Group Head of Personnel and Administration

Group Head of Personnel and Administration

Responsibilities

• As part of a Senior Leadership Team, contribute to the overall leadership, strategic planning and management of the Group.
• Develop organization strategies by identifying and researching human resources issues; contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to organization strategic thinking and direction; establishing human resources objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Implement HR strategies by establishing department accountabilities, including talent acquisition, staffing, employment processing, compensation, training and development, records management, health and safety, succession planning, employee relations and retention.
• Manage HR operations by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining staff; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing staff job contributions; maintaining compensation; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.
• Develop HR financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.
• Support management by providing HR advice, counsel, and decisions; analyzing information and applications.
• Guide management and employee actions by researching, developing, writing, and updating policies, procedures, methods, and guidelines; communicating and enforcing organization values.
• Comply with legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions; building and maintaining positive relations with relevant government departments.
• Formulate personnel and administration system and strategies appropriate to the Group’s corpora.

Knowledge

• HR administration and supervision
• Business management and administration
• Financial strategy and planning
• Procurement and Inventory principles

Skills

• Leadership and decision making skills
• Ability to develop and implement policies and procedures
• Ability to influence senior management and build strong commercial relationships
• A strong understanding of personalities and behavioural styles
• Excellent attention to detail
• Negotiation skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Conflict management and resolution
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Team management and building skills
• Ability to appraise and develop people
• Time management and multitasking skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Qualifications

• A Bachelors degree from an accredited University is required.
• A Masters degree from an accredited University (with a specialism in HR) and/or a professional HR qualification is required.
• A professional qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) is preferred.

Experience

• A minimum of five years’ HR experience, two of which should be at a supervisory or management level, are required.

About the Company

Artan Holding is a 100% Qatari privately owned company with various high profiled subsidiaries across the State of Qatar, such as Doha British School, Qatar Skills Academy, House of Architecture and Interiors.

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