Associate Director for Rewards

Job description / Role

A member of the HR leadership team, the Associate Director for Rewards will provide input and support to the implementation of the HR strategy. The Associate Director will create conditions, practices and programs to enable GU-Q to meet a core goal of building/retaining institutional capacity. Specifically, this position will be responsible for GU-Q’s compensation and benefit programs, including payroll, wellness, and employee recognition. Additionally, this position will be a resource for senior leadership on matters related to organizational change and development.

Duties:

- Plan, design and implement GU-Q’s total rewards strategy;
- Review and evaluate internal practices, processes and procedures affecting organizational effectiveness and make recommendations for improvement;
- Review tax protection and tax equalization policies, programs and services; recommend changes as appropriate, while ensuring the policy’s competitiveness;
- Manage the development and implementation of reward processes, policies and procedures for the GU-Q HR department, to include but not limited to policy implementation, document processing, policy execution, HRIS processes and procedures;
- In collaboration with Associate Director for Talent Management, support performance management process;
- Work with all levels of management to determine job competencies required for positions at GU-Q;
- Responsible for managing requests for leaves of absences (e.g. medical, disability, educational, personal, etc.);
- Manage team of two professionals, including setting and reviewing performance objectives, and identifying training and development needs;
- Manage repatriation-related processes and procedures for departing employees;
- Serve as back up to the Associate Director for Talent Management on employee relations issues, including providing coaching and advice to supervisor and employees;
- Others as needed.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree. Masters in HR or related field preferred;
- 7+ years’ human resources management experience with an emphasis on compensation, benefits, wellness and organizational development, preferably in an international context;
- Experience working for large and complex organizations;
- Proven track record aligning compensation and benefits programs in a progressive environment and designing and delivering new programs;
- Strong understanding of compensation and benefits practices in the Middle East and the US;
- Knowledge of human resources practice, policies and procedures;
- Understanding of US tax laws, federal and state employment and benefits laws preferred;
- PHR/SPHR/GPHR, CIPD, CCP, CEB or equivalent preferred.

About the Company

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is located on the Education City campus in Doha, Qatar and offers a variety of lifelong learning opportunities for the community. The four-year Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree program is delivered by the world renowned Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service with a curriculum that is identical to that offered to students in Washington, D. C. Each year, GU-Q admits a class of approximately 75 students, primarily from the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. GU-Q is sponsored by Qatar Foundation and is one of six American universities located within Education City. All students have access to a superb range of recreational and housing facilities offered by Qatar Foundation and they take classes in classrooms equipped with state of the art technology. The campus currently boasts the presence of the largest public access library in Qatar. The compensation, benefits, terms of employment and professional development opportunities for GU-Q faculty and staff are highly competitive.