Job Description

About Contango

Contango is your strategic partner for transformative growth and sustained success.


Our team excels in providing comprehensive growth solutions that combine global best practices with local market expertise. We focus on long-term value creation, empowering our clients to achieve the full scale of their aspirations.


As a trusted advisor to ADQ's portfolio companies, Contango helps CEOs drive strategic growth initiatives, navigate disruptive forces, and maximize long-term value creation.

Role Summary

As an HR Operations Specialist at Contango, you will play a critical role in ensuring seamless HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle. You will oversee core administrative processes such as onboarding, data management, payroll support, and HR system maintenance, helping drive a consistent, accurate, and high-quality employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end

HR administrative operations

, including onboarding and offboarding, ensuring HR data accuracy, integrity, and efficiency across systems. Support

HR systems management

, including payroll, employee data, compliance documentation, project-based security clearances, and leave administration. Drive continuous improvement in

onboarding and offboarding processes

to ensure compliance, enhance employer branding, and support talent retention. Manage

policies and benefits administration

, including benefits enrolment and employee queries. Ensure

compliance with employment laws

and internal policies by implementing and maintaining up-to-date HR procedures. Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to align processes with broader HR and organizational goals.

Required Experience

and Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in

Business Administration

,

Human Resources

,

Psychology

, or a related field 8+ years of relevant

HR Operations experience

Strong understanding of

HRIS

and related technology platforms, including system upgrades and implementations Solid knowledge of

UAE employment law

, HR compliance, and employee relations best practices

Core Competencies

Performance orientation:

Structured, independent work style with a focus on accuracy and quality

Stakeholder communication:

Strong interpersonal skills to engage and build trust with employees and stakeholders

Process improvement mindset:

Proactively identifies issues and proposes solutions for operational efficiency

Business acumen & data-driven decision-making:

Uses accurate data and HR metrics to inform recommendations

Self & team development:

Continuously builds HR knowledge and shares learnings to elevate team capability

Disclaimer:

This job posting is not open to recruitment agencies. Any candidate profile submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered as being received directly from an applicant. Contango reserves the rights to contact the candidate directly, without incurring any obligations or liabilities for payment of any fees to the recruitment agency.