People & Communication Specialist

KONE; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking a People & Communications Specialist in Dubai to lead local projects and support the UAE P&C function. You will partner with the regional team to drive HR processes, engage in recruitment activities, and manage onboarding and offboarding in line with global standards.

The role requires 7+ years in HR, fluent English, and a proven ability to navigate a multinational, matrixed environment while delivering people-centric programs and reports.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HR experience, preferably in a multinational.
• Solid knowledge of people management processes.
• Strong project management and collaboration skills.
• Fluent English; additional regional language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage local projects contributing to the People & Communications Plan.
• Support Talent Acquisition activities and onboarding/offboarding aligned with global process.
• Drive well-being, engagement, diversity, equity & inclusion activities.
• Manage local benefits administration and related communications.
• Oversee Employees Leave Management System.
• Promote Workday reports and dashboards for timely task review and approval.
• Support all annual People & Communications processes.
• Assist Leadership & Talent Review sessions and action planning.

Skills

People management

Project management

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree or equal experience

Job description

Role Overview: People & Communications Specialist focuses on local people and communications operations. They can be responsible for defined projects at a local level and participate in improving the operations. They work in close collaboration with the whole People & Communications team in UAE. The role reports to the People & Communications Business Partner for UAE.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage local projects that contribute to the execution of the People and Communications Plan.
• Support in Talent Acquisition activities. Ensure a smooth onboarding & offboarding process in alignment with the global process.
• Driving well-being engagement culture diversity equity and inclusion-related activities
• Manage local benefits administration and related communications.
• Oversee Employees Leave Management System.
• Promote the use of Workday reports and dashboards ensuring timely review and approval of assigned tasks.
• Support in delivering all annual People & Communications processes.
• Leadership and Talent Review: support Unit People & Communications in preparing and delivering Leadership and Talent Review sessions planning actions and following agreed actions
• Engagement: support Unit P&C in preparations to launch engagement surveys support in results analysis team discussions action planning and follow-up.

Are you the one

• . or Bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 7 Years experience in relevant field
• Progressive HR experience ideally within a multinational company.
• Fluent in English with an additional regional language being an asset.
• Solid knowledge of people management processes.
• Strong project management skills.
• Adaptability to work within a global matrix organization and multicultural team.

At KONE our culture plays a key role in how we work and succeed. To learn more about who we are we encourage you to explore our Culture Compass which highlights our values of Courage Care Customer focus and Collaboration guided by our core principles of Safety Quality and Sustainability: Culture - KONE Corporation

At KONE we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is being a great place to work we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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