Senior Advisor, Human Resources, Middle East

Position summary

People team

Recruitment and onboarding

• Support business cases for Middle East hiring requests and advise on candidate offer levels and salaries using experience and benchmarking.
• Coordinate with Early Careers on trainee rotations and newly qualified roles.
• Develop onboarding processes, organize and present inductions, and keep materials current and relevant.
• Meet new joiners, conduct probation check-ins and reviews, track probation periods and escalate potential issues.
• Analyze feedback from new joiners and propose improvements to processes, environment and culture.
• Assist Global Mobility with joiner visa applications and associated job descriptions and documents.

Employee relations

• Answer policy queries and interpret policy and employment legislation to provide practical advice, escalating complex matters as needed.
• Advise managers on performance and conduct concerns and lead disciplinary and grievance investigations.
• Attend formal meetings and hearings, prepare notes, minutes and reports, and support compliance with local law, policy and best practice.
• Manage maternity and paternity leave, long-term absences and occupational health cases.
• Conduct exit interviews, record key themes and propose improvements.

Performance and mobility

• Support timely delivery of performance evaluations and salary and bonus processes, including queries, system training and moderation meetings.
• Drive participation in evaluations and coordinate process and output communications with support teams in Manila and the global project team.
• Manage client secondments and develop pre- and post-secondment review processes with Business Development.

Operational responsibilities

• Mentor more junior team members and maintain People data sources, career trackers and headcount reports.
• Review monthly audit reports and take action where necessary; analyze quarterly attrition trends and propose responses.
• Build relationships with Business Support functions to identify process improvements and efficiencies.
• Lead the relationship with HR Operational Delivery, monitor operational quality and provide feedback.
• Lead HR projects and programs and share relevant external HR trends and best practice.

Qualifications and skills

• A full or part CIPD qualification, or equivalent, is advantageous.
• A professional services background is relevant; global law firm experience with fee-earning populations is preferred.
• Requires strong communication, interpersonal, client-focus, attention to detail, integrity, discretion, diplomacy, time management and prioritization skills.
• PeopleSoft or Workday knowledge is advantageous; the role requires technical skills and ability to learn new systems.
• Must be able to work autonomously and collaboratively and meet deadlines under pressure.

Location and reporting

• The role is based in Dubai and supports all six Middle East offices.
• Reports to the HR Manager, Middle East, and Head of HR, Middle East.

Employment arrangement

• The description states that this is a fixed-term contract covering a maternity leave period.