HR Advisor - Employee Services

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 A"rab 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 organisation 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:

The Employee Services Desk is the walk-in office of HR Shared Services that
provides quality customer service to employees and managers. The HR Advisor
handles front-facing HR requests and transactions, ensuring the employee's
needs are met at the service desk without further handover/ escalation.. The
HR Advisor also drives other service channel adoption (i.e. kiosk and self-
service portal) where facilities are made available at the walk-in centre.

Job-Specific Skills:
* Exceptional pace with quality and customer service skills with proven ability to perform in fastpaced environment.
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to handle sensitive matters with tact and diplomacy.
* Capable of exercising independent judgment and discretion while utilizing company policies and practices to determine appropriate action.
* Ability to interact with all levels of a professional organization.
* Ability to work independently and require little instruction on the day-to-day work.

Key Accountabilities:
Customer Satisfaction:
* Provide seamless and best customer experience throughout all support channels i.e. ES portal, ES Desk, Kiosk.
* Continuously strive to gain customer satisfaction and minimize complaints on the delivery of Employee Services.
* Share best practice/ success stories and encourage others in the team to deliver the expected service standards.
Service Excellence and Team Work:
* Jointly cultivate and contribute to a learning and knowledge sharing culture through coaching, emails (Info Sharing), team meetings or suggesting contents to be updated in the FAQ list
* Foster strong team work and good working relationships between team members and members from other Employee Services Teams to ensure smooth request management flow
* Demonstrate proactive personal commitment to the adoption of new processes and working practices.
* Adopt LEAN thinking and propose improvement Ideas on process and ES Desk (cost saving, waste elimination etc.).
Operational Excellence:
* Closely monitor pending service requests and enquiries cases and ensure they do not exceed the defined service levels.
* Maximize closure by ensuring ‎100% of 'How-To' & 'Request- Information' requests are closed on the spot
* Ensure strong 'product' knowledge and data management accuracy
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge on policies, procedures & FAQs and share the gained knowledge & experience.
Data Integrity
* Working in a highly data sensitive environment, HR Advisor is responsible for data privacy at all time and adhere to confidentiality requirements to promote zero breach of office security policy.
* HR Advisor should also ensure that data quality and accuracy are met at all time through 'Right First Time' practice Case handling and resolution:
* HR Advisor is expected to adhere and meet the service levels at all times whilst maintaining pace with quality discipline.
* Conduct thorough analysis and promptly resolve requests and ensure all services are recorded in the ES portal as enquiries/ service requests.
* Responsible to communicate resolution after having received confirmation should nature of request requires escalation and cannot be resolved on the spot.
First point of contact:
* Support a variety of Employee Services spanning the entire employee lifecycle - hire to retire.
* Provide detailed information in the case management system to serve as a history of all requests for each employee.
* Support employee enquiries or service requests ensuring end-to-end case management including proactively advising on processes/services which the employee may not be aware of.
* Provide high quality customer service to employees visiting Employee Services Desk with a key focus on 'Moments that Matter"
* Provide navigational support on Employee Services portal and provide consistent/ accurate response for any functional inquiries.

About You:

Education:
* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Business, Management (preferably Human Resources).
* Field of Specialization: Human Resources, Customer Service or Psychology.

Minimum Experience and Knowledge:
* ‎2+ years HR experience preferred at a large organization, with approximately ‎1-year experience in an employee facing role.
* ‎1-year experience with SAP HCM or equivalent HRIS system.
* ‎1-year experience with Salesforce or equivalent Case Management system is strongly preferred.
* Previous Shared Services experience is strongly preferred.
* Strong computer skill including proficiency with MS Office suite.

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compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our
Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

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