Senior Human Resources Consultant
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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Consultant for a high-impact advisory engagement with a multinational specialty chemicals group. The role involves assessing the current HR state, designing a future corporate HR model, and providing a phased implementation roadmap.
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Responsibilities
- Assess the organisation's existing HR landscape across governance, policies, compliance, systems, recruitment, job architecture, compensation, performance management, learning and development, employee relations, and workforce planning
- Review HR related responsibilities currently managed by Legal, Internal Audit and other corporate functions
- Identify capability, governance and process gaps against corporate level requirements
- Define the future state corporate HR operating model including mandate, structure, governance, responsibilities, decision rights, and interaction model
- Design a corporate HR policy framework suitable for a global, multi jurisdictional organisation
- Define the future corporate HR leadership position including scope, responsibilities, reporting structure, and required competencies
- Develop a phased implementation roadmap outlining prioritisation, resource requirements, governance recommendations, and transition of HR ownership
- Produce deliverables: current state HR assessment, corporate HR function design, policy framework, leadership role definition, roadmap, and executive presentation
Requirements
- 15+ years of senior HR leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience building, standardising or transforming corporate HR functions within complex multi entity organisations
- Strong international HR experience across multiple jurisdictions and regions
- Experience defining HR governance, policies, operating models and organisational structures
- Ability to engage effectively with executive leadership teams and board level stakeholders
- Experience delivering strategic HR advisory or transformation engagements
- Experience in specialty chemicals, manufacturing, industrials, distribution, supply chain & logistics, or multi country group structures
- CIPD Chartered / Level 7, SHRM SCP, SPHR or equivalent senior HR qualifications
- Experience operating across Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa preferred
- Arabic language capability beneficial but not essential
- UAE based consultants strongly preferred
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Overview
- We're supporting a leading privately owned multinational specialty chemicals group headquartered in Dubai in the search for an experienced Senior HR Consultant to undertake a strategic corporate HR assessment and design engagement.
- This is a high impact advisory engagement focused on defining what a best practice corporate HR function should look like within a complex, multi jurisdictional organisation.
- This is not an operational HR leadership role.
Key Responsibilities
- Current State Assessment: Assess the organisation's existing HR landscape across governance, policies, employment compliance, HR systems, recruitment, job architecture, compensation, performance management, learning and development, employee relations, and workforce planning.
- Review HR related responsibilities currently managed by Legal, Internal Audit and other corporate functions.
- Identify capability, governance and process gaps against corporate level requirements.
- Corporate HR Function Design: Define the future state corporate HR operating model including mandate, structure, governance, responsibilities, decision rights, and interaction model.
- Policy & Governance Framework: Design a corporate HR policy framework suitable for a global, multi jurisdictional organisation.
- Corporate HR Leadership Role Definition: Define the future corporate HR leadership position including scope, responsibilities, reporting structure, and required competencies.
- Implementation Roadmap: Develop a phased roadmap outlining prioritisation, resource requirements, governance recommendations, and transition of HR ownership.
Required Experience
- 15+ years of senior HR leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience building, standardising or transforming corporate HR functions within complex multi entity organisations.
- Strong international HR experience across multiple jurisdictions and regions.
- Experience defining HR governance, policies, operating models and organisational structures.
- Ability to engage effectively with executive leadership teams and board level stakeholders.
- Experience delivering strategic HR advisory or transformation engagements.
- Industry experience in specialty chemicals, manufacturing, industrials, distribution, supply chain & logistics, or multi country group structures.
- Preferred qualifications: CIPD Chartered / Level 7, SHRM SCP, SPHR or equivalent.
- Experience operating across Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa preferred.
- Arabic language capability beneficial but not essential.
- UAE based consultants strongly preferred.
Compensation & Schedule
- USD $750 $900 per day.
- Initial 3 Month Engagement (July October 2026).
- 3 4 Days Per Week.
- Hybrid in Dubai, UAE.
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