Learning & Advisory - Assistant Manager

Role Overview

Office Location

• The description lists Saudi Arabia – Riyadh or Al Khobar as possible office locations.
• The role includes virtual and in-person presentations, training, meetings, and external engagements.

Knowledge and Regulatory Work

• Draft, edit, update, and publish content on immigration, mobility, and regional regulatory frameworks and practices.
• Research legislation, policy, regulatory frameworks, and government procedures across the MENA region.
• Work with subject matter experts to validate information about the practical implementation of regulatory requirements and government processes.
• Conduct quality-control reviews of content, products, and processes to maintain accuracy, consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Prepare international benchmarking studies, current-state assessments, reports, policy papers, and white papers.

Advisory and Project Delivery

• Contribute to business advisory projects involving compliance reviews, audits, policy drafting, multijurisdictional assessments, workforce mobility, and client training.
• Contribute to government advisory projects involving policy analysis, benchmarking, stakeholder engagement, procedural assessments, and recommendations.
• Coordinate internal and external teams across workstreams, dependencies, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Prepare meeting agendas and minutes and contribute to project plans and implementation roadmaps.
• Monitor project progress, identify issues, and help deliver agreed outputs and deadlines.

Content and External Engagement

• Prepare and deliver client and internal presentations, training programmes, and knowledge-sharing sessions virtually and in person.
• Draft thought-leadership materials, client communications, articles, blogs, presentations, and other content.
• Support business development activities, proposals, tender submissions, marketing initiatives, conferences, client meetings, and government meetings.
• Use digital tools and proprietary systems to manage information for Fragomen and its clients.

Team and Administration

• Support management and development of team members through work allocation, quality oversight, coaching, knowledge sharing, and performance feedback.
• Maintain accurate time records and project, matter, and activity tracking.
• Undertake administrative responsibilities required for effective operation of the MENA Learning & Advisory team.

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in law, public policy, international relations, political science, or another relevant discipline.
• At least five years of relevant experience in legal or regulatory research, content development, knowledge management, consulting, or advisory work.
• Ability to research and analyze legislation, policy, and government procedures and translate findings into practical intelligence.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, drafting, editing, quality-control, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Ability to collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders, work independently, exercise sound judgment, and manage competing priorities.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, proprietary knowledge systems, presentations, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Preferred Skills

• Working proficiency in Arabic is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience in immigration, labour, employment, public policy, or a related regulatory field is preferred.
• Experience in consulting, business advisory, government advisory, team supervision, coaching, business development, proposal drafting, or tender responses is preferred.
• Experience with data, dashboards, regulatory trackers, or other knowledge-management tools is preferred.

Benefits

• The Saudi Arabia offering includes private medical insurance, dental coverage, Headspace membership, ticket allowance, housing and education policies, annual leave, public holidays, volunteering leave, long-service leave, e-learning, mentoring, and training bursaries where applicable.