Expert - HR Rewards - Critical Government Entity

Job description / Role

As an experienced HR Rewards professional, you will you will design and implement comprehensive compensation and benefits strategies that align with the organization's objectives, ensuring market competitiveness and employee engagement. You will also advise senior leadership on executive compensation, incentive structures, and workforce planning, driving strategic decision-making to attract and retain top talent.

Client Details

This is a government organization exploring a broad range of new strategic initiatives for Abu Dhabi to create a lasting impact.

Description

* Develop and execute a comprehensive total rewards strategy, aligning compensation, benefits, and incentives with organization's goals and industry best practices.
* Lead compensation benchmarking and job evaluation processes, ensuring competitive salary structures and equitable pay across the organization.
* Design and optimize executive compensation packages, including long-term incentives, and performance-based rewards.
* Oversee benefits programs (healthcare, retirement, wellness, and other perks), ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with employee needs.
* Drive workforce planning and talent retention initiatives, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance engagement and reward strategies.
* Advise senior leadership and HR teams on market trends, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to compensation and benefits.
* Lead digital transformation efforts in the HR rewards space, optimizing technology solutions for compensation planning and analytics

Job Offer

* Attractive compensation package
* Opportunity for growth within a high-profile government-linked entity

* At least 15 years of HR Rewards experience, with a strong background in total rewards, compensation strategy, and benefits management.
* Experience working in large scale and/or complex organisations, with a track record of driving large-scale compensation and benefits strategies.
* Strategic leadership experience, with the ability to align rewards programs with long-term business objectives.
* Expertise in executive compensation, including knowledge of long-term incentives, and regulatory frameworks.
* Proven ability to analyse market trends and compensation data, providing insights to drive competitive and fair rewards strategies.
* Strong stakeholder management and advisory skills, with experience engaging senior leadership and HR teams.
* Advanced knowledge of compensation tools, HR analytics, and digital transformation in HR rewards.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.