Team Lead, Shpbd HR Strat&Svcs

Position Summary:

This position reports to Mgr, Shipboard HR Strategy & Services. In this position, the Team

Leader is responsible to lead the team of Specialists and Recruiters who provide short-and

long-term work force recruiting and scheduling services. These services meet the

operational guidelines from the Manager and Fleet Operations Management and provide

the workforce needs of the fleet.

The team leader ensures that the team complies with the processes and procedures

established by Fleet Par Levels; operational initiatives required for scheduling, and the

placement of new hires. Provides the job training, and identifies the best recruitment

sources for specific needs. Liaisons with the Logistics and Projects Specialist position

to proactively plan for heavy travel seasons, restrictions, limited travel periods, or other

instance where workforce-scheduling needs will increase.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works closely with team members to ensure timely and accurate scheduling.

• Supervises compliance to established Par Levels, Step-Up, Team, Rotations and

other operational initiatives

• Works with Global Hiring Partners to ensure recruiting and confirmation of returning

or joining CFM to ensure standards are met and maintained in accordance with

company guidelines

• Ensures team members follow an established process to place suitable candidate

selections on ships.

• Clear understanding of GAP Pool processes by all team members maintained in a

ready to work Pool of qualified and experienced candidates.

• Clear understanding of the various brands on board, lifestyle and our brand service

philosophies for communication with potential candidates.

• Ensure all team members understand the communication of policies and

procedures.

• Timely processing of HP invoices for New Hires and confirmation of returning CFMs

for timely payment within 30 days of receipt.

• Seeks to improve and optimize the team¿s effectiveness in the scheduling and

logistics processes.

• Ensures that team follows short and long-term work force plan (schedules) for

shipboard customers.

• Functions as a liaison between Corporate Travel, Shipboard Management, and

external hiring sources to ensure the team coordinates and optimizes logistics for

just in time,recruitment.

• Works and meets regularly with client Managers of various operational departments

and services (i.e., Hotel, F&B, Entertainment, etc.) to determine scheduling and

planning concerns.

• Provides on-the-job training to team members to improve current performance and

enhance future development.

• Work closely with recruiters to ensure best recruitment sources, candidate

selection, standardized selection criteria, continuous replacement, and

maintenance of experienced candidate pool.

• Ensures complete and accurate employee data tracking within the Enterprise One

System for all CFM Personal Data from point of hire including all Crew Movement.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned by

management.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by

the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other

job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications:

• Experience in one or more of the following functions; workforce scheduling,

planning, recruiting, and shipboard crew administration.

• Knowledge of automated human resources systems preferred.

• Good communication skills; reads, writes and speaks English and has interpretative

skills for oral and written instructions.

• Must be able to travel internationally and domestically.

• Communication skills in second language strongly preferred (Spanish, French,

German, or Italian)

• Working knowledge of computers, Internet access, and the ability to navigate within

a variety of Microsoft software packages such as Excel and Word.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Leads the day-to-day activities of the team in recruiting, scheduling, and logistics

functions.

• Applies knowledge and gains experience in supervisory skills.

• Knowledgeable of world geography and time differences.

• Knowledgeable of immigration and visa requirements related to seafarers in various

geographical areas.

• Applies knowledge of flag and port state regulations related to shipboard positions.

• Understands general concept of the shipboard organization.

• Ability to apply policies and practices involved in the Human Resources function.

• Ability to develop, manage and lead a team in a positive and productive manner.

• Able to administer performance management process using coaching and

counselling to improve performance.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing, to resolve problems and negotiate

resolutions in a multinational environment consisting of department heads,

managers, co-workers, and shipboard employees.

• Ability to recognize process improvements and make recommendations for change.

• Work productively and lead a team under tight time constraints and stressful

situations.

• Able to travel internationally and domestically.

• Able to read, speak and write English to understand and interpret written

procedures, give and receive instructions in written and verbal form and effectively

present information and respond to questions from management, co-workers, and

shipboard employees.

• Know and understand the needs, wants, job skills, and dynamics of the

positions/jobs the team works on by meeting with the recruiter on a regular basis.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those requirements employees

must meet to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable

accommodations. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, write, review and type

reports, compile data, and operate a pc. The employee communicates, listens, compares

variables, and assesses information. The employee may regularly move about the office

complex, dock, or vessel, ascend and descend the vessel, travel, and lift, pull/push or

move 10 pounds. This position requires travel internationally and domestically aboard ship.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an

employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job with or without

reasonable accommodations. The environment includes inside/outside the office, travel,

and shipboard. A high noise level is possible if visiting shipboard or offsite locations.

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