KSA Staffing Coordinator
Kearney
- Riyadh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reports to Staffing Manager ME
- Located in KSA (Riyadh)
- Identify and assign appropriate consultants to support all billable work within the unit
- When assigning consultant to projects, consider the following criteria: availability, project type, scope and requirements, consultant skills, experience, capabilities, development needs and preferences, project officer / manager requests, preferences and any other restrictions using the tools available
- Proactively reach out to other regions to import or export specific skills, based on global requests
- Liaise with the HR team to align local resources with external contractors needs
- Liaise with HR and recruitment on what skills, capabilities, expertise are in demand within the unit
- Understand who is leaving / joining and when, what is their skill set to better manage the pipeline and integrate new joiners into the project flow
- Work towards achieving and maintaining target capacity utilization for the unit (through imports and exports depending on the period)
- Update all staffing and availability information in the SAP MRS System daily
- Encourage and enforce up-to-date CVs and other information (e.g. Areas of expertise) in the expert tracker tool
- Prepare and “publish” general weekly staffing reports
- Provide relevant staffing information to HR to minimize vacation balances and drive utilization for non-utilized resources
- Track and analyze timesheet compliance
- Participate in conference calls / meetings
- Support staffing requests (identify resources for projects and assist with identifying projects for available resources)
- Ensure implementation of Global staffing guidelines/rules within the unit
- Identify and assign appropriate consultants to support all non-billable work within the unit
- Proactively support pipeline development – put forward consultants to work on proposals, attend leads and proposals
- Manage proposal resourcing – understand the nature of the project and suggest appropriate consultants and qualify what proposals are more likely to be converted into projects (e.g. non-competitive proposal, project extension, etc.), what are the timeline and resourcing requirements
- Work with HR to ensure the development of consultants
- Check that consultants do their mandatory trainings / follow regularly training (in coordination with MEA training team)
- Understand the quality and level of performance of consultants on projects
- Prepare the talent reviews twice a year
- Inform HR in case of performance difficulties
- Build and maintain credibility and relationships with consultants, principals and partners to provide “better fit for the job”
- Work with consultants to understand their expectations and development needs, identify projects opportunities to allow them to progress in their careers
- Seek regular updates on expectations / performance / development needs with mentors and partners
- Knowledge and skills requirements:
- Undergraduate degree or MBA
- Must have an analytical background and be able to accurately forecast staffing requirements
- Have ability to assess and link the right person for the right project based on correlating the needs of the project and the skills and experience of the consultant
- Are proficient in scheduling methods and procedures related to project work
- Have a mix of business sense, HR and Finance understanding
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Are a pro-active self-starter with a positive and confident style, able to interact and communicate effectively at all levels
- Possess strong accuracy with attention to detail
- Proficiency in MS Office package; Excel is a must
- Fluent in English and Arabic (written and spoken)