Human Resources Business Partner (Contract)

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a primary HR point of contact for a designated business team, building
• strong relationships with leadership and employees.
• Partner with business leaders on workforce planning, organization design, and
• headcount optimization to support business strategy.
• Drive performance management, including goal-setting, mid-year and annual
• reviews, calibration, and development planning.
• Support employee engagement, culture initiatives, and change management
• activities linked to ongoing transitions and restructuring.
• Provide guidance on complex employee relations cases, grievances, disciplinary
• issues, and performance improvement plans, ensuring compliance with UAE
• labour law.
• Collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition to ensure timely hiring and
• onboarding of key roles for the assigned business team.
• Work with Compensation & Benefits to support salary reviews, promotions, and
• internal mobility, ensuring internal equity and market competitiveness.
• Support the development, implementation, and communication of HR policies,
• procedures, and frameworks.
• Use HR data and analytics to generate insights, manage people dashboards, and
• support evidence-based decision-making.
• Coordinate with HR Operations on all lifecycle activities (onboarding, transfers,
• exits) for the assigned population.

Qualifications And Experience

• **Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related**
• field; HR certification (e.g., CIPD, SHRM) is an advantage
• .
• **Ideally 6–12 years of progressive HR experience, with at least several years in an**
• HR Business Partner or equivalent advisory role
• .
• Experience within investment management, financial services, sovereign wealth,
• private equity, or similar corporate/investment environments is preferred, though
• strong candidates from other industries will be considered.
• Solid knowledge of UAE labour law and HR best practices.
• Proven track record of partnering with senior stakeholders in a dynamic, change
• heavy environment.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong business acumen and ability to translate business needs into pragmatic
• HR solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and coaching skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a pragmatic and
• hands-on approach.
• High level of discretion, integrity, and professionalism.
• Strong communication skills; preference for bilingual candidates (e.g.,
• Arabic/English or Arabic/French).