In line with Emirates Group’s ambitious growth plans and global recruitment drive, we are seeking a Recruitment Partner - Regional Team Lead to join our Cabin Crew Recruitment team. This permanent position is based full-time at our Emirates Group Headquarters in Dubai, and will involve regular global travel, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to our global growth journey.

As Regional Team Lead in our Cabin Crew recruitment team you will lead and deliver a comprehensive recruitment experience for the Emirates Group, from sourcing to hiring, ensuring cabin crew candidates align with our values. You will achieve consistent quality outcomes through strategic recruitment methodologies, while maintaining the integrity of our process during this exciting time of transformational change.

In this role, you will: 

• Translate departmental objectives and workforce needs


• Promote the Emirates Group as the employer of choice locally and globally. Collaborate with the Corporate Communication & Brand team to implement marketing strategies across social media channels like TikTok, Instagram, and job boards.


• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including HR departments, executive search firms, and agencies, ensuring high standards of candidate service.


• Conduct regional audits on assessment days, providing insights for improvement and driving regional talent engagement strategies.


• Offer expert guidance on regional market trends and recommend new approaches to talent engagement and assessment.


• Lead engagement with local industries such as hospitality, airport, travel, leisure, and retail. Coordinate career events and foster relationships with recruitment agencies, hospitality schools, and other partners relevant to cabin crew recruitment.


• Provide management with data insights on offers declined, salary comparisons, and recruitment challenges, recommending solutions to attract candidates.


• Agree with hiring managers on the best recruitment channels, such as IVNs, job boards, career portals, and LinkedIn, to advertise vacancies and attract global talent.


• Design and implement recruitment and selection methodologies with the Business Psychologist team to identify candidates technical and cultural fit. Guide hiring managers in interpreting behavioural evidence and influencing selection decisions.

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements: 

• Degree and 5+ years' experience in recruitment, either as an in-house or agency recruiter


• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a team leadership role with relevant experience managing a remote team and high-volume processes.


• Must be able to travel to cover recruitment campaigns.


• Demonstrable ability to coach, develop and promote high performance within a complex remote environment


• In depth understanding for regional best practice and recruitment trends within their chosen region, with demonstrable experience for driving performance improvement


• Familiarity with nurturing strategic relationships and event management with local partnership organisations i.e. hospitality schools and recruitment agencies


• Experience with various selection processes (Digital Assessments, video interviewing, telephone interviewing, reference checks)


• Ability to conduct interviews using a behavioural competency framework


• Ability to organise skills assessment centres (In tray activities, work samples, presentation topics)


• Familiarity with HR databases, ATS systems and CMS Systems


• Experience working for a recruitment solution, ideally within the Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) environment, in-house or agency recruiter is preferable.


• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), and fluent in English. Additional languages are desirable.