Org Development & Workforce Planning Specialist.Organizational Effectiveness & Total Rewards

GDI|; Doha; On-site; QAR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GDI in Doha is seeking an Organization Effectiveness specialist to lead organizational design, strategic workforce planning, job evaluation, and policy management. You will collaborate closely with senior leaders to align resources with talent strategies and maintain accurate org charts and job descriptions across the company.

Responsibilities include developing dashboards in Excel/Power BI, supporting governance and audits, and driving cross-functional HR initiatives while adhering to QHSE

Qualifications

• Experience using analytics to support HR design decisions.
• Ability to document and benchmark HR policies and processes.
• Strong collaboration with business leaders and HR teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leaders to implement organizational design strategies.
• Refine departmental structures to enhance operational effectiveness.
• Support reorganizations, new business units, or role consolidations.
• Maintain org charts and job descriptions aligned with design principles.
• Document and modify job descriptions for new roles.
• Gather workforce needs and forecast manpower requirements.
• Develop workforce planning dashboards and monitor pipeline health.
• Finalize annual manpower plan for budgeting.
• Carry out position title changes and adjust job levels.
• Deploy new grade or band frameworks and update policies.
• Benchmark HR policies against industry best practices.
• Prepare summaries and analyses to support policy reviews.
• Maintain HR policy repository with version control.
• Develop data visualizations to support manpower and organization data.
• Report on organizational health indicators and nationalization targets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align HR initiatives.
• Ensure safety with QHSE initiatives and report incidents.

Skills

Data analysis

Organizational design

Workforce planning

Policy execution

People analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Enhance organizational design and strategic workforce planning by analyzing data, improving operational effectiveness, and applying job evaluation methods to optimize resources and align with talent strategies. Assist with HR policy execution and other talent initiatives.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Organization Design

Collaborate with the Head of Organization Effectiveness and Total Rewards and Talent Management Manager to implement organizational design strategies based on business needs

Review and refine departmental structures across departments to enhance operational effectiveness

Contribute to structural change initiatives such as reorganizations, new business unit setups, or role consolidations

Maintain and updates organizational charts, job descriptions aligned with job families, and positions in alignment with approved design principles; Document / modify job descriptions as per organization design and structure changes or for new roles

Strategic Workforce Planning

Support the Head of Organization Effectiveness and Total Rewards and Talent Management Manager to gather workforce needs linked to company strategy

Support the documentation of the strategic workforce planning process

Maintain and analyze internal workforce data on a regular basis (headcount, attrition, rotation, skills, contractor mix) to forecast manpower requirements and gaps

Develop and maintain workforce planning dashboards and reports; monitor pipeline health and identify resourcing risks

Finalize the annual manpower plan and submit to the Head of Organization Effectiveness and Total Rewards to facilitate management with regards to the optimization of resource allocation and manpower budgeting

Job Evaluation & Banding

Carry out detailed assessments of positions and compare roles to verify consistency with established internal evaluation frameworks

Contribute to the creation and calibration of assessment tools customized for specific organizational requirements

Facilitate the process for position title changes and adjustments to job levels by following designated review and approval workflows

Assist with deploying new grade or band frameworks and ensure all related documentation, systems, and policies are updated and aligned

Policy Management

Support the Head of Organization Effectiveness and Total Rewards to conduct research and benchmarking of HR policies against industry best practices and other requirements

Assist in drafting and formatting new policies and updating existing policy documents under guidance from management

Prepare summaries, comparative analyses, and working papers to support policy reviews and audits

Maintain an organized repository of HR policies and ensure version control, communication, and accessibility for employees

Support data collection and feedback gathering from employees and stakeholders to inform policy revisions

People Analytics

Develop and update data visualizations using Excel and Power BI to support insights across manpower and organization data

Support the reporting of key organizational health indicators including span of control, organization layers, and nationalization targets

Conduct reporting for internal governance and external audits on workforce capability and capacity

Team Management and Collaboration

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment of HR initiatives with overall business objectives

Build and nurture strong working relationships across departments to foster teamwork, knowledge sharing, and effective problem solving

HSE Responsibility

Conduct all works activities in line with GDI Goal Zer0 initiative, to stay safe and be environmentally responsible at all times by not taking on any task(s) that are perceived to be unsafe; comply with the company QHSE Management system

Report all incidents or near misses to supervisor/manager or QHSE representatives