Senior Project Manager - Human Resources (Fixed Term Contract) | Dubai, UAE

Standard Chartered; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An international banking institution in Dubai is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Human Resources to support Emiratisation strategies. This role involves monitoring metrics, ensuring training for Emirati employees, and managing stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates should possess strong project management skills and an understanding of the UAE market. The bank offers a competitive salary, benefits for wellbeing, and a commitment to diversity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Project management experience in a relevant field.
• Understanding of Emiratisation and UAE employment landscape.
• Experience in managing training and development programs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track Emiratisation metrics including recruitment and retention.
• Ensure training for Emirati employees to enhance performance.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to promote Emiratisation.

Skills

Strong analytical & problem solving skills

Project management expertise

Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint & presentations

Excellent communication skills

Good stakeholder management

In-depth knowledge of UAE market

HR analytics experience

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Human Resources (Fixed Term Contract)

Standard Chartered Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Summary

Support Head of Emiratisation to implement a proactive strategy to retain internal Emirati talent with a focus on creating long term development plans, driving succession into leadership positions in the Bank, and reducing attrition of UAE National employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring and tracking key Emiratisation metrics, including recruitment, retention, and development goals.
• Ensuring Emirati employees receive necessary training and resources to perform their duties effectively.
• Implementing and managing training and development programs specifically for Emirati employees.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal & external stakeholders.
• End to end management of events.
• Get latest hiring updates on UAE national hiring.
• Support the Head of Emiratization in managing the department.
• Creating presentations and analysis on data.

Skills and Experience

• Strong analytical & problem solving skills
• Project management expertise
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint & presentations
• Excellent communication skills
• Good stakeholder management
• In-depth knowledge of UAE market
• HR analytics experience.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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