Assistant Manager HR

Role overview

HR operations and employee services

• Manage onboarding, confirmation, transfers, promotions, disciplinary actions, and offboarding.
• Maintain HR database, HRIS, and employee personnel files.
• Prepare memos, salary certificates, NOCs, disciplinary letters, and internal HR communications.
• Monitor attendance, absenteeism, and overtime across project sites; reconcile timekeeping for payroll.
• Manage leave planning, tracking, approvals, and ticket entitlements.
• Administer annual, emergency, and final-settlement air-ticket benefits and coordinate accounting with Finance.
• Coordinate medical and life insurance enrolment, renewals, deletions, and claims.
• Update organization and departmental charts with management and project HR leads.

Reporting, performance, and employee relations

• Prepare HR presentations and reports on workforce analytics, turnover, recruitment, KPIs, headcount, absenteeism, leave balances, and project manpower.
• Administer performance cycles, probation assessments, and appraisals with department managers.
• Address grievances, investigate complaints, and recommend corrective actions under labor law and company policy.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle disciplinary matters fairly and diligently.
• Coordinate employee transfers between projects with logistics, site management, and payroll.
• Process end-of-service benefits, gratuity, final settlements, and visa cancellations with PRO and accounts.
• Support engagement and welfare initiatives and conduct new-hire induction on policies, safety, and conduct.
• Provide HR inputs for budgeting, cost allocation, and manpower planning.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of HR operations experience in UAE-based construction or contracting companies.
• Master’s degree or HR certification preferred.

Work location

• Work location is in person.

Benefits

• Benefits listed include competitive salary, medical insurance, annual leave, a two-way ticket, and other benefits under UAE law.