HR Operations Coordinator-MEAA

Element Materials Technology; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Element Materials Technology is seeking an HR Operations Coordinator in Dubai to join the HR Shared Services team. You will provide HR transactional support for MEA and Asia operations and work closely with HR Business Partners to ensure smooth employee lifecycle handling.

The role focuses on data integrity, onboarding, contracts, payroll collaboration, and continuous improvement within a dynamic, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR administration and employee data processing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidential handling of sensitive information and data privacy compliance.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with HR systems and transactional processing.
• Willingness to learn and improve processes, embracing change.

Responsibilities

• Maintain core HR data in Dynamics 365 to ensure accurate processing of MEA employee data (joiners, changes, leavers, personal info, holidays).
• Respond to HR transactional queries within SLA timelines and escalate when needed.
• Prepare employment contracts, offer letters, and other lifecycle documentation.
• Manage onboarding, new starter paperwork, and references.
• Process variable and fixed compensation change requests.
• Collaborate with Payroll and HR Business Partners to support operations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Confidentiality

Multitasking

HR administration

Learning & improvement

Interpersonal skills

Adaptability

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Element has an opportunity for an HR Operations Coordinator to join our HR Shared Services team based in Dubai (Barsha Heights). The successful candidate will join a customer centric team that provides HR transactional support to Elements Middle East and Asia business operations and will work collaboratively with our HR Business Partner teams.

EMEAA HR Shared Services model centralizes employee lifecycle transactional processing leveraged through implementation adoption and embedding of new and emerging technologies and workflow transformation to deliver a dynamic and qualitative HR service provision.

This position will be based in Dubai UAE.

Responsibilities

• Maintain core HR System (Dynamics 365) to ensure the timely and accurate processing of MEA employee data including joiners changes to role leavers changes to personal information holidays and absences
• Respond to and action all MEA HR transactional queries within agreed SLA timelines escalating to relevant HR colleagues and line managers where appropriate
• Prepare MEAA employment contracts offer letters variation letters and other employee lifecycle documentation
• Manage new starters and onboarding collating new starter paperwork and references
• Processing both variable and fixed compensation change requests
• Work collaboratively with Payroll team and support the HR Business Partners
• Support wider EMEAA HR Shared Services function with key project deliverables impacting HR Shared Services function

Skills / Qualifications

• Exemplary customer service skills essential
• Flexibility and adaptability in a changing work environment
• Proficient in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook) and its use for reporting purposes
• Must have strong communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload and have thorough attention to detail
• Desire to learn and drive continuous improvement
• Ability to exercise and maintain a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise/handle competing priorities in a fast paced dynamically changing environment
• Experience working in HR Administration (essential) including accurate processing of employee data and employee lifecycle transactional activities
• Knowledge of Human Resources and Employment Law (desirable)
• Comfortable in a growth culture with resilience and curiosity to adapt and grow

Diversity Statement

At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Required Experience

IC