Recruitment Specialist

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

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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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