HR Officer

Job description / Role

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- HR policy administration
- On boarding of new staff
- Disciplinary action and Performance management

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Coordinate HR practices and policies regarding employees such processing applications, verifying employment, separation, contracts, and compensation schedule in compliance with company policies, contracts, laws, and agreements.
- Working closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures
- Coordinate and facilitate joining formalities for new staff as well as induction and orientation
- Follow-up on progress of new recruits in their jobs through the induction and probation period
- Interpreting and advising management on UAE labour law
- Coordinate and administer the requirements for the process of performance management and disciplinary action
- Provide basic counseling to staff who have performance related obstacles
- Communicating with departments, employees, administrators, and staff and provide information and assistance regarding new joiners, transfers, employment, personnel records.
- Prepare all official correspondence relating to probation confirmations, salary certificates, disciplinary issues and the miscellaneous letters as per approved employee request in a timely manner.
- Supporting and promoting new and current employee benefit programs eg. health, medical, compensation.
- Ensuring the accurate information reflects in payroll database, verifying, and providing inputs regarding data and pay changes.
- Providing recommendations to the Senior HR specialist and HR manager regarding training programs, trouble areas, and opportunities.
- Ensure applicable system updates, reports generation and record keeping in a timely and accurate manner.

Requirements

- Degree / Diploma in Human Resource Management
- 5 years’ experience as a HR Officer

Job Specific Skills:
- Excellent knowledge of HR processes and procedures,Knowledge of UAE legislation

Generic Skills:
- Excellent spoken English and Arabic language (preferred).

About the Company

Established in 1978, by the Baker family who still own and manage the company today, Gulf Marketing Group is one of the Middle East's leading, family owned companies. Gulf Marketing Group operates regionally, across the GCC and boasts a diverse portfolio of brands, retail outlets and services. Gulf Marketing Group subsidiaries operate in key sectors such as retail and distribution of sporting goods and lifestyle brands, health and fitness, food and food processing, integrated 3PL logistics, real estate, healthcare and pharmacies, education and technology. Since 1978, Gulf Marketing Group has introduced more than 90 international brands into the Middle East, as well as building the reputation of our homegrown brands as reliable and quality driven companies.

We are proud to be one of the top 10 retailers in the Gulf region with:

• More than three decades experience managing international brands in local environments
• A prestigious portfolio of world class brand partners
• Anchor tenancy in all major GCC shopping malls
• A proven track record of securing exclusive retail and distributor agreements
• An experienced management team
• Strong customer relationships