Senior Specialist, Technical Assessment

Job description / Role

- To ensure that all administration relating to the assessment center and its activities is carried out effectively, including ordering tests, registering testers, setting testing schedules, and keeping records of all activities, including statistics, in accordance with Orpic policy and the requirements of assessor bodies.
- To coordinate with capability team/leadership team to ensure full use of competency profile and IDPs of the assesses.
- To ensure the center is appropriately staffed at all times and that all commitments to provide assessment inside/outside the center are met.
- To ensure that all financial activities related to the center are carried out effectively and in line with procedures, including monthly invoicing (internal and external), weekly banking, purchasing logbooks, tests, stationery and verifying payment.
- To ensure that the access to Assessment requirements of all functions are met, that the special requirements of assesses are met wherever possible and that there is full liaison with the Talent Development.
- To keep abreast of all issues related to the delivery of assessment by various assessors/staff/functions to insure that all requirements are met.

Requirements

- University degree and extensive experience in assessment of people performance and leader development.
- Combined education in business, the sciences and or organization behaviour is a definite advantage

Technical and Business
- 6 years relevant experience in applied development fields (line experience is a definite advantage)
- Experience in conducting Assessment.
- Time Management
- Analytical skills.
- Planning skills
- High level of proficiency in word processing, graphics and spreadsheet software (MS Office).

Leadership and Interpersonal
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality
- Demonstrated ability to work in own initiatives and deal calm with challenging costumers.
- Proven effectiveness in roles requiring complex stakeholder engagement
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with strong customer service orientation
- Strong self-awareness of personal strengths, development needs and impact on others

Language
- English (fluent) required, Arabic is advantageous

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.