Administration Specialist GRO

Job no: ‎614939
Work type: Permanent
Location: Riyadh- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Categories: Administration, Middle East & Africa, Individual Contributor
About Us
Imagine using your experience to help people around the world to hear again.
We can offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian
company, leading the world in implantable hearing solutions. Our mission is to
help more people to hear.
Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping
people to hear now and always. Cochlear is the global market leader in
implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone
anchored hearing aids (Baha ™).
The Opportunity
Based in Cochlear's Saudi Arabia new offices in Riyadh- KSA, we are looking
for the right candidate to fill a diverse cross-functional role which is
responsible for managing daily operations and administration of the KSA
office.
The successful Administration Specialist, Government Relation Officer( GRO )
will be working closely with the Sales, Marketing and Clinical Technical
functions at all levels to support business needs, promote business growth and
continuously improve the "customer and employee experience". There may be
additional support for other functions (i.e. IT, Logistics, etc.) as a local
focal point and advisor as appropriate.
Your responsibilities will include …
* Managing the offices and general administration/operation of the KSA office i.e. overall responsibility for office, furniture, equipment and supplies
* Maintaining employee master data and employee files according to legal regulations (labor law, data protection law, etc.)
* Communicating, monitoring and enforcing local office policies and procedures in alignment with EMEA/Global policies and procedures as required and appropriate
* Processing employee immigration (entry/work visa, work permit, dependants' visa, etc.) in alignment with external provider
* Track and file employees annual and other leaves
* Supporting the process of visit visa of Cochlear employees or external persons invited by Cochlear in alignment with external provider
* Being aware of and communicating health and safety related policies and processes (availability of first aid kit, emergency/evacuation procedures, publishing emergency numbers, etc.)
About you
* Bachelor's degree in business administration or relating subject area
* Saudi citizenship
* Minimum ‎8 years of work experience in relating field(s):
* HR support positions
* Multinational corporation(s) in a matrix organization strongly preferred
* Excellent MS Office (Word; Excel; PowerPoint) skills
* Excellent communication skills to act as an interface between multiple diverse stakeholders also in a multicultural context
* High proficiency in managing a range of cross-functional business, functional and back-office topics/activities in parallel
* Must be highly proficient as local contact point and drive process and policy improvements
* Fluent in both Arabic and English (speaking, writing and reading)
Cochlear Summary
Cochlear 's mission is to help more people to hear. Around the world, more
people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our
employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear
is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives. Learn and grow with
us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping people to hear.

CochlearCareers

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives,
experiences and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that
celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and
enabling our people to realise their full potential. We offer flexible working
arrangements, and we understand flexibility is not the same for everyone.
We're open to a conversation about what flexibility means for you.

Advertised: ‎26 Oct ‎2022 Syria Daylight Time
Anticipated Application Closing: ‎09 Nov ‎2022 Syria Standard Time