Senior HR Officer

Nirvana travel & Tourism L.L.C; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb is seeking an experienced HR professional to partner with business leaders across workforce planning, recruitment, and talent management in Abu Dhabi.

You will drive budgeting, job analysis, and governance, build talent pipelines, manage end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, internal mobility, and succession planning, and contribute to UAE labor law compliance and Emirati programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field.
• 5-7 years of progressive HR experience with focus on talent acquisition and workforce planning.
• Experience working with recruitment agencies and managing sourcing channels.
• Exposure to succession planning, internal mobility and competency frameworks.
• Knowledge of UAE labor law and Emiratization requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support workforce planning and the annual manpower budgeting cycle in partnership with business leaders.
• Maintain the organization structure and control headcount against approved budgets.
• Conduct job analysis and develop and maintain job descriptions and position governance.
• Carry out talent-pipeline and workforce-gap analysis and recommend actions to close gaps.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment and selection, from requisition to offer and joining.
• Define sourcing strategies and manage recruitment agencies and their performance.
• Support employer branding and the employee value proposition (EVP).
• Govern onboarding and drive a consistent new-hire experience.
• Coordinate probation confirmations with hiring managers.
• Administer internal mobility, transfers and promotions.
• Support succession planning and talent review processes.
• Help identify high-potential employees, critical roles and critical talent.
• Support career pathways and development planning.
• Contribute to the competency framework, working with Learning & Development (L&D).
• Design and support retention strategies and monitor turnover risk.
• Build and maintain graduate, internship and Emirati talent pipelines.
• Analyze exit trends and provide workforce recommendations to leadership.
• Produce talent analytics, recruitment dashboards and regular reports.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Workforce planning

Talent management

Internal mobility

Succession planning

Sourcing channels

Recruitment agencies

Emirati programs

UAE labor law

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Master’s degree or HR certification (advantage)

Job description

1. Workforce Planning & Design

• Support workforce planning and the annual manpower budgeting cycle in partnership with business leaders.

• Maintain the organization structure and control headcount against approved budgets.

• Conduct job analysis and develop and maintain job descriptions and position governance.

• Carry out talent-pipeline and workforce-gap analysis and recommend actions to close gaps.

2. Recruitment & Onboarding

• Manage end-to-end recruitment and selection, from requisition to offer and joining.

• Define sourcing strategies and manage recruitment agencies and their performance.

• Support employer branding and the employee value proposition (EVP).

• Govern onboarding and drive a consistent new-hire experience.

• Coordinate probation confirmations with hiring managers.

3. Talent & Succession

• Administer internal mobility, transfers and promotions.

• Support succession planning and talent review processes.

• Help identify high-potential employees, critical roles and critical talent.

• Support career pathways and development planning.

• Contribute to the competency framework, working with Learning & Development (L&D).

4. Retention & Insight

• Design and support retention strategies and monitor turnover risk.

• Build and maintain graduate, internship and Emirati talent pipelines.

• Analyze exit trends and provide workforce recommendations to leadership.

• Produce talent analytics, recruitment dashboards and regular reports.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration or a related field; a master's degree or HR certification (CIPD, SHRM, or equivalent) is an advantage.

• 5-7 years of progressive HR experience, with a strong focus on talent acquisition, workforce planning and talent management.

• Experience working with recruitment agencies and managing sourcing channels.

• Exposure to succession planning, internal mobility and competency frameworks.

• Knowledge of UAE labor law and Emiratization requirements is strongly preferred, along with experience in Emirati graduate and internship programmes.