National Junior HRbp

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

**About the Role**

We are seeking a highly capable and motivated **Junior HRBP **to support the HR team in reinforcing a culture of performance focus and diversity in line with established corporate objectives, policies and procedures

**Job Summary**

**The Junior HRBP** is responsible to work closely with business leaders and line managers to build their people capability, plan and manage talent and develop approaches that achieve shared organisational objectives. We are looking for a proactive HR professional to assist the business in solving complex business issues.

**Job Duties**
- Identify and implement suggested improvements to HR processes through process mapping and review of the activity
- Act as a representative of the HR function, providing day to day support to employees and management
- Identify organisational structure changes and to implement these in SAP in partnership with HRIS
- Maintain an up-to-date record of current vacancies and supports the line manager in filling these, ensuring that departmental headcounts are not exceeded
- Identify organisational structure changes and to implement these in SAP in partnership with HRIS
- Maintain an up-to-date record of current vacancies and supports the line manager in filling these, ensuring that departmental headcounts are not exceeded
- Support Group HR with coordination and completion of employee engagement impact plans
- Act as an ambassador for the Employee Engagement Survey, supporting Group HR as required
- Coordinate and organise the HR Townhall meetings
- Work with stakeholders to create regular editions of the HR Talk magazine
- Maintain and update the HR JAM Community site
- Understands the role of Group L&D and how they support the business

**About the Requirements**
- Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in HR, min 2 years in a similar role
- Business Acumen
- Previous experience in HR transformation programs and change management
- Solid Stakeholders management
- Ability to complete tasks efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner
- Strong team player, with ability to take initiative and operate independently. Able to manage ambiguity and multiple priorities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience in working in international and complex organizations.
- Excellent attention to detail, quality and meeting deadlines are your trademark

**About Al-Futtaim Retail**

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference