​Charterhouse is currently working with a well-established educational organisation, who is looking to hire a HR Manager for their Dubai Office. This role will be a stand-alone position delivering HR Services across the Middle East.

About the role
The HR Manager will be the lead person in delivery of HR Services for the Middle East Operations, and business partner with the management team to ensure daily operations and people agenda is compliant with the UAE employment law and regulations. This role will act as the first point of contact for HR issues raised by school employees.

Additionally, this role that will take on the responsibility of full-employee lifecycle across the group with a focus on recruitment, onboarding, induction and training whilst collaborating with senior management to improve and develop processes such as recruitment, performance management and driving employee engagement initiatives.

The Manager will also be responsible for employee relations, salary benchmarking and payroll. In conjunction, this role will ensure all company policies and procedures are up to date and compliant with local labour law, across the group.

About you
To be considered for this role, the successful candidate must have at least 7 years’ experience in HR, within a similar role with excellent knowledge of the UAE labour law and a minimum of 2 years’ work experience in the Middle East. Further Education in the related field and a career history within Education is preferred.

Our client is looking for someone with a professional and personable approach with attention to detail and exceptional organisational skills. The candidate must possess strong verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to handle diverse situations with confidence and multi-task under demanding deadlines.