Director of Organisation Development & Talent (Arabic Speaker)

Frazer Jones; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local employer in the Middle East is seeking a Director of Organisation Development & Talent who is an Arabic speaker. In this role, you will drive organisational change and implement employee engagement initiatives, ensuring the company achieves its long-term goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HR and proven leadership experience, preferably with a degree in HR or related fields.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and delivering organisational and cultural change.
• Proven track record of successful staff engagement.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Implement the OD strategy for continuous improvement.
• Lead employee engagement initiatives and manage surveys.
• Review and improve job descriptions across the organisation.
• Manage organisational change initiatives effectively.
• Oversee learning and development initiatives.
• Manage the training budget.

Skills

Organisational change management

Leadership

Employee engagement

Cultural development

Education

Degree in HR, Organisational Behaviour/Psychology or CIPD qualification

Job description

Director of Organisation Development & Talent (Arabic Speaker)

Dubai, UAE

Our client is a leading local employer in the Middle Eastern region. They are currently looking to recruit an Organisational Development and Talent Specialist. In this role you will lead and direct the function, making sure that the processes and structures ensure effective sustainable long term development of the organisation's internal capacity to help the company achieve its goals.

The role will be a catalyst for achieving effective change management, culture development and employee engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement the OD strategy to endure continuous improvement through culture change and workforce planning to ensure the organisation is equipped to meet the business objectives.
• Lead the employee engagement initiatives and develop metrics and assessment mechanism to manage the engagement survey.
• Review and improve JDs across the organisation to ensure they are in line with other roles in the same job family.
• Lead organisational change initiatives through a structured change management framework and approach to ensure that change is approached positively and the desired results are achieved.
• Lead all Learning and development initiatives for the company to ensure the development needs of employees are achieved.
• Manage the training budget.
• Develop and implement a talent management process that supports the staff development and overall talent management strategy.

You will be an inspiring leader who strives for continuous improvement. Previous experience of planning and delivering organisational and cultural change, and a seasoned people manager with a track record of successful staff engagement is essential. A degree in HR, Organisational Behaviour/Psychology or the CIPD qualification is preferred.

Please note we are only able to consider Arabic Speakers for this role.

About The Company

Frazer Jones identifies Human Resource professionals across all markets in almost every geographical location. Developing long-term business relationships with our clients, Frazer Jones provides honest, commercial and professional advice, consistently delivering great value and the very best candidate introductions for clients.

Our candidate attraction methodology embraces networking, search and advertised selection and we have consistently harnessed new media technology to ensure that we source from the widest geographical range of candidates.

The Frazer Jones team is positioned throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia Pacific, providing a unique network enabling us to successfully identify HR professionals globally who cover several countries or continents.

Over the years, we have worked hard to build a reputation for quality and integrity and our success is based on our detailed market knowledge and our straight‑talking approach. With our focus on HR and our global approach, Frazer Jones has been mapping the global HR market since 1996, resulting in exceptional HR candidate shortlists in competitive timeframes.

Our activities encompass the entire HR spectrum, including:

• Talent Management
• Leadership
• Resourcing & Recruitment
• Generalist
• Compensation/Remuneration & Benefits
• Employee Relations
• Industrial Relations
• Organisational Design/Organisational Development
• Change Management
• Consultants – In‑house and Management Consultants
• HR Policy
• e‑HR
• Expatriate Administration
• HRIS
• Management Development, Learning & Development