Regional HR Manager - Reward & Operations

Nord Anglia Education; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global education organization is seeking a Regional HR Manager for its Middle East team in Dubai. The role involves supporting HR operations, leading initiatives, and ensuring compliance with regional laws. Ideal candidates should have a strong HR background, stakeholder management skills, and a data-driven approach. The organization values collaboration and safeguarding in its operations. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact education across the Middle East.

Qualifications

• Strong HR experience, preferably in education or international organizations.
• Excellent skills in influencing senior stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR Managers to ensure consistency.
• Lead recruitment and onboarding for senior roles.
• Provide advice on employee relations and performance management.
• Drive regional HR initiatives.
• Support HRIS improvement projects.
• Act as first point of contact for HR queries.

Skills

Generalist HR background

Knowledge of UAE labour laws

Stakeholder management

Data-driven approach

Experience in HR projects

Collaborative and adaptable

Job description

Date: 4 Sept 2025

Location: Dubai, AE

Job ID: 6962

School: Regional Office (Middle East)

Company: Nord Anglia Education

Based: Dubai

Overview

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation, with 85+ schools across 33 countries. We are proud to educate more than 80,000 students and to employ over 15,000 colleagues worldwide. We are now seeking a highly skilled and motivated Regional HR Manager to join our Middle East regional team, based in Dubai. This is a key role supporting the Regional HR Director in delivering consistent, high-quality HR practice across the Middle East. You will provide operational and strategic HR guidance to schools, ensure compliance with local labour law, lead regional HR projects, and act as a trusted partner to school leadership teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with school HR Managers to ensure consistency of policies and processes.
• Lead recruitment and onboarding for senior and specialist roles.
• Provide advice on employee relations, performance management, and policy interpretation.
• Drive regional HR initiatives such as Emiratisation, safeguarding compliance, and workforce planning.
• Support HRIS and data integrity projects to improve reporting and insight.
• Contribute to salary benchmarking, benefits harmonisation, and budget planning.
• Act as first point of contact for regional HR queries and escalations.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong generalist HR background, ideally within education or international organisations.
• Sound knowledge of UAE and regional labour laws.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Data-driven and analytical approach, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience in HR projects, policy development, and process improvement.
• Resilient, collaborative, and adaptable, with a commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing.

Safeguarding

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world-class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture. All post holders having regular unsupervised contact with children are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.