Officer - Workforce Analytics

Emarat - Emirates Petroleum Company P.J.S.C; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Emarat is seeking a skilled Workforce Analytics & Planning professional to optimize talent management and support strategic decision-making. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and data-driven insights across departments, partnering with Talent Acquisition and IT/HRIS teams to ensure data integrity and secure, actionable reporting.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in HR, Business, or Data Analytics with 3–5 years in HR or related roles, preferably in energy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in HR, or a related role.
• Experience in the petroleum or energy sector is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the annual workforce budget based on the approved workforce plan.
• Monitor and control workforce expenditures by analyzing budget variances and preparing reports for reconciliation and corrective action.
• Design and maintain interactive workforce dashboards and reports that highlight key HR metrics such as turnover, nationalization, vacancy fill rates, and headcount trends.
• Source, clean, and analyze workforce data for internal use, external audit requirements, and decision-making support across departments.
• Conduct headcount forecasting and workload analysis using departmental data to support organizational design and strategic staffing decisions.
• Maintain accurate workforce structures within the HR system, including the creation and update of positions, departments, and reporting lines.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to track position openings, validate hiring timelines, and ensure alignment with workforce plans and budget approvals.
• Provide executive-level reports and workforce insights to senior management to support strategic planning and business reviews.
• Work with IT and HRIS teams to ensure data integrity, security, and usability across workforce analytics tools and platforms.

Skills

Workforce analytics

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

HR metrics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics

Tools

HRIS

Data dashboards

Job description

Job Description:

The purpose of this role is to leverage advanced workforce analytics and planning methodologies to optimize talent management, enhance operational efficiency, and support strategic decision-making within Emarat.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the annual workforce budget based on the approved workforce plan, ensuring alignment with financial objectives and operational needs.
• Monitor and control workforce expenditures by analyzing budget variances and preparing reports for reconciliation and corrective action.
• Design and maintain interactive workforce dashboards and reports that highlight key HR metrics such as turnover, nationalization, vacancy fill rates, and headcount trends.
• Source, clean, and analyze workforce data for internal use, external audit requirements, and decision-making support across departments.
• Conduct headcount forecasting and workload analysis using departmental data to support organizational design and strategic staffing decisions.
• Maintain accurate workforce structures within the HR system, including the creation and update of positions, departments, and reporting lines.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to track position openings, validate hiring timelines, and ensure alignment with workforce plans and budget approvals.
• Provide executive-level reports and workforce insights to senior management to support strategic planning and business reviews.
• Work with IT and HRIS teams to ensure data integrity, security, and usability across workforce analytics tools and platforms.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics or a related field.
• Required: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in HR, or a related role, preferably in the petroleum or energy sector.

Emarat is a multi-channel power and energy company with a much-loved network of service stations and fuel depots across Dubai and the Northern Emirates. We meet the day-to-day petrol and LPG needs of millions of people while also helping to keep the engines of Industry running with fleet solutions, aviation fuel and commercial fuel services.

The Emarat brand has earned its reputation for providing great value and high-quality products and services – which is why you can expect the expected, every time.

Our network spans right across the north of the UAE, from Dubai to Ajman, and from Fujairah to Sharjah, plus many other locations in between. Service and quality are incredibly important to us, which is why we are proud to provide our customers with high-quality fuel, lubricants, state-of-the-art car washing facilities, best-in-class terminalling, bulk fuel logistics and great franchise opportunities for ambitious businesses.

Oh, and we also serve superb freshly-ground Arabicca coffee for anybody with a taste for the real thing.

All our colleagues – from the barista to the car mechanic – are fully trained in how to deliver great customer service. We operate ethically and to the highest international and national HSE standards, making sure that employees, customers and business partners are happy and safe at Emarat.

Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, Emarat, serves millions of customers across Dubai and the Northern Emirates and Dubai with great value, high-quality fuel at modern service stations. We serve the nation’s businesses across multiple industries, including hospitality, construction, aviation and real estate with a wide range of commercial fuels and lubricants.

In addition, we distribute to our residential customers from our LPG bottling plants in the Jebel Ali Free Zone and our new distribution centre in Al Qusais, ensuring that residents across Dubai and further afield are never far away from a fast and reliable source of power. Through our modern, best-in-class terminals at Jebel Ali, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, we lease the latest, high-quality fuel storage and distribution facilities.

Across the entire Emarat network, from our service stations, terminals and to your doorstep, everything we do is driven by customer happiness.

We always provide service with a smile.