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    HR Recruiter | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    You will join a leading financial services business based in DIFC where you will lead and develop the recruitment division. You will have previous in house experience and experience of creating new processes and procedures where candidate experience is key.The Role:* Lead, mentor and manage the existing recruitment team* Talent acquisition strategy aligned to business needs* Create new recruitment platforms* Work closely with the hiring managers* Develop ATS* Ensure on boarding and visa processes are executed* Create a brand attraction strategy

    The Candidate:* You will be degree qualified with 8 – 10 years recruitment experience, Agency or in house background will be considered. You will have developed ATS and recruitment strategies and also had a exposure to talent management.* Financial or professional services experience advantageous.Salary and Benefits* 30,000-40,000aed per monthRobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training.

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    Global Mobility Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Human Capital (HC)Management LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Human Resources within Internal Firm Services will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll help our local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firmwide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firmwide success in the marketplace.Our Internal Global Mobility team provides support for PwC’s international assignment programmes. As part of our team, you’ll help with all human resource related aspects of international assignments including tax, immigration, mobility consulting, and expatriate compensation and benefits. You will help the firm streamline and effectively manage the international assignment programme.As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping the firm to optimize and implement its Global Mobility strategy. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: – Manage the end to end assignee lifecycle, from application and selection to performance management and repatriation  – Support in the development of strategies for existing and new mobility types  – Stakeholder management  – Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others – Support with ongoing connectivity within the assignee and network community  – Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand  – Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems – Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships – Work together with our People Services team to provide our assignees with the best possible on- and offboarding experience – Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct

    Skills required:  – Working experience within global mobility – Ability to communicate clearly and build strong relationships  – Experience in working with teams in remote locations – Analytical thinking and problem solving – Digitally enabled – Attention to detail  – Collaborative

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    HR and Admin – Hindi Speaker | Swisslinx Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Human Resource Management – To oversee all human resources operations and ensure they’re aligned with business goals.• Recruiting and staffing logistics• Employee visa formalities for on-boarding and exits• Draft HR policies according to current and updated UAE & DIFC Labour Laws• Provide guidance and interpretation on HR policies• Employee related insurance policy arrangements• Sourcing vendor for Health Insurance policy• Managing employees’ insurance claims and reimbursements• Employee data management• Attendance & Leave data management• Salary & reimbursement processing and data management • Identify training needs for teams and individuals• Consult with management on Performance Appraisals • Plan team building activities• Work closely with Management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention• Resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances• Suggest new HR strategies• There is an additional considerable administrative part of the role

    • Educational Qualification: Graduate.• Relevant experience of minimum 8+ years, preferably• Excellent written and oral and communication skills in English• Knowledge of labor laws and regulations• Superior interpersonal skills• Detail-oriented and good problem-solving skills.• Budget management experience• Strong people skills, Hindi Speaker• Excellent time management skills• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint

    Swisslinx Middle East is a leading executive search firm in the region. We specialise in recruitment solutions, talent acquisition and career advice across a wide range of markets within the financial services sector.

    We are located in the heart of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) which gives us unrivalled access to onshore Middle Eastern clients and candidates. We also partner with clients in London, Zurich, Geneva, Zug, Frankfurt and Paris and have been instrumental in establishing onshore Middle Eastern and Emerging Market teams.

    We believe in building long-term relationships with our clients helping them develop successful, sustainable businesses. Transparency, trust and discretion drive the way in which we mediate between clients and candidates and ensure we consistently deliver results. More

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    HR Manager | Halian

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy• Bridge management and employee relations by addressing demands, grievances, or other issues• Manage the recruitment and selection process• Support current and future business needs through the development, engagement, motivation and preservation of human capital• Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics and procedures across the organization• Nurture a positive working environment• Oversee and manage a performance appraisal system that drives high performance• Maintain pay plan and benefits program• Assess training needs to apply and monitor training programs• Report to management and provide decision support through HR metrics• Ensure legal compliance throughout human resource management

    • Proven working experience as HR Manager or HRBP• People oriented and results driven• Demonstrable experience with Human Resources metrics• Knowledge of HR systems and databases• Ability to architect strategy along with leadership skills• Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company• In-depth knowledge of labor law and HR best practices• Degree in Human Resources or related field• Someone ideally who has worked for a Financial institution, fintech, brokerage, trading house or Fintech sector.

    Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

    The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office.

    We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec.

    Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service. More

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    Talent Acquisition Consultant | Halian

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Own business area hiring objectives. • You’ll work with team leaders to understand their hiring needs & priorities, design and execute successful hiring processes, proactively identify and suggest solutions for areas of challenge and recommend areas for improvement as required.• Create & implement a sourcing strategy, focusing on driving long term direct hiring in line with our future headcount growth• Collaborate with department heads to map out current and future requirements, producing insights and talent pools against those requirements• Hire for a variety of roles that might span Sales, Marketing, Design, Product, Finance, Legal and possibly more.• Become a trusted brand ambassador internally and externally.• Ensure that all candidates experience a recruitment process reflective of our culture and brand.• Build strong relationships with the hiring teams across the business to make sure the internal customer experience is as clear and concise as the candidate experience.• Identify the most suitable methods of hiring for a role focusing on cost, quality and speed -bearing in mind the need to bring in the best person for the role but focusing on direct hiring through appropriate recruitment channels, job boards, advertising and social media to do so.• We aim for most if not all of our hiring to be through direct sourcing.• Lead on strategic and innovative candidate experience projects.• Assist with refining our candidate on-boarding processes.

    • Proven work experience as a Recruiter (either an in-house recruiter or a staffing agency recruiter) and in how to apply sourcing techniques to deliver an effective sourcing strategy• Solid ability to conduct different types of interviews (structured, competency-based, etc)• Hands on experience with various selection processes (video interviewing, phone interviewing, reference check etc)• Ability to organize skill assessment tests (work samples)• Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Management Systems (CMS)• Hands-on experience with recruiting software, as well as Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) or Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills• Strong decision-making skills• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to network successfully• Proactive and able to deliver in a fast-past environment• Someone ideally who has worked for a Financial institution, fintech, brokerage, trading house or Fintech

    Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

    The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office.

    We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec.

    Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service. More

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    People Advisory Services – Manager | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As the world continues to be impacted by globalization, demographics, technology, innovation and regulation, organizations are under pressure to adapt quickly and build agile people cultures that respond to these disruptive forces. EY People Advisory Services believes a better working world is helping our clients harness their People Agenda – the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place.We work globally and collaborate to bring you professional teams to address complex issues relating to organization transformation, end-to-end employee lifecycles, effective talent deployment and mobility, gaining value from evolving and virtual workforces, and the changing role of HR in support of business strategy. Our EY professionals ask better questions and work with clients to create holistic, innovative answers that deliver quality results. The better the question. The better the answer. The better the world works. The opportunity To manage change effectively, businesses must establish people and organizational strategies that allow them to respond flexibly to market forces. As a people and organizational change advisor, you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale Business Transformation. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our global PAS and wider EY service lines to maximize our global knowledge and experience in supporting our client’s people-related business challenges. Your key responsibilities – You will be responsible for directing, designing and implementing major change and people transformation programs across MENA related to large-scale business/ IT transformations. – You will also develop people and change management strategies and business cases with measurable objectives. – In this role, you will work in diverse project teams, together with colleagues from different service lines to address client’s most complex issues and deliver full cycle large business transformation projects. – In addition to the above, you are going to proactively manage senior client stakeholders, including delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, up to Senior Management & create value for the client by demonstrating thought leadership, bringing new insights and delivering service excellence – In this key role, you will also demonstrate the ability to identify new business and develop existing engagements and contribute to client pursuit efforts by preparing proposals and delivering presentations to potential clients and lead teams of consultants to execute engagements Skills and attributes for success – You can succeed in this role if you are professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise as well as having a strong personal impact and resilience & the ability to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions. – Taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement as well as being able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions is a skill you are expected to have for this role. – Furthermore, being skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members, motivating teams to maximise performance while demonstrating confidence and effectiveness in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments will contribute to your success for this opportunity.

    To qualify for the role you must have – A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Business Administration or HR); Masters preferred – About 5-10 years’ work experience with proven track record of delivering large complex business/ HR transformation/ change management/ culture change projects – Specifically as a Manager, you should be a subject matter expert in one or more of the following- HR Transformation, organization design, talent management, performance management, rewards, people aspects of change whether this be operational transformation, cultural change or technology driven change – Strong interpersonal and communication skills (Both Arabic and English written and verbal communication is a must) – A proven track record of proactively managing teams and client stakeholders, including providing constructive challenge, influencing decisions, providing robust advice, delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, at your commensurate level Ideally, you’ll also have – Work experience within a professional services firm, global consultancy firm and/or large private and/or public sector organisations – Sector specialisation: strong insight into Government and Public Sector, Power & Utility, Technology & Communications, Financial Services is desirable. – Direct experience working within a large, complex, multinational organisation is desirable What we look for – We’re interested in versatile people with the ability to take on new responsibilities and listen to clients to get things done. – We’re not just looking for technical knowledge experience – we’re after genuinely interesting people with the ability to build relationships, and think in unique and creative news ways. – We are working with some of the biggest names across MENA and therefore we are looking for individuals who can demonstrate real impact within various areas of PAS for our clients; people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our MENA and Global PAS to maximise our global knowledge and experience in supporting clients to achieve their transformation objectives. – If you’re a confident leader/ aspiring leader with a curious mind and the ability to solve complex issues, this role will interest you. What we offer We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer: – Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. – Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. – Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. – Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. EY | Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

    EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

    The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region More

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    Chief People Office Generalist – Associate (3 Months Fixed Term) | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Internal Firm Services – OtherManagement LevelAssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, within internal firm services, will provide you with the opportunity to support the firm in delivering positive social and environmental impact with measurable, long lasting results. You’ll focus on coordinating and overseeing the organisation’s, social impact and environmental stewardship activities as well as designing and implementing programmes to ensure the maintenance of a social licence to operate.

    Main Responsibilities:• Connect with speakers and make sure all is ready for the sessions • Design and publish the daily gazette (within the EMEA HC Academy dates) • Design the mural encompassing the whole EMEA HC Academy • Working on videos and marketing materials (teasing videos, how to videos, etc.) • Provide technical support for speakers within sessions • Take an active role in testing the platform and all needed tools • Being actively involved in brainstorming sessions tackling the design of innovative sessions (Academy’s intro and outro, Hackathon, Territory sharing, etc.) • Support in the roll-out and execution of the sessions throughout the event• Bring support as relevant to the EMEA CPO team for other events.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    HR Officer | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The Role* Recruitment and Onboarding* Generalist HR* Performance Management* Employee relations* HR Project support* Learning and Development* Policy and Procedures

    The Candidate * Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience* 5+ years’ experience in Human Resources* Strong recruiting and demonstrated ability to improve talent acquisition strategies* Demonstrated expertise of HR Administration and HRIS* Strong organizational, critical thinking and communications skills* Attention to detail and good judgementSalary and benefits * 15,000 to 18500 and company benefitsRobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training.

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More