Recruitment Officer – Onshore

Work Location Chennai

Who are V As a global leader in ship management and marine services, we add value to a vessels operations. Operating around the clock and around the world, V. gives every client the quality and efficiency they need in every sector. Covering crew management and recruitment, quality ship management and technical services, together with supporting management and commercial services, V. has an unrivalled industry knowledge with performance assured. Our values, We Care, We Collaborate, We Challenge, We are Consistent, We Commit and Deliver, are at the heart of everything we do and they support our strategy of Investing in Talent. We are always interested in making contact with talented individuals - people who will demonstrate our values and deliver great service, for internal and external stakeholders.

Overall Purpose of The Job

Manage end to end recruitment process for disciplines and locations of responsibility, ensuring the best possible candidate and Hiring Manager experience, while ensuring a positive recruitment outcome.

Key Responsibilities And Tasks

• Manage and be accountable for the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and onboarding candidates, for areas of responsibility.
• Complete Hiring Manager brief to understand the most important elements of their requirement, to facilitate suitable candidate shortlisting.
• Establish agreed sourcing methodologies for vacancies with Hiring Managers.
• Utilise social media and established talent pools, to proactively recruit and achieve minimum time to hire.
• Responsible for candidate management; screening for suitability and endorsing to Hiring Managers.
• Manage offer discussions with successful candidates correctly, to eradicate possibility of candidate offer rejection.

Achieve subject matter expert level usage of recruitment ATS, ensuring accurate maintenance of candidate records and vacancy activity. Educating/ training new hiring manager users to use the system effectively.

• Use data and market intelligence to support Group Reward and Group Human Resources colleagues, with related people issues and decision-making process.
• Support wider business activity aligned to recruitment (i.e. university fairs, networking events).
• Deliver guidance and SME advice on recruitment matters for given geographical and organisational areas of responsibility.

What can I expect in return V. Group can offer you a market leading salary and benefits package, in addition to significant opportunities for career growth and personal development. This a great opportunity to join a true leader in the maritime sector - a company that has exciting plans for future growth.

Essential

• Previous experience of in-house recruitment.
• Significant direct sourcing and networking experience.
• Demonstrable evidence of strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven experience of using ATS systems to extract data for reporting purposes.
• Solution minded and adaptable, demonstrating the ability to quickly adjust to shifting business priorities.

Desirable

Maritime or similar industry experience.

Applications Close Date 28 Sep 2025