Talent Acquisition Specialist

We're looking for a proactive and people-focused Talent Acquisition Specialist to own our end-to-end hiring process and help us attract the best talent to Zeal. Beyond recruitment, you'll support key HR operations, including onboarding and offboarding, build HR dashboards that turn people data into insights, and contribute to initiatives that keep our team engaged and motivated.

Key Responsibilities
A. Talent Acquisition:

• Manage the full recruitment cycle, from understanding hiring needs and drafting job descriptions to sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing offers.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, interview criteria, and hiring timelines.
• Source candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, universities, and direct headhunting, and build a strong pipeline for current and future roles.
• Coordinate interviews and assessments and ensure a smooth, positive candidate experience throughout.
• Negotiate and extend offers in line with company policies and budgets.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the ATS or tracking system.
• Promote Zeal's employer brand across hiring channels and events.

• Own the onboarding process, from preparing offer letters and contracts to coordinating first-day logistics, orientation, and new-hire check-ins.
• Manage the offboarding process, including exit interviews, clearance, documentation, and handover coordination.
• Support other HR operational tasks and help improve HR processes and policies as the company grows.

• Build and maintain HR dashboards that track key metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, pipeline health, headcount, turnover, and retention.
• Analyze recruitment and people data to identify trends and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare regular reports on hiring progress and HR KPIs.

• Assist in planning and executing engagement activities, team events, and recognition initiatives.
• Support employee surveys and help analyze feedback to improve the employee experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• [2–4] years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, ideally in a startup, fintech, or tech environment.
• Proven experience managing the end-to-end hiring process for both technical and non-technical roles.
• Hands-on experience with onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Experience building HR dashboards and reports using Excel, Google Sheets, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with ATS platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in both Arabic and English.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple open roles at once.
• Analytical mindset and comfort working with data.