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About the Role
Lead HR strategy execution, ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law, manage employee relations, and oversee workforce planning and outsourced management.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of the Business Relations strategy in alignment with Group HR policies and business priorities
- Implement business relations processes, SOPs, SLAs, and governance standards across all business units
- Ensure HR activities comply with UAE Labour Law, MOHRE requirements and Group HR policies
- Serve as primary point of contact for business units on HR related matters
- Partner with line managers to understand workforce needs and support execution of workforce plans
- Lead outsourced workforce management including interviews, onboarding, contract renewals, and vendor liaison
- Manage employee inquiries, service requests, and HR related issues
- Support disciplinary actions, grievances, and employee relations cases
- Lead Emiratization initiatives and track Emirati headcount against targets
- Prepare and maintain accurate HR MIS reports covering headcount, workforce utilization, and Emiratization
Requirements
- 5 7 years of experience in HR business partnering or similar role
- Strong knowledge of UAE Labour Law and MOHRE requirements
- Experience in workforce planning and budget execution
- Experience managing outsourced workforce
- Experience with Emiratization initiatives and reporting
- Strong advisory and communication skills
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Strategy, Policies & Procedures
- Lead the execution of the Business Relations strategy in alignment with Group HR policies, approved workforce plans, directives and business priorities.
- Implement business relations processes, SOPs, SLAs, and governance standards are consistently applied across all business units.
- Ensure HR activities comply with UAE Labour Law, MOHRE requirements and Group HR policies.
- Manage continuous improvement initiatives to enhance stakeholder satisfaction.
- Safeguard sensitive strategic information, ensuring confidentiality and protecting the interests and reputation of the company.
- Embed diversity and inclusion into workforce strategies and policy execution.
- Establish ethical and compliance frameworks for hiring and selection (anti bias controls, audit trails).
Business Partnering & Workforce Support
- Serve as the primary point of contact for business units on HR related matters, including employee requests, workforce planning support and HR policy interpretation.
- Partner with line managers to understand workforce needs and support execution of approved workforce plans.
- Provide consistent advisory guidance to managers on HR policies, procedures and employee lifecycle matters.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Rewards, L&D, and HR Operations to deliver integrated HR solutions.
- Advise managers on workforce transactions (transfers, promotions, job changes) ensuring fairness and documentation.
Workforce Planning & Budget Execution
- Lead the execution of approved workforce plans and track headcount movements, replacements, approvals, transfers and changes.
- Monitor workforce utilization and highlight variances, risks or deviations for escalation.
- Support workforce planning and budgeting exercises through accurate data and inputs.
- Align workforce plans and budgets; track transactions and ensure HRIS data integrity.
Outsourced Workforce Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all HR related matters concerning outsourced employees and their service providers.
- Lead and manage outsourced workforce activities, including candidate interviews, onboarding, contract renewals, exits, attendance tracking, data consolidation and invoicing.
- Liaise with vendors to ensure compliance with contractual terms, SLAs, and labour regulations.
- Ensure outsourced employee contracts are reviewed and optimally negotiated in coordination with Legal.
- Review and validate outsourced workforce data and monthly submissions prior to escalation and approval.
- Monitor outsourced service delivery against defined KPIs to ensure service quality, compliance, and contractual performance.
Employee Relations & Requests
- Manage employee inquiries, service requests, and HR related issues in a timely and professional manner.
- Support disciplinary actions, grievances, and employee relations cases in coordination with HR leadership and Legal where required.
- Manage recruitment related escalations such as onboarding issues, offer withdrawals, and hiring concerns.
- Manage grievances, investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations in line with policy and law.
Emiratization
- Lead the Emiratization initiatives and track Emirati headcount and progress against approved targets.
- Prepare and submit Emiratization reports and updates in line with internal and external requirements.
- Support engagement and retention actions for Emirati employees.
- Plan, track, and report nationalization progress; leverage Nafis programs; ensure compliance.
Reporting & Analytics
- Prepare and maintain accurate HR MIS reports covering headcount, workforce utilization, Emiratization, outsourced workforce and employee movements.
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across HR systems and dashboards.
- Analyse and highlight trends, risks, and operational issues for review by HR leadership.
- Maintain HRBP dashboards and drive actions from insights.
Talent Management
- Define Key Performance Indicators for the team.
- Oversee workload, conduct performance evaluations, recognition and career guidance along with necessary disciplinary actions as appropriate.
- Review the manning and training requirements of the team and communicate those requirements to the Management.
Synergies with stakeholders
- Provide guidance to business units on HR policies and procedural requirements to support compliant and effective HR service delivery.
- Facilitate coordination between business units, outsourced companies and HR to ensure timely resolution of queries and operational matters.
Other Tasks
- Perform any other responsibilities relating to this job request or work task as allocated by the Line Manager.
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