Role Introduction

To ensure Cathay attracts, selects and brings on board the right people for our operations and the Cathay culture, whilst providing an excellent candidate experience. To be an expert in recruitment and the Cathay selection processes, tools and techniques and have a strong ability to support line managers with excellent selection decisions and nurture talent through the recruitment and selection process. To drive and execute the talent management framework for the region and work with the business units to build succession plans.

Key Responsibilities

People Management 

- To lead the talent acquisition & talent management team to deliver talent acquisition & talent management agenda for the region and ensure alignment to global/region People strategy

Talent Attraction and Employer Branding

- Execute a professional, brand enhancing candidate experience through all recruitment and selection cycle touchpoints

- Act as a brand ambassador for the airlines, promoting the employee value proposition and inspiring candidates to apply for positions and accept opportunities

- Collaborate with various Reg PPL team in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and processes related to sourcing, recruiting, selection, promotion, transfer and onboarding

- Participate in HR / talent acquisition projects as required

Recruitment and Selection Process Excellence

- Manage the talent acquisition team on end-to-end recruitment and selection processes from discussing requirements with hiring managers and developing commercially focused, brand enhancing initiatives, job advertisement creation, sourcing, screening, selecting, offer and onboarding

- Be the expert in recruitment tools and collaborate with People Operation team to ensure TA administration processes are executed with high quality of candidate experience and professionalism including the adoption of new tools and technology aligned with the global talent acquisition strategy

- Conduct effective and timely shortlisting to ensure the most suitable candidates are seen by the hiring managers

- Effectively prioritise different roles and ensure that time to fill is measured and optimised

- Design and conduct interview and assessment centres virtually or in person as required.

- Administer and interpret psychometric tests and provide insights to the hiring managers

- Conduct a targeted search for key roles as required

- Coordinate recruitment and selection activity for all applicable overseas hires or internal transfers and secondments

- Guide and collaborate with People Operations team and vendors to ensure all background checks are conducted in a compliant manner to ensure the quality of hires and risk minimisation

- Conduct phone reference checks for senior roles (Level C/B people manager)

- Lead the offer process, including salary negotiation with adherence to Cathay pay philosophy

- Manage graduate programs, internal promotion and progression programmes and activities as required

- Be the expert in local legislation regarding recruitment and selection processes including discrimination and data privacy regulations

Line Manager Support

- Review job descriptions and ensure that the job advertisement is posted in an effective, clear, compliant and appealing manner

- Provide expertise in interpreting test results, shortlists, interviews and assessment centre performance

- Provide a sounding board on candidate performance and cultural fit

- Provide a factual, impartial and fair assessment of candidates