Michael Page Hiring for HR Manager Job at Dubai Full Time

• Permanent Opportunity
• Well established business

About Our Client

The client is a global firm operating across 100+ countries and continuously growing. This role is a newly created position to manage the MENA region.

Job Description

• Act as a change agent, challenging the status quo, and develop best practice solutions to address talent challenges before they impact the business
• In conjunction with our Talent Acquisition team, drive recruitment activity including participating in interviews, preparation of job offers and pre-employment checks
• Manage effective onboarding and overseeing probationary reviews
• Identify themes from performance reviews and addressing accordingly
• Conduct Exit Interviews and reporting on associated data
• Ensure alignment with our internal Career Framework
• Develop and implement employee engagement programmes to continually improve engagement and retention
• Collaborate with HR colleagues to ensure alignment and a unified HR delivery approach
• Provide leadership on talent management, including assessing, developing and coaching critical talent
• Effectively support M&A related activity including due diligence and integration planning and execution
• Drive the people aspects of integration activities for previously acquired entities
• Manage visa/work permit requirements
• Provide guidance and coaching on employee relations matters
• Act as day-to-day contact for our people managers and employees in Asia
• Foster a healthy organisational culture, further activating and driving our company principles through all talent related activities
• Develop and lead on HR projects and initiatives as required, e.g., talent management/succession planning, compensation and benefits initiatives
• Foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion across the organization
• Liaise and build effective working relationships with colleagues, both within the wider HR team and in other Corporate functions/Operational teams

The Successful Applicant

• Solid understanding of local employment law and ability to advise on complex employee relations matters

• Bachelors degree or equivalent with relevant qualification(s) and/or extensive generalist HR experience, ideally within professional services

• Confidence to engage across all levels of the business

• Commercially focused
• Ability to identify and lead on process improvement and to effectively manage change
• Comfortable with a high-volume workload and willingness to proactively roll up your sleeves
• Thrive and enjoy working in a complex, fast-paced environment requiring collaboration
• You take a collaborative and enterprise-wide mindset and approach to HR projects
• Flexible approach and willing to engage on ad hoc items in other regions if required

What’s on Offer

Competitive Salary and additional benefits.