Reigonal HR Advisor (Maternity Cover)

📍 Dubai (Onsite) | 🕐 Full-time | 🌍 Global Organisation | AED 330,942 per annum

Make an impact where it matters

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced global environment and influencing leaders?

We are looking for a confident, forward-thinking and proactive

to join our People Team on a

9-month maternity cover contract

, supporting managers across the UK and our global business.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll take ownership of employee relations casework, coach managers, and help shape best-practice HR approaches across a global organisation.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is the world’s leading professional body for procurement and supply, with over 70,000 members worldwide.

With a Royal Charter, we’re driven by a clear purpose: to raise standards, build capability, and support ethical, high-performing supply chain professionals globally.

You will play a central role in supporting managers globally and driving people excellence across the organisation, bringing a proactive, commercially aware HR approach.

Acting as a trusted advisor, you will lead on complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance cases, while coaching and upskilling managers to handle people issues confidently, consistently and fairly.

As a key member of the People Team, they will operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing expert advice on employee relations matters across multiple regions including the Middle East, Africa, APAC, and other international locations.

Alongside this, you will contribute to delivering effective recruitment and talent strategies, supporting campaigns, advising on job design and selection processes, and playing an active role in talent and succession planning.

You will also take ownership of key HR projects aligned to the People Strategy, driving continuous improvement in processes and ways of working, and contributing to learning, development and employee engagement initiatives.

Building strong, credible relationships across the business will be essential, enabling you to influence and challenge constructively at all levels.

Using data and insights, you will support informed decision-making and help shape a positive, high-performing workplace culture.

At CIPS, you’ll be part of a globally connected organisation where you can take ownership of meaningful, complex HR work and genuinely shape our people practices.

You’ll join a supportive, collaborative and values-led People team, where your expertise and voice is valued.

Ready to apply?

If you’re an experienced HR Advisor ready to make an impact in a fast-paced, global organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV and a short covering letter telling us what excites you about the role and what you’ll bring to the team.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Closing date is 01 July 2026.

We can’t wait to hear from you!