HR & Recruitment Specialist
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About the Role
DEAL Holdings in Dubai seeks an HR & Recruitment Specialist to own high-volume, end-to-end recruitment across multiple F&B and hospitality brands. Requires 4+ years recruitment experience, agency background preferred, and strong UAE labour law knowledge.
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Responsibilities
- Own high volume, end to end recruitment for all roles across DEAL Holdings' brands and business units
- Manage multiple live vacancies simultaneously, hitting agreed time to fill SLAs
- Build and maintain active talent pipelines across digital platforms, portals, referrals, walk ins, and recruitment days
- Conduct phone screens and first round interviews at volume; coordinate hiring manager interviews
- Own the ATS, maintaining pipeline hygiene, data integrity, and reporting
- Manage reference checks, offer negotiation, and issuance of compliant offer letters
- Own the onboarding workflow, ensuring accurate and timely setup for new joiners
- Prepare UAE compliant limited term employment contracts and joining forms
- Coordinate visa processing, work permits, and medical insurance enrolment with PRO team
- Maintain employee data, leave trackers, staff lists, and manpower plans
- Support payroll data collation (attendance, overtime, deductions)
- Track expiry dates for visas, medicals, labour cards, and insurance; drive timely renewals
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- Minimum 4 years' recruitment experience with high volume hiring track record
- Recruitment agency background strongly preferred
- Experience recruiting for UAE F&B, hospitality, or retail is a strong advantage
- Strong knowledge of UAE labour law (Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021) and visa/PRO processes
- Hands on with an ATS and HRIS
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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Role Description
- This is a full time role based in Dubai, UAE, reporting to the HR Manager.
- The HR & Recruitment Specialist owns high volume, end to end recruitment across the full DEAL Holdings group.
- The role suits someone who has delivered volume hiring at pace ideally from a recruitment agency background.
Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
- Own high volume, end to end recruitment for all roles across DEAL Holdings' brands and business units.
- Manage multiple live vacancies across different brands simultaneously without compromising quality or speed.
- Build and work active talent pipelines across digital platforms, portals, referrals, walk ins, and recruitment days.
- Conduct phone screens and first round interviews at volume; coordinate hiring manager interviews.
- Own the ATS maintaining pipeline hygiene, data integrity, and reporting across all business units.
- Maintain job descriptions, structured interview guides, and scoring frameworks.
- Manage reference checks, offer negotiation, and issuance of compliant offer letters.
- Act as PMO liaison for recruitment requests across the group.
Onboarding & Documentation
- Own the onboarding workflow for all brands, ensuring every new joiner is set up accurately and on time.
- Prepare UAE compliant limited term employment contracts, joining forms, and follow onboarding checklists.
- Collect and verify all joining documents (passport, EID, medical, visa) and ensure accurate filing.
- Coordinate visa processing, work permits, and medical insurance enrolment with the outsourced PRO team.
- Schedule inductions and first day logistics across venues and business units.
HR Administration & Compliance
- Maintain employee data, leave trackers, staff lists, and manpower plans across the group.
- Support payroll data collation (attendance, overtime, deductions) for the company.
- Track expiry dates for visas, medicals, labour cards, and insurance; drive timely renewals and cancellations.
- Support updates to HR SOPs, the Employee Handbook, and staff communications.
- Proactively flag UAE labour law compliance risks under Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- Minimum 4 years' recruitment experience, with a proven track record in high volume hiring recruitment agency background strongly preferred.
- Experience recruiting for UAE F&B, hospitality, or retail is a strong advantage.
- Comfortable working extended and flexible hours the hospitality sector demands.
- Strong, current knowledge of UAE labour law (Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021) and visa/PRO processes.
- Hands on with an ATS and HRIS.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and organisational skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Personality & Culture Fit
- Resilient, high energy, and thrives under volume and pressure.
- Target driven and self motivated, able to work with minimal supervision.
- Detail oriented, highly organised, and deadline driven.
- Comfortable switching context across multiple brands and stakeholders.
- Positive, proactive, and people focused.
- Strong team player with a collaborative work ethic.
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