service line
Internal company services
industry sector
do not apply
Specialization
IFS – Human Capital (HC)
management level
First Assistant
Job description and summary
A career in human resources, within the company’s internal services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully utilize the skills and talents of all our employees. You will focus on helping local offices drive the company’s employee strategy, create a unique people experience for each individual, and support the company’s broad values by working with core competencies that measure and motivate the company’s individual success at large in the marketplace.
It takes talented people to support the largest professional services organization in the world. By joining our recruitment team, you will identify and attract talent to PwC. You will focus on engaging and recruiting promising undergraduate students from both campus and university. You’ll build on campus relationships with job seekers and candidates, while understanding the dynamic recruitment needs of each business.
In order to truly stand out and make us fit for the future in an ever-changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a goal-oriented and values-based leader at every level. To help us achieve this, we have a PwC professional; Our global leadership development framework. It gives us one set of expectations across our lines, geographies, and career paths, and provides transparency about the skills we need as individuals to be successful and advance in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Assistant, you will work as part of a problem solver team, helping to solve complex business problems from strategy to implementation. Professional skills and responsibilities at PwC for this management level include but are not limited to:
Financial issues
Provide recruitment information and statistics to key internal clients, for the purpose of tracking cost, time and source of recruitment and keeping them informed of recruitment progress
Ensures that cost-effective options are explored for interviewing candidates
Knowledge and skills
Experience and proficiency in recruitment technology is essential
Experience and expertise in selection techniques including competency-based interviews and management of assessment centers is essential
– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong customer service orientation with the ability to use patience and diplomacy to handle issues
Comprehensive experience
5+ years of basic recruitment experience
– Professional services and/or experience and knowledge of Big 4 is ideal (otherwise, working for a large international company)
Knowledge and experience in the Middle East region is required
Experience in sourcing candidates with professional service experience, internationally as well as across the Middle East is essential
language
– Fluency in both Arabic and English languages, both spoken and written
requirements:
education
– Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Administration an advantage
Professional HR certification or employment qualification is an advantage (eg CIPD, A/B level psychometric test)
learning and growth
Supports improvements in the HC operating model, specifically increasing standardized service delivery. Looks for areas of continuous improvement across the recruitment function and global mobility
Promotes collaboration, trust, and improvement among team members and across a team of people
Works on specific projects related to HR initiatives as assigned
internal process
Develops and enhances PwC’s people value propositions within the hiring process; Interview and test candidates using the competency-based standard recruitment model and the use of in-selection psychological testing
Manages the end-to-end recruitment process in line with the global standards and standards of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Collects data for timely recruitment reporting needs
Client
Finishing job descriptions with partners and managers
Sourcing experienced candidates from multiple sources, liaising with PwC recruitment teams in other locations to share information and reduce duplication of efforts
PwC companies help organizations and individuals create the value they are looking for.
We are a network of companies in 158 countries with approximately 169,000 people committed to providing quality assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which the member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these companies make up the global PwC network.
In three key areas of business or service assurance, tax and advisory lines, we work with our clients from start-ups to the world’s leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
We help our people learn, discover, develop and make a real difference throughout their working lives. We have great ambitions for growth.
The Middle East region of PwC is part of what we call the central bloc and includes the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
Established in the region over 40 years ago, we already have over 4,500 people on our way to becoming the number one professional services company in the Middle East.