People & Culture Executive - UAE National
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About the Role
Aldar Education is hiring multiple People & Culture Executives in Abu Dhabi to provide HR generalist support across the employee lifecycle in schools. The role includes payroll coordination, employee relations, onboarding, and benefits administration.
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Responsibilities
- Support monthly payroll cycles by validating attendance reports
- Process new joiners, terminations, salary revisions, and employee updates in line with payroll timelines
- Maintain accurate employee records in Oracle and ensure data integrity for reporting and audits
- Liaise with HQ Payroll to verify end of service and staff deduction calculations
- Coordinate employee letters and documentation in line with approval processes
- Support the clearance and exit process for leavers, including exit interviews and documentation
- Track and monitor probation and annual performance evaluation forms to ensure timely completion
- Support verification and administration of benefits such as accommodation, education allowance, and related entitlements
- Assist in the recruitment process including CV screening, initial candidate calls, offer processing and reference checks
- Organise and attend recruitment events to promote Aldar Education as an employer of choice
- Support onboarding activities, ensuring all required documents are collected, verified, and saved in Oracle/EDMS
- Coordinate with GRE and HQ teams for MOHRE and ICP applications, token submissions, and visa processes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in People & Culture, ideally within education or hospitality
- Familiarity with UAE labour law, payroll processes, and People & Culture systems (e.g. Oracle Fusion) is desirable
- Competent in using IT systems including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
- High attention to detail with ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure
- Discretion and professionalism in managing confidential information
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service mindset
- Ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed environment
- Fluency in English (Arabic is highly advantageous)
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Job Description
- Aldar Education is currently seeking multiple People & Culture Executives to support our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE.
- This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi's leading school group.
About Aldar Education
- As the leading education group in Abu Dhabi, we provide inclusive and innovative learning that inspires and empowers communities.
- Starting with one school and 250 students in 2007, Aldar Education now supports over 31,000 students and a growing network of almost 5,000 educators.
Responsibilities
- The People & Culture Executives provide generalist support across the full employee lifecycle within their allocated school and cluster.
- They work closely with the Cluster P&C Manager and Talent team to support payroll coordination, employee relations casework, onboarding and offboarding, contract administration, benefits processing, and reporting.
- Support monthly payroll cycles by validating attendance reports.
- Process new joiners, terminations, salary revisions, and employee updates in line with payroll timelines.
- Maintain accurate employee records in Oracle and ensure data integrity for reporting and audits.
- Liaise with HQ Payroll to verify end of service and staff deduction calculations.
- Coordinate employee letters and documentation in line with approval processes.
- Support the clearance and exit process for leavers, including exit interviews and documentation.
- Track and monitor probation and annual performance evaluation forms to ensure timely completion by line managers.
- Support verification and administration of benefits such as accommodation, education allowance, and related entitlements.
- Assist in the recruitment process including CV screening, initial candidate calls, offer processing and reference checks.
- Organise and attend recruitment events to promote Aldar Education as an employer of choice.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in People & Culture, ideally within education or hospitality.
- Familiarity with UAE labour law, payroll processes, and People & Culture systems (e.g. Oracle Fusion) is desirable.
- Competent in using IT systems including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure.
- Discretion and professionalism in managing confidential information.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service mindset.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed environment.
- Flexibility to travel within the cluster as required.
- Fluency in English (Arabic is highly advantageous).
What We Offer
- Aldar Education offers an attractive remuneration package including a range of benefits.
- Our future focused learning model includes both students and staff, placing special emphasis on professional development, coaching, and training.
- Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others.
Additional Information
- Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.
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