About the Role

Tafakkur is looking for a driven and people-first Senior HR & Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our growing team. This is a hands-on, end-to-end HR role — you'll own recruitment, shape our people practices, support day-to-day operations, and play an active part in building the organizational structure we need to scale.

If you're someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys wearing multiple hats, and cares deeply about building great teams and healthy workplace cultures, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Talent Acquisition

• Lead the full recruitment lifecycle — from defining job requirements and sourcing candidates to interviewing, offers, and onboarding
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for current and future hiring needs
• Partner with team leads to understand hiring needs and translate them into effective job briefs
• Continuously improve our hiring process for speed, quality, and candidate experience
• Represent Tafakkur at job fairs, university events, and recruitment drives, acting as a brand ambassador to attract top talent

Performance Management

• Design and manage performance review cycles and goal-setting frameworks
• Support managers in conducting meaningful performance conversations and development plans
• Identify performance gaps and propose actionable solutions

Organizational Design & Structure

• Proactively suggest improvements to team structures, reporting lines, and role definitions as the company evolves
• Contribute to workforce planning and help anticipate future talent needs
• Maintain updated, accurate job descriptions across the organization

Team & Culture

• Plan and coordinate team engagement activities, offsites, and culture-building initiatives
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performance work environment
• Act as a trusted point of contact for employee concerns and day-to-day HR queries

HR Operations

• Maintain HR records, contracts, and employee documentation
• Support operational tasks including onboarding/offboarding, leave management, and policy compliance
• Help develop, document, and refine internal HR policies and processes
• Support leadership with ad hoc operational and people-related projects

Employer Branding

• Contribute to Tafakkur's online presence from an employer branding perspective

What We're Looking For

• 4–7 years of HR experience, with a strong foundation in both talent acquisition and generalist HR
• Proven ability to manage recruitment independently from sourcing to offer
• Experience with performance management processes and frameworks
• Comfortable advising on org structure, roles, and hierarchy (thinking strategically)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; people trust you and enjoy working with you
• Highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities at once
• Fluent in both Arabic and English — written and spoken — with the ability to communicate professionally in either language across all HR and recruitment activities
• Experience in a startup or fast-growing environment is a strong plus

What You'll Find at Tafakkur

• A collaborative, curious team that values people as its biggest asset
• Real ownership and influence over how we build our culture and organization
• Room to grow as the company grows

About Tafakkur

Tafakkur is a research, training, and educational-scientific development institution founded in 2008 in Jordan. We strive to nurture individuals capable of building civilization and to create the educational environments necessary to achieve this. Through our curriculum, implemented by partner schools and institutions worldwide, we develop critical thinking, character, and intellectual depth from an early age.