About Us

Airswift is the leading workforce solutions provider to the STEM industries. For over 40 years Airswift has been transforming lives through the provision of international workforce solutions to STEM industries. Today, we are an integrated team of over 900 employees across 37 countries, supporting over 8,000 contractors globally.

We are a people business – we transform lives through the world of work. We care about wellbeing, community engagement and our planet – we plant a tree for every person placed in a job globally! We have a passion for growth, including investing in the development of our people.

We support professionals looking for jobs with exceptional firms in the technology, construction, and engineering sectors.

Role Description

The Talent Lead plays a dual role in delivering high-quality recruitment oversight, account management, supplier engagement, and exceptional contractor lifecycle management across a dedicated MSP client.

This role is offered as a 12‑month contract initially, working part time, 3 days per week (24 hours per week).

This hybrid position ensures the seamless sourcing, onboarding, and ongoing support of technical professionals, while maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring full compliance with Dutch market regulations, and contributing to continuous improvement within Airswift Resourcing’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) framework.

Principle Accountabilities:

Client Engagement & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary daily point of contact for client hiring teams, project leads, and stakeholders.
• Advise on recruitment strategies aligned to Dutch labour market insights and energy-sector skill trends.
• Ensure alignment with SLAs, KPIs, reporting standards, and MSP delivery frameworks.
• Support expansion opportunities within existing account through proactive relationship building.

Talent Acquisition

• Support the full recruitment cycle for engineering, technical, HSE, and project control roles.
• Work with recruitment delivery on sourcing strategies tailored to niche energy-sector skills.
• Screen and submit qualified candidates in alignment with client hiring standards.
• Help to prepare candidates and hiring managers for interviews, ensuring a transparent and effective process.
• Lead offer management, negotiation, and contract coordination ensuring compliance with Dutch law.
• Utilise STAR marketing techniques to promote strong candidates and generate new leads.

Contractor Lifecycle & Service Delivery

• Serve as the key contact for contractors from onboarding to assignment close-out.
• Manage verification of sector-specific certifications (GWO, NOGEPA, VCA, offshore medicals).
• Ensure accurate assignment documentation including contracts, extensions, recharges, and compliance documentation.
• Support logistics for offshore or overseas mobilisations, site access, and pre-employment screening.
• Resolve contractor issues quickly and professionally, ensuring a high standard of care.

Compliance & Operational Quality

• Ensure full compliance with Dutch labour legislation, tax rules, and collective labour agreements where applicable.
• Uphold GDPR/AVG data protection standards for all candidate and contractor information.
• Collaborate with Quality Control teams on audits and required documentation.
• Maintain accurate records in Airswift’s internal systems and VMS environments.
• Monitor turnaround times to deliver services cost-effectively and efficiently.

Reporting & Performance Tracking

• Generate reports on fill rates, time-to-hire, contractor performance, and MSP KPIs.
• Track manpower schedules, run rates, and project workforce forecasts.
• Provide regular updates to Service Managers and Program Directors.

Supplier Engagement

• Coordinate the onboarding of new vendor agencies to the MSP, ensuring that company governance and compliance needs are adhered too.
• Distribute all live requirements accross the supply chain supported by the VMS technology in place.
• Engage with suppliers and manage queries on live requirements.
• Coordinate with support from the Program Director, regular performance reviews of the supply chain.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Proven background in recruitment, service delivery, or MSP environments.
• Staffing background is preferred.
• Experience within the energy sector strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Word.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret reports and workforce data.
• Knowledge of Dutch labour law and GDPR/AVG or willingness to develop this expertise.
• Ability to travel to client location close to The Hague.

What we can offer you!

• Attractive monthly base salary + competitive commission/performance bonus.
• Genuine career progression opportunities, either locally or globally!
• World-class training programmes and development opportunities.
• Virtual Onboarding Events exclusively for new hires.
• Team driven environment, supportive culture with a focus on work-life balance.
• Career breaks available after one year.
• Real time recognition through our employee reward platform.
• Mental Health First Aiders to signpost you to support when you need it.
• Yearly destination trips as part of our High Flyers program (Dubai, Buenos Aires, etc…)
• Charity days for various important causes such as Relay for Life and Earth Day.

Our Core Values:

• Growth - In life and business, one must grow to flourish and achieve high ambitions. Growth requires change, challenge, risk and sacrifice - we will always choose growth.
• Life – Above all else, we value life. The quality of life, both in and outside of work, profoundly influences our well-being and our impact on the world.
• Excellence - We deliver, holding ourselves accountable for results. Our customers see excellence in everything we do.
• Integrity - We are ethical, open, honest and authentic. People trust us to do the right thing for the right reason.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Airswift, we believe that diversity is critical to our success and makes us a great place to work. We are committed to building an equal opportunity workplace, the more inclusive we are - the better our work will be.