Position summary
The Staffing Assistant deliver best-in-class resourcing for our offices/practice areas. The Staffing Assistant will partner with MDs and practice leads, clients and new business opportunity leaders to provide full operational and strategic resourcing support, as required by the business, for multiple markets. This role is designed to add business value to the company by maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the process of deploying staff, yielding stronger utilization and realization, ensuring client needs are met, and driving retention by ensuring staff are meeting their professional development goals. The role will work closely with the Senior Staffing Associate, finance and talent teams to ensure open lines of communication on staff strength, areas of improvement and partner on developing recommendations for adjusting capacity to ensure the business is hitting its utilization and realization goals.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee the strategic deployment of all staff across the offices and practice areas you support, ensuring alignment with a wide variety of skill sets and capabilities.
- Support APCO in becoming more agile by placing the right people on the right projects at the right time to optimize headcount, increase utilization, and enhance employee engagement.
- Drive medium- and long-term workforce planning for the offices and practices under your remit.
- Understand the region’s growth plans and strategic priorities, and align headcount planning accordingly.
- Allocate teams with the appropriate balance of skills and experience, considering individual strengths, development areas, team dynamics, personalities, and client profitability.
- Contribute to an efficient staffing process that results in balanced, optimized teams and a sense of fairness in workload and opportunity.
- Be accountable to the Senior Staffing Associate for all deployment and planning activities, including resourcing for new business pitches and proposals.
- Anticipate stakeholder concerns and provide strategic advice and support to address them.
- Deliver long-term, sustainable resourcing solutions while balancing short-term business needs.
- Proactively address global supply and demand challenges and opportunities in deployment, collaborating closely with resourcing peers.
- Communicate regularly with the Senior Staffing Associate, MDs, practice leads, and finance and talent teams to optimize staffing and explore innovative sourcing strategies, while flagging any resourcing risks.
- Foster positive working relationships and promote collaboration across the firm.
- Understand the individual development goals of staff and align deployment opportunities to support their growth.
- Promote the use of key resourcing systems to enable effective and efficient staffing outcomes.
- Analyze data to identify trends, make connections, and uncover opportunities to improve profitability, while advising the business on resourcing strategies.
- Balance the needs of multiple stakeholders to deliver outcomes that build strong relationships and support both individual and business goals.
- Recognize potential conflicts early and work to resolve them through appropriate support and escalation when necessary.
Requirements
- Hold a degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
- Demonstrate a strategic and forward-planning mindset with strong commercial awareness.
- Bring 1–2 years of relevant experience; agency or management consulting experience is a plus.
- Understand and empathize with client demands and expectations.
- Promote resource management as a key business partner contributing to organizational success.
- Reside in Dubai or be willing to relocate.
- Be willing to travel as required.
- Be open to working additional or irregular hours as needed and permitted by local regulations.
Careers at APCO
Through our recruitment, hiring and retention efforts, APCO is committed to building teams to bring the best possible expertise and robust perspectives to our clients. We embrace differences in experience, viewpoint and ideas, starting with our values and extending to our behaviors, policies and practices. We aim to create a positive work experience and welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.
