Recruitment Specialist

About the Role

BSL seeks a Recruitment Specialist to lead IT and technical hiring efforts across contracts based in Qatar. This role requires a hands-on approach, managing multiple open positions simultaneously under tight timelines while sourcing and engaging passive technical candidates. The specialist will serve as the authoritative liaison for hiring managers, not just filling vacancies but anticipating pipeline risks and delivering transparent updates on market realities. This position directly influences contract profitability by skillfully negotiating candidate offers that safeguard margin while ensuring talent acquisition success.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute direct sourcing tactics including headhunting, market mapping, networking, and leveraging referrals to attract passive IT and cyber security candidates locally, regionally, and internationally.
• Maintain an active candidate pipeline aligned with demand forecasts, beyond just current open roles.
• Function as the primary trusted advisor to assigned hiring managers, offering regular, honest updates on recruitment progress, risks, and market conditions.
• Conduct candidate screening and assessments based on technical skills and competencies, coordinate interviews, and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the process.
• Utilize knowledge of applicable rate cards and contract margin structures to shape sourcing and candidate targeting strategies proactively.
• Proactively address discrepancies between market salary expectations and contract rate cards by proposing alternatives such as role adjustment or compensation structuring.
• Possess a solid understanding of BSL's commercial framework, explaining interactions of candidate pay rates, invoicing, and internal costs, and protect this framework during negotiations.
• Identify trends indicating margin erosion by role type or client account to inform adjustments in pricing or sourcing strategies.
• Support candidate offer negotiations, security clearance and vetting coordination, onboarding, and mobilization.
• Ensure real-time, accurate recruitment documentation using Zoho Recruit.
• Operate in compliance with local labor laws, government contracts, and BSL's recruitment standards.
• Contribute market intelligence on salary benchmarks, talent availability, and competitor activities to aid workforce planning discussions with clients.
• Identify and report opportunities for expanding BSL’s involvement within current contracts, such as new roles or scope extensions.
• Manage a high-volume requisition workload efficiently without compromising pace or detail accuracy.

Requirements

• At least 3 to 5 years of recruitment experience focusing on IT, cyber security, or related technical fields.
• Demonstrated success in sourcing and placing mid-to-senior level technical or cyber security professionals.
• Strong skills in direct sourcing, headhunting, and market mapping specifically in IT/cyber talent pools.
• Experience recruiting within government, defense, or other security-sensitive regulated environments.
• Competency in interpreting and working with rate cards, margin models, and commercial data routinely.
• Experienced in negotiating offers within strict margin or rate constraints.
• Excellent English communication skills with proven stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and recruitment technologies, particularly Zoho Recruit.
• Understanding of the Qatar labor market and standard recruitment practices there.
• Capable of handling multiple simultaneous requisitions rapidly and accurately.

Preferred Qualifications

• Arabic language proficiency.
• Experience in managed service delivery environments serving government or defense clients.
• Specific recruitment experience within Qatar.
• Knowledge of security clearance and pre-employment screening or vetting processes.
• Recruitment background in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated contract settings.