• Supervision and control over candidate resource pool
• Conduct personal and Skype interviews for onboard crew and senior officers positions
• Organisation and execution of assessment centers (location planning, communication with recruiting agencies worldwide, screening, selection, interviews, statistics)
• Efficient handling of crewing requests with best practice to meet deadlines
• Participate in recruiting events worldwide with our partner agencies following SOPs and company standards
• Support defining measures to establish employer branding in the relevant markets in close coordination with global marketing
• Research competitor conditions, visa requirements & industry trends (Benchmarking)
• Follow defined recruiting processes in an effective & efficient manner to ensure given budgets and optimize if necessary
• Ensure adequate reporting of recruiting status quo & measures at all times
• Maintain business relationships with a trusted network of high quality recruiting agencies in all relevant markets