Recruitment Specialist

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Workplace: on-site About Deluxe Holiday Homes Deluxe Holiday Homes is a leading holiday-home and property management company based in Dubai, UAE, managing a portfolio of 700+ premium short-term rental properties across the emirate. The Deluxe Homes Group operates with ~230 people across Dubai, Fujairah, and Armenia, with Abu Dhabi and Riyadh opening next. We leverage a modern technology stack to streamline operations, enhance guest experience, and protect owner returns. Role Overview We are looking for a hands-on, fast-moving Recruitment Specialist to own hiring across the Deluxe Homes Group end to end — from housekeepers, technicians and drivers to customer support, finance, technology and branch supervisors. You are the single point of accountability for keeping every vacancy moving: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, and a clean handover to onboarding. This is an ownership role, not a coordinator role. We need someone who makes routine decisions — which channel to use, which candidates reach the hiring manager, when to switch on an agency — and reports after, not someone who escalates and waits. If a housekeeping shift is short next Monday, you already have three vetted candidates ready. Note: This role does not include HR administration (visas, payroll, employee relations). Those sit with the HR team — your job is filling seats with the right people, fast. Key Responsibilities Full-Cycle Recruitment • Run every vacancy end to end: intake with the hiring manager, job posting, sourcing, screening, interviews, offer coordination, and handover to onboarding. • Own time-to-fill per role and keep a live pipeline for every open position — no vacancy sits without movement for more than a week. • Conduct structured phone and in-person screenings against the role profile before any candidate reaches a manager. • Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers across Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah and Armenia. • Report pipeline numbers weekly (roles open, candidates sourced, interviews held, offers out) — in the tracker, not from memory. 2. Sourcing & Channels • Source actively on LinkedIn, Bayt, Indeed, GulfTalent and niche channels — direct outreach, not just posting and waiting. • Keep the careers page ( jobs.deluxehomes.com ) postings current, accurate and closed when filled. • Build and maintain a warm candidate bench for our recurring roles: housekeeping, maintenance technicians, drivers, guest support. • Run the employee referral channel and keep it visible to staff. • Manage recruitment agencies for hard-to-fill roles: brief them tightly, hold them to deadlines, and cut the ones that underdeliver. 3. Volume & Specialist Hiring • Deliver blue-collar volume hiring (housekeepers, cleaners, technicians, drivers) at pace and to standard — including batch interview days. • Fill office and specialist roles: customer support, reservations, finance, marketing, technology, and branch supervisors. • Support branch hiring for Fujairah and Sharjah, and coordinate Armenia vacancies with the local HR Manager. • Screen for our non-negotiables: initiative, fast learning, and delivered outcomes — not just years on a CV. • Enforce the application screening question on every role and filter on it before reviewing CVs. 4. Process, Records & Candidate Experience • Complete reference checks before any offer is requested — no exceptions. • Keep complete, accurate recruitment records: every role, every candidate, every decision traceable. • Give every candidate a clear, respectful process — timely updates, honest rejections; they are also future guests and owners. • Prepare offer requests with full details (role, salary, start date, conditions) for HR Manager and management approval. • Improve the process every month: where candidates drop off, which channels convert, what to change next. Required Qualifications • 2–4 years of full-cycle recruitment in the UAE at a 100–500 person company — hospitality, property, facilities or similar operational business preferred. • Proven track record hiring BOTH blue-collar volume roles and office/specialist roles — you can name your numbers: roles filled, time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate. • Hands-on with LinkedIn sourcing and UAE job boards (Bayt, Indeed, GulfTalent); you source directly, not only post-and-pray. • Structured screener — you interview against a profile and can defend every shortlist decision. • Decisive operator — you make calls inside your remit and report after. We will reference-check this with previous managers. • AI tools used daily for sourcing, screening and outreach (ChatGPT, Claude, LinkedIn AI). Not optional in 2026. • UAE residency. On-site in Dubai 5 days a week, 09:00–18:00 — this is not a hybrid or remote role. Preferred Qualifications • Hospitality, holiday-homes or property-management hiring background. • Experience running an ATS and keeping it clean. • Additional sourcing languages for our candidate pools: Arabic, Hindi/Urdu, Tagalog or Russian. • Familiarity with UAE visa categories and MOHRE basics (offer-stage awareness; processing sits with HR). • UAE university graduate (UOWD, AUD, AUS, Heriot-Watt Dubai, or similar). What We Offer • Full ownership of recruitment across a 700+ property, ~230-person group — your results are visible every week. • Direct access to the HR Manager and company leadership — decisions get made, not queued. • Professional development support. 6-month probation per UAE Labour Law. UAE employment visa sponsored.