Associate Talent Acquisition Partner (Based in Cairo)

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.

Our Purpose – Bridging the World Through Travel

We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness.

We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.

At Agoda, we believe our people are our strength. We work hard and have fun, and we choose people who are dedicated to making things great.

The Opportunity

In this role you will contribute to Agoda’s success by developing and implementing staffing strategies to identify high-quality, diverse candidates.

You will concentrate on active and passive candidate generation for positions across multiple functional groups or business units locally & globally and act as a staffing subject matter expert.

You will be focusing on hiring for volume positions in Customer Experience Group (e.g. Customer Experience Specialists). 

In this Role, You Will:  

• Support the business by providing quality driven, cost effective and timely end-to-end recruitment solutions to the designated business units, drawing insights from analytics to make the hiring process smarter and more efficient. 

• Deliver a full range of recruitment services providing a positive and professional experience to both candidates and hiring managers. 

• Review CVs, conduct pre-screening interviews and face to face interviews as required. 

• Partner with hiring managers in the selection process, where appropriate, attending interviews to support hiring managers. 

• Conducting interview debriefs at all stages with both hiring managers and candidates to uncover any potential issues, handle objections and pre-close both parties. 

• Drive proactive sourcing plans to attract external talent using direct channels in line with business needs; position specific sourcing strategies, initiatives and programs including networking/relationship building, internet job boards, social network search, database mining, professional outreach and advanced direct searching techniques. 

• Improve our employer brand in partnership with the HR team. 

Core Skills and Competencies

• 3+ years of experience in recruitment (agency or in-house)  

• Experience recruiting for Egypt market is highly preferred 

• Experience recruiting for customer service and business development positions is preferred 

• Experience recruiting in the OTA (online travel), e-commerce, or tech industries is preferred  

• Fluency in English, it would be a plus if you can speak other languages such as German, Italian, Spanish, or French. 

• Demonstrable track record of handling multiple vacancies across a variety of locations and disciplines 

• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the business 

• Strong organizational skills; time management; attention to detail and ability to prioritize and manage competing demands. 

• Confident communicator with ability to cope within a fast-paced and changing environment. 

• Results orientated - demonstrate initiative, a strong commitment to achieving meaningful results. 

• Willing and able to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, and demonstrate flexibility 

Why Agoda

• $400 USD allowance to set up your home office (one time)

• Annual performance Bonus, in line with Agoda's policy

• A highly diverse, multicultural work environment  

• A compensation package, including benefits and an annual performance-linked bonus, that is competitive for the role and aligned with country or global standards.

• Agoda staff discount on bookings  

• Career development opportunities 

• Employees’ well-being programs 

*No relocation support provided for this position

Discover more about working at Agoda

• Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com

• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/

• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda

• YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.

Disclaimer

We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.