Team Leader / Assistant Manager - US IT Recruitment

Team Leader / Assistant Manager

Team: US Recruiting
Division: Operations
Location Gurgaon / Noida

Role Overview

This is front line management role and candidate selected will be responsible for day-to-day successful operations of US IT Full Lifecycle Recruitment Team and individual performance targets. Your key responsibilities will be to meet process metrics as per defined service level agreements (SLAs) and quality standards. As leading face of team this role requires a self-motivated, excellent communicator and equally hands-on to mentor, coach and support team meeting process objectives and deliverables and meet and exceed performance.

Key Accountabilities

As a team leader, your primary role will be to provide high quality, consistent and effective support in a timely manner in one or more areas listed below:

• To research Internal and External job boards and other websites for suitable candidates based on keyword searches and, Google, Xray and other open sources
• Expertise in creating and amending Boolean search strings
• Candidate management: screening interview, assessment, interview co-ordination, taking and sharing feedback, negotiations, post offer candidate engagement, onboarding – co-ordinate with concerned stakeholder for smooth onboarding and pipeline readiness for offered positions
• Job management: timely, relevant and adequate numbers of profiles submissions, volume management and successful closure
• Stakeholder / client management: understanding requirements, challenges and recommend and support in filling positions
• Meeting self and team’s daily targets
• Identifying and allocating roles / work allocation to the team
• Monitoring and reporting on team and individual performance across the team.
• Meeting individual recruitment targets – sourcing and submittals
• Providing training / refresher sessions for the team members whenever required
• Sample quality audits on candidate profiles being shortlisted by the team before they are sent to the stakeholders / consultants
• Ensuring candidate information is updated efficiently and accurately on the system
• Manage the workload of a team & ensure work is completed as per defined priority & business SLAs
• Ensure adherence to process guides and SOPs to ensure smooth service delivery
• Responsible for organizing & delivering training and maintaining training manuals.
• Monitoring and reporting on team and individual performance across the team.
• Regularly report any issues and changes to business teams with solution approach
• Ensure client / business expectations are met at a minimum exceeded as the norm.
• Effective management & control of escalations / complaints/ conflicts and keeping line manager updated on real time basis
• Drive changes in process & implementing agreed plans and actions
• Look for opportunities for continuous process improvements
• Drive organizational initiatives to meet organizational goals
• Ensuring self and team adherence to requirements of Data Transfer Agreement and various other company policies and procedures.
• Manage access through JGL review
• Follow business updates from time to time
• Providing feedback to team members on their performance, productivity and code of conduct and overall performance management
• Manage operational queries from team, recommend solutions, escalate where necessary
• To support the successful transition of new offshore activities / work streams
• Engage with the stakeholders both on email and call for query resolution and discussions
• Respond to recommendations for improvement from the business on the quality of the candidates supplied.
• Provide support across all of the teams within the company , supporting other teams to improve their knowledge and processes
• Ensure awareness and understanding of dashboards / KPI’s / SLA’s performance
• Ensure the team meet and exceed SLAs at all times
• Ensure 100% accuracy of the work being delivered by the team following the agreed quality guidelines
• Ensure all activities are aligned to the company's brand values
Skills & Experience Must Have

• Overall 5+ years of experience in US IT full lifecycle recruitment including candidate, job and client / stakeholder management
• Minimum 2 year of experience as a Team Leader or similar role
• Hands-on experience of job boards like LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder etc.
• Sound knowledge of IT skills in the US Job Market – tax terms, work authorizations, work types etc.
• Expertise in preparing and using search strings and techniques (Boolean, Xray searches etc.)
• Experience in mentoring, coaching and sharing feedback
• MIS and Reporting with sound experience in MS Office (like Word, Power point Excel & Outlook)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) – an extrovert with strong comprehension, articulation and presentation skills
• In-depth knowledge of performance metrics
• Experience with organizing training programs
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Eye for detail with strong planning, analytical, prioritization and multi-tasking skills
• Team player, self-motivated, proactive and energetic
• Good time-management skills