Assistant People Manager

The Role
This role offers a candidate, an amazing opportunity to gain valuable onsite HR experience and be mentored by a strong senior HR Professional. There is tremendous growth potential for the right individual; someone who can roll up their sleeves and assist wherever necessary. Our consultancy client operates globally and with strong growth is in the Dubai office, now seeks an Assistant People Manager to support the Senior Resourcing Manager. The office continues with long-term expansion plans; seeking to double their workforce within several years in the region as well as increase the UK Head Office size. The company has experienced huge success in the first 12 years of operations and has been highly strategic, ensuring job stability and development opportunities for their staff. This is an exciting time for the company and HR is driving change at a company level. The role will assist with administration of the entire employee lifecycle with a focus on creating the best workplace for the team. You will be creative and resourceful, with a good sense of humour and be able to be flexible in your working approach.

Requirements
Key responsibilities of the role will include visa management and full onboarding, including relocations, managing the IT set up for new joiners, all onboarding paperwork, etc. drafting of contracts, liaising with line and drafting the job briefs, managing the group and life insurance policies, hard and soft copy filing and assisting the Resourcing Manager with the management of their Associate Network platform, hence good CRM skills are important. Candidates need to possess excellent MS Office skill and to ultimately enjoy administration and be highly organised. You must possess exceptional English skills and be motivated self-starters. The successful applicant will hit the ground running and show strong initiative and ideally will have worked within the DMCC previously and be familiar with the portal and DMCC jurisdiction. Our client offers a friendly and down to earth environment where employees are valued, motivated and ultimately continue to grow.

About the company
Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function. We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNCs, government & semi -government entities, SMEs, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework. Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties. Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.