HR Specialist

Who You'll Work With

You will be based in our Cairo office as part of our Middle East Office HR
team. Our Middle East office comprises of ‎8 locations that includes more than
‎1000 consulting and non-consulting colleagues. You will also be part of the
broader HR team in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
You will work collaboratively with the leadership of other functions in the
Middle East office as well as other firm functions including people legal,
immigration legal, payroll, talent management, recruiting and professional
development. You will report to the manager of human resources.

What You'll Do

You will coordinate key HR elements across the lifecycle for colleagues in
Cairo, Doha, Karachi, Kuwait and Bahrain.
In this role, you will have ownership or act as backup for key HR processes
and functions. You will deliver exceptional support to our colleagues while
ensuring the firm is in compliance with all legal requirements. Some of the
processes you will be responsible for include supporting new hire orientation,
HR benefits and employee engagement initiatives, as well as handling employee
queries and employee relations.
In addition, you will play a front-line role in answering HR questions,
escalating issues as needed, completing regular audits and analysis, and
acting as a trusted source of information. You will independently manage a
variety of efforts which include onboarding (e.g., Day One experience of all
new firm members) and offboarding, HR event ownership and administration of
programmes as appropriate (role change, rotations, mobility, and alternative
programs such as flex and remote working), and communication, ad hoc, weekly
and annual personnel analysis and rep letter. You will be accountable for HR
standards and data management (bringing an audit mindset and leveraging HR
operations support), for coordinating development processes such as
evaluation, performance management, and capability building, and for the
communication and interpretation of policies and procedures, as well as risk
management efforts, that protect the firm and firm members from risk.
You will also actively build expertise in areas such as People Central and
other HR systems and may also develop specific expertise in other HR processes
across the life cycle, proactively identifying issues and proposing solutions.
You will also perform other duty of care programmes and HR projects to support
office/firm priorities, contributing to efforts beyond immediate scope as
needed.

Qualifications

• University degree preferably in HR or related field


• ‎8+ years of general HR experience preferably with consulting or professional service companies.


• Knowledge of HR/people systems (e.g., People Central)


• Understanding of local labor considerations


• Ability to navigate the life cycle of events for colleagues, employee relations


• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to manage ambiguity with an open mind and positive attitude


• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to interact with a diverse range of people in a fair and consistent manner


• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail


• Evidence of sound judgment, professionalism, maturity and trustworthiness


• Comfort in independently engaging senior organizational leaders for alignment and decision making


• Capability to deliver operational excellence initiatives and improve ways of working within their influence