People Experience Trainee

Job description / Role

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What we are looking for: Wellbeing & Engagement Trainee

Are you an outgoing person with a passion for people, and a keen interest in building a career in the corporate retail world? We are currently looking to recruit a wellbeing and engagement trainee to join our People Experience & Culture team for a six-month internship program.

In your role, you will be immersed in the People Experience & Culture (PX&C) projects, initiatives and plans from day one. You will assist the team to drive the employee wellbeing and engagement strategy and contribute to shaping the company's culture and enhancing the experience of employees. Responsibilities will include driving initiatives and events including communication, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, introducing new ideas and ways of working and supporting in managing projects.

What you will do (Job Responsibilities):

- Drive wellbeing and engagement initiatives across offices, stores, and warehouses
- Collaborate with the PX&C Partners in the region to activate plans and align on priorities and directions
- Manage the wellbeing and engagement calendar and ensure timely execution of events
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to plan and run events successfully
- Propose innovative and inclusive ideas to celebrate occasions and engage a diverse workforce
- Capture and analyse feedback to enhance processes and experiences
- Draft copies/texts to announce and communicate about initiatives and events
- Provide editorial, admin and management support for multiple wellbeing projects

Requirements

What you'll need to succeed:

- Enthusiasm, care, and a passion for people and wellbeing
- An outgoing personality to engage and interact with employees
- Creativity and readiness to come up with new ideas
- Strong communication skills and ability to write short but gripping copies
- Highly organized administrative skills
- An interest in HR/People & Culture

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.