Junior HR Business Partner | Corporate Services

Job Requisition ID: 168048

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview Of The Role

To act as a trusted advisor to management on all human capital matters; to ensure a keen understanding of the business to implement HR strategies and practices that support robust business growth, reinforce a culture of performance focus, meritocracy and diversity and comply with Group HR policy.

What You Will Do

• Ensure new employees are properly inducted into the business and given support to become productive as quickly as possible.
• Coach managers and formulate and implement performance management plans to improve performance or assist with exit from the organisation. Play a key role in communicating organisational messages and monitoring feedback per functional area.
• Support implementing the HR strategy by identify training and development initiatives required per functional area and liaise with Learning & Development Manager to ensure appropriate initiatives are delivered. Ensure development and training needs of key and high potential staff are identified and delivered.
• Manage ER issues within the business units. Support line managers in creating a culture of employee engagement based upon Group values. Reinforce at all times a culture of performance-focus and diversity.
• Act as an advisor to line managers to educate them and minimise risk. Ensure compliance with local law and Group policy throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Communicate and implement changes to HR policies and procedures. Ensure disciplinary procedure is properly applied before any employee is exited from the business.
• Act as a trusted business partner and coach to managers. Consult and support line managers across the group and ensure their buy-in to all initiatives.
• Focus on measuring the employee engagement and take necessary actions based on output results. Act as change agent and facilitate transition.
• Play an active role in assessing MP requirements, prepare and review MP budgets and forecast. Ensure annual manpower budgeting exercise is conducted accurately and efficiently.
• Assess and analyses the business need prior to advertisement stage by gathering information about the nature of the job; the contents, the purpose, the efficiencies within the concerned dept, the output required and how the role would fit into the overall objective of the organization.
• Support line managers in the design of the job profile, technical assessment and interview questionnaire. Conduct competency-based panel interviews with line managers.
• To ensure compliance to HR policy is maintained, to review and strengthen business internal controls and procedures, ensure compliance of DOA and provide leadership on process and governance. Ensure compliance with laws, regulations and other requirements.
• To ensure that Emiratization focus is maintained, and diversification goals are reinforced and achieved.
  
  

Required Skills To Be Successful

• Good communication skills and problem solving / analytical skills.
• People management and team working skills.
• Strategic thinking skills and solution orientated.
  
  

What Equips You For The Role

• Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Management.
• Minimum five years of HR Generalist work experience.
• Previous experience as a HR Business Partner.
• CIPD qualification is desirable.
  
  

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