BSL is seeking an
experienced Recruitment Specialist to lead IT and
technical hiring across contracts in Qatar. This is a
hands on, delivery focused role for someone used to running a
live requisition load at pace, managing multiple vacancies
concurrently, sourcing and engaging passive technical talent and
building pipelines that hold up against demanding, time
sensitive customer hiring timelines. The successful
candidate will act as the trusted point of contact for
their hiring managers, not just filling roles, but owning
the relationship, anticipating pipeline risk and being
someone the client can rely on to tell them the truth
about market conditions and timelines. This role directly
impacts contract margins and is responsible for negotiating
candidate offers in a way that protects margin without
compromising BSL’s ability to win and retain talent.

   Own end-to-end recruitment
delivery for assigned technical vacancies across BSL
contracts.


Roles and Responsibilities
  • Build and run direct
    sourcing strategies, headhunting, market mapping,
    networking and referrals to engage passive technical talent
    across local, regional and international markets.

  • Maintain live, active
    pipelines against forecast and in year demand, not just
    open requisitions.

  • Act as the primary trusted
    contact for assigned hiring managers, providing
    proactive, honest updates on progress, risk and market
    conditions.

  • Screen and assess
    candidates against technical and competency based
    criteria, coordinating interviews and managing candidate
    experience throughout.

  • Work with full visibility
    of applicable rate cards and contract margins for
    assigned vacancies, using this to inform sourcing strategy
    and candidate targeting from the outset not just at offer
    stage.

  • Escalate
    early where market rate expectations conflict with contract rate cards,
    proposing options (banding, package structuring, role scoping) rather than
    simply reporting the gap.

  • Understand
    BSL’s commercial model well enough to explain, where appropriate, how candidate
    pay rate, invoice rate and internal costs interact and protect that structure
    in every negotiation.

  • Flag
    any pattern of margin erosion across a role type or client account, not just
    individual cases, so pricing or sourcing strategy can be adjusted.

  • Support
    offer negotiation, security clearance/vetting coordination, onboarding and
    mobilization.
  • Maintain
    full, accurate recruitment records in Zoho Recruit in real time.
  • Operate
    within each respective jurisdictional labor law, government contract
    governance and BSL recruitment compliance standards.
  • Contribute
    to market intelligence, salary bench-marking, talent availability and competitor
    activity to support workforce planning conversations with clients.
  • Identify
    opportunities to extend BSL’s footprint within existing contracts, additional
    roles, adjacent departments or scope growth and flag these commercially rather
    than treating them purely as requisitions.
  • Manage a high volume, concurrent vacancy load
    without loss of pace or accuracy.


Requirements

Essential

  • Minimum
    3-5 years’ recruitment experience within IT, cyber security or related
    technical disciplines.

  • Proven
    track record sourcing and placing mid-to-senior level technical/cyber
    professionals.

  • Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and market mapping
    capability specific to IT/cyber talent markets

  • Experience
    working within government, defense or other regulated/security conscious client
    environments.

  • Comfortable
    working with rate cards, margin structures and commercial data as a routine
    part of the role.

  • Experience
    negotiating candidate offers within a fixed margin or rate framework

  • Excellent
    communication skills in English; strong stakeholder management and relationship
    building skills.

  • Proficiency
    in Microsoft Office and recruitment systems (Zoho Recruit preferred).

  • Understanding
    of Qatar labor market dynamics and recruitment practices.

  • Ability to manage a high volume, concurrent
    vacancy load at pace without loss of accuracy

Desirable

·         Arabic
language skills.

·         Familiarity
with operating with the operating rhythm of managed service delivery into
government or defense clients.

·         Recruitment
experience within Qatar specifically.

·         Familiarity
with security cleared recruitment and pre-employment screening/vetting
processes.

·         Experience recruiting within aerospace, defense or other regulated contract
environments.


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