People Partner

Role Purpose:

The People Partner Associate (HRBP) plays a key role in supporting our clients people and organizational agenda partnering closely with leadership to enable business growth strengthen culture and build a high-performing structured organization. This role combines hands-on HR ownership (employee lifecycle recruitment and operations) with supporting strategic people initiatives including performance management employee engagement and organizational development. The role contributes to shaping a performance-led engaged and resilient organization aligned with our clients values of excellence innovation and accountability.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with leadership to understand business needs and support the implementation of people strategies that enable growth strengthen culture and drive a high-performance environment.

Talent & Performance Management: Support and coordinate the performance management cycle including goal setting reviews and follow-through. Guide managers on feedback performance and team effectiveness while supporting performance improvement where needed.

Employee Relations & day to day operations: Act as a key point of contact for employees managing day-to-day HR matters and supporting employee relations in line with UAE labor law.

Engagement & Culture: Lead employee engagement and culture initiatives including check ins employee surveys and well-being initiatives. Translate engagement insights into action plans that strengthen culture and reinforce our clients values.

Organizational Development: Support organizational structure role clarity and workforce planning. Contribute to identifying capability gaps and supporting talent development and succession discussions.

Compensation & Benefits: Support compensation and benefits processes in coordination with Finance ensuring accuracy consistency and alignment with company policies and market practices.

Talent Acquisition & Employer branding: Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from sourcing and selection through to onboarding. Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies while maintaining an active talent pipeline. Build & drive the companys employer branding initiatives across universities professional networks and external platforms to strengthen the companys presence and attract top talent.

HR Operations & Compliance: Own day-to-day HR operations including employee documentation contracts and records. Ensure HR processes are accurate consistent and compliant with UAE labor law and company standards.

Change Management: Support the rollout of key organizational and people initiatives ensuring clear communication coordination and follow-through to drive adoption and consistency across the business.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in human resources Business Administration or a related field is required.
• A minimum of 5 to 8 years of progressive HR experience with proven expertise in both HR Business Partnering and end-to-end HR roles.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with experience in using HR data and metrics to guide decision making.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional communication influencing and negotiation skills to build strong trusting relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• In-depth knowledge of UAE labor laws and regulations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through.
• Positive collaborative and service-oriented mindset.
• Embodies the companys values:
  o Excellence: Striving to exceed expectations
  o Innovation: Driving creativity and progress
  o Diversity: Championing inclusivity and belonging
  o Ethical: Acting with integrity and transparency
  o Accountability: Owning outcomes and supporting the team
  o Loyalty: Demonstrating commitment to the business and the team