Manager, Organisational Effectiveness - -Dubai
Dubai -The Role Taaleem Central Office are currently exploring the market in order to appoint an experienced and professional, Organisational Effectiveness Manager to become part of a well established team in the heart of Dubai -. This role will offer excellent opportunity to continue your career within one of the leading education providers in the Middle East. Job Purpose: • To provide professional and timely support to the business on all areas of HR, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and at the same time providing effective and efficient service levels to all stakeholders. • Develop and deliver strategies around Employee Relations, Engagement, Development and Wellness Key Relationships (Internal and External): • Principals, Heads of School, HR Representatives, School Operations Managers, SEB, Third Party Providers eg PRO and Medical Insurance, Central Office and School Employees Key Accountabilities: Total Reward • Manage the development, implementation, and administration of compensation programs • Develop total rewards strategies, including compensation, benefits, engagement and other work experience programs, that are cost effective and consistent with market trends and organizational objectives. Performance Management • Review and improve existing performance management systems and staff motivation/development plans • Drive and manage the development and implementation of company-wide performance management systems • Conduct regular performance appraisal exercises and workshops for middle to senior level management • Manage organizational performance levels by exercising performance improvement plans to individuals, teams as and when necessary through systematic identification systems • Providing ongoing support to ensure that performance management systems are being used to effectively manage operations work processes and individual performances and to identify and manage operational risks • Review and improve existing performance management systems and staff motivation/development plans Learning and Talent Development • To develop talent management and succession planning and to coordinate the contributions of key stakeholders to ensure effective implementation. • To work with line managers on the design and delivery of appropriate and relevant Personal Development Plans for staff • To develop coaching, mentoring and secondment schemes to support staff development and the achievement of Personal Development Plans. • To lead on the development of a staff skills and knowledge database in order to maximise the diverse talents of the organisation Policies and Procedures • Implement, develop and maintain company-wide policies, procedures and forms • Develop an internal policy management system to ensure that all policies are up to date and aligned with any change • Ensure policies and procedures are practised internally Engagement and Culture • Implement annual employee engagement survey • Work alongside HRBP to analyse survey data to drive implementation of new strategy • Create a working environment which fosters and encourages employee engagement HR Technology and Analytics • Become a program super user on company internal database • Act as HR system champion to deliver training on HR systems • Manage implementation of new HR systems • Manipulate system data to provide accurate statistics • Present data as and when required to internal & external stakeholders Requirements Person Specification: Education - Master’s Degree qualified in relevant subject area and member of CIPD Experience - 4-5 years in an HR role, with experience of broad range of HR areas, including experience of HR systems and UAE Labour Law Competencies - Communication Skills, Analytical and Critical Thinking, Relationship-Building, Leadership and team-working, Innovative and Solutions-focused Attributes - Proven influential and persuasive style. - Resilient, with a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail. - Confident and excellent communication skills, empathetic and pragmatic About the company Taaleems main activity is the development and management of early childhood, primary and secondary schools. With quality at the forefront of our offering, we tailor each project to answer the specific educational requirements of a wide range of families by offering top international curricula including British, American, the International Baccalaureate and our custom early childhood programme. Taaleem, which means education in Arabic, is committed to inspiring students and helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents. We only recruit the best international teachers who are capable of delivering our international curricula in a creative and engaging manner. Taaleem is seeking to raise the educational standards in the region. The combined experience of its core team of senior education leaders in international education policy, operations and global management best practices means Taaleem is well positioned to ensure the creative of truly exceptional schools that satisfy the most comprehensive and exacting education developmental requirements.
Senior Internal Auditor, Group and Corporate - Jumeirah Group-Dubai
Dubai -About Jumeirah: At Jumeirah, we are committed to encouraging and developing our colleagues in world class environments. We value diversity and provide equal opportunities, employing over 14,000 colleagues from over 140 different countries including locations in Asia Pacific, CIS, Central Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East. We want you to do well from the beginning, so we’ll give you every chance to impress during the recruitment process. We promise our colleagues a warm welcome and will help you feel part of our Jumeirah family from day one. You can rely on us to support you as you settle into your journey with us and make Jumeirah ‘Your Place to Shine’. Our Group & Corporate and Dubai - Shared Services teams are an integral part in delivering the Jumeirah Brand promise. Based in our modern headquarters in Dubai - Design District or in one of our other key locations, we guarantee you will be part of a dynamic, committed team of industry professionals with a passion for delivering the Company strategy and efficiencies essential for our world class operation. About the Job: An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Internal Auditor within the Internal Audit team in Jumeirah Corporate. The main duties and responsibilities of this role: Supports the prioritization of the audit initiatives based on urgency, organizational issues and importance, and implement the plan based on the prioritization in order to ensure the critical and major areas are audited on priority. Contribute to the risk assessment process by identifying existing and emerging risks and internal controls within the Group and its SBUs and provide recommendations to mitigate risks. Conduct meetings with auditees to identify and understand all aspects of internal controls, procedures, policies and practices and generate the relevant reports as required. Conduct internal audit activities (as per DH Audit manual) including the audit of areas such as operational processes, financial and accounting processes, IT, HR, marketing and sales processes, etc. depending on risks identified, and highlight non-conformances and facilitate their prompt mitigation. Support process owners in developing suitable corrective/preventive actions in response to the internal audits areas of non-compliance in order to enable quick correction and mitigation of further occurrences. Follow up on the implementation of corrective actions identified to ensure they are corrected on time and to keep the line manager informed of any discrepancies or delays. Complete the day-to-day activities assigned by following all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner while delivering a quality service to guests and maintaining standards of excellence. About you: The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or equivalent from an accredited and renowned University. Professional Certification Essential: CIA Desired: CISA, CFE 3 to 5 years of internal audit experience preferably with an international luxury hospitality company/ recognized blue-chip organization and/or external audit within the “Big 4”. Proficient data collection/mining, data analytics and reporting skills. Proficient in planning, organizing and multi-tasking. Ability to provide guidance to more junior team members. Have special skills or knowledge (IT, data mining) and the ability to instruct, train, and develop colleagues in those skills. Possesses ability to communicate clearly and professionally. Possesses supervisory skills and should meet deadlines and KPI. About the Benefits: We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams (AED), the local currency of the UAE. In addition, we offer generous F&B benefits, reduced hotel rates across our properties globally, excellent leave and health care package, flights home, accommodation, life insurance, functional incentives, participation in a best in kind Savings Plan and other employee benefits making the role attractive to high performers and any applicant looking for a career with one of the most luxurious brands in the hospitality industry.
Ruby Developer - -Dubai
Dubai -Eat is the #1 restaurant reservations platform in the Arab World. We help diners reserve tables in less than 3 clicks. Eat also installs Table Management System at restaurants to digitize reservations and walk-ins, manage floor plans and seat guests. Eat is venture backed and has seated over 6m+ guests to date. We are currently partnered with thousands of restaurants, regionally and globally. Eat is the trusted partner of Google, TripAdvisor and TimeOut Middle East. Eat is a 500 startups company, and funded by MEVP, the largest VC in the Middle East. About The Role We are looking for a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to oversee our backend server development at eat app. This is a rare opportunity to become a founding and critical member of a rapidly growing, well-funded startup. Your role will be to build restaurant management software and online restaurant reservation software - You can search "eat restaurant reservations" in the App Store to check out our B2C app, or our B2B app here: restaurant.eatapp.co. This is an excellent role for any engineer who wishes to further strengthen his Ruby skillsets and launch a technology that will immediately be used by thousands of users per day. Responsibilities Design and build advanced back end features to support restaurants (SaaS) and users (Marketplace). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. Work on bug fixing and improving application performance. Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. About You BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject. Proven working experience in software development. A deep familiarity with Ruby on Rails, and working with Rails frameworks, third-party libraries and APIs. Working knowledge of the general SaaS and backend landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies. Solid understanding of the full development life cycle. Solid understanding of JIRA, Confluence and continuous integration. Benefits Competitive salary, visa, health insurance and one flight ticket home per year. Become a key employee in a fast-growing, exciting startup that is changing the restaurant reservations landscape. Have a real impact on the company’s growth and evolution. Access to the fully-stocked Eat kitchen, free Thursday lunches and to participate in the annual company trip (last year this was to Sri Lanka!). What's Next? This is a full time position based in Dubai -. If you're interested in joining and believe this is the role for you, please send an email to [email protected] and start the email with ‘Mammillaria’. Looking forward to your application, good luck.