HR Generalist
Role Overview
The HR Generalist is part of Grant Thornton UAE's Internal Client Services team, within People & Culture.
People & Culture supports the employee lifecycle and internal people processes, partnering with the business to support performance and employee experience.
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Role and team
The HR Generalist is part of Grant Thornton UAE's Internal Client Services team, within People & Culture.
People & Culture supports the employee lifecycle and internal people processes, partnering with the business to support performance and employee experience.
HR operations and employee lifecycle
- Manage onboarding, probation reviews, promotions, transfers, contract amendments, and offboarding.
- Prepare accurate, compliant employment documents and maintain employee records in HR systems and personnel files.
- Coordinate visa, labour, and immigration-related HR activities where applicable.
- Support payroll administration through accurate employee data and timely submissions.
- Monitor probation periods, contract renewals, and employee milestones; respond to employee queries about HR policies and procedures.
Business partnering and employee relations
- Build working relationships with managers across assigned service lines and support lifecycle decisions, performance management, organisational changes, and people matters.
- Provide first-line employee relations advice and escalate complex matters appropriately.
- Assist with performance review cycles, calibration discussions, and talent management initiatives.
- Support workforce planning, resource forecasting, headcount tracking, engagement, wellbeing, culture, and people strategies aligned with business objectives.
Projects, reporting, and data
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, systems, and employee experience; contribute to transformation, digitalisation, and automation initiatives.
- Assist with HR dashboards, reports, and people analytics, as well as budgeting, promotions, compensation reviews, engagement surveys, and cross-functional projects.
- Report on headcount, turnover, recruitment, absence, and workforce trends; maintain data integrity across HR systems and reporting tools.
- Support compliance, audit, and governance with accurate documentation and reporting; analyse people data to inform decisions and identify trends.
About the employer
Grant Thornton describes itself as a growing professional services firm with a global network and local expertise.
Requirements
- The posting provides no specific education, years-of-experience, or certification requirements.
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