Senior HR Officer

Job description / Role

For over 50 years KEO has consistently delivered iconic internationally recognized projects. We offer clients highly specialized services in planning, architecture, engineering, sustainability, landscape design, infrastructure, quantity surveying and project and construction management. At the core of the firm are over 2,500 highly skilled professionals based in 14 offices throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

KEO's innovative multidisciplinary offerings have helped it maintain top positions in global rankings and our standards of excellence are reflected in KEO being entrusted with some of the leading projects across the region.

We are now seeking an exceptional Senior Human Resources Officer to join our award winning team based within our Human Resources Division, Dubai.

This critical role will be reporting through to the Regional HR Manager and be responsible for providing HR support to all levels of the business.

Requirements

Paramount to success within this varied role will include ;
• Providing coaching and support to senior management to assist in the delivery of key HR deliverables.
• Working closely (daily contact) with Human Resource and Administration teams to ensure consistency of information.
• Providing information and guidance to all employees and managers on company policies and procedures.
• Developing and proposing frameworks, improvements and benchmarking tools to ensure best practice and an overall quality service is provided in all areas of the Human Resources function.
• Manage mobilization/ secondments and personally deliver orientation for all new overseas and local hires.

To be successful in this role we envision that you will bring a minimum of 3 years' career experience, with ideally 2 years based in Dubai in a similar role within the construction and engineering industry sector.
Partnered with a Bachelor Degree in either Human Resources, Training, Psychology or equivalent, the successful candidate will possess sound knowledge of the UAE Labour Law as well as excellent English communication skills.
Master's Degree qualification will be viewed favourably as would membership of an internationally recognized professional HR organization, ie. CIPD, SHRM.
KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. Comprising over 60 different nationalities we embrace diversity and recognise its' contribution to client success wherever we work.
Our generous remuneration packages are bespoke and provide a wide range of additional benefits to support both national and expatriate employees and their families. We take pride in offering long term and dynamic career opportunities and invest in our people through our global learning, development and leadership programs.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.