The Senior Manager - People & Culture (Bahrain) needs to provide an effective people-related support function to the Principal and school employees, and to be the key point of contact for new, current and exiting staff at the school. They must continuously strive to exceed internal & external customer expectations, while embracing the School and Aldar Education Core Values. They will embody the values, vision and ethos of Aldar Education and assist the Principal\'s in implementing process and policy which will ensure high quality and successful outcomes. To support the Principal\'s and SLT teams in the school to ensure business objectives are met.
Main Duties
Support SLT in the effective attraction and recruitment of school-based staff
Manage the onboarding process for all incoming staff, including pre-employment communication to ensure new starters are aware of the requirements for their role and for working and living in Bahrain
Coordinate and manage employee exit processes, liaising with the Operations teams
Ensure adherence to updated Employment Law at all times
Coordinate the school\'s probationary processes in accordance with group-wide policies and processes
Coordinate performance review and appraisal cycles in accordance with group-wide policies and processes to support the SLT in achieving a high-performance culture
Training & Development; Ensuring all employees in the school are trained on new processes, policies and their implementation in the school
Health and Safety: work closely with Operations Team to ensure to risks are mitigated, and communications are distributed
Ensure all personnel files are up to date, absence management, contract updates and offers
Conducting annual P&C audit for related school to ensure files are updated and compliant
Lead retention & Employee Engagement for respective school employees
Assist in guiding junior HROs or P&C Assistant on daily operational matters
Specific Duties
Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
Utilise company\'s careers website and subscribed job boards to advertise and manage vacancies and candidate lifecycles
Drive pro-active recruitment at school level for the Academic Year
Conduct pre-employment safer recruitment checks for all staff, including references and suitability/police clearances and ensuring appropriate follow-up based on each case
Ensure the school\'s recruitment activity is in line with the staffing headcount, with the School\'s Ops Manager and HQ People & CultureCheck employment contracts against budget and headcount before it reaches the Principal for signature
Coordinate new starter induction in school, and ensure communication takes place pre-employment
Ensure relevant education regulatory body applications are processed for new staff, ensuring clarity of timelines and providing guidance and support where required
Ensure the visa and work permit applications are processed for new staff, ensuring new employees are aware of their requirements, in line with group-wide guidance and in collaboration with the HQ People & Culture & Public Relations teams
Create and issue contracts, contract renewals and associated documentation in line with the group wide terms and conditions and policies
Responsible to organize potential onboarding flights/hotel and raise relevant PRs
Coordinate new starter induction in school, and ensure communication takes place pre-employment
Drive, track and advise SLT team and OSM/OMs on schools Nationalisation target to ensure KPI achievement
Manage the onboarding of school-based staff, liaising with IT for relevant systems / email set-up and processing staff ID cards
Liaise with government relations to ensure new staff are compliant in terms of all applicable government and educational regulatory body approvals before the start of the Academic Year and general joining date
Assist Principal, HQ P&C and Finance in setting up the Manning budget suggestion and related expenses
Performance Enablement
Coordinate performance review and appraisal cycles in accordance with group-wide policies and processes to support the SLT in achieving a high performance culture
Track and provide reports to HQ P&C on all key performance cases
Create and update s inline the performance enablement process and competency frameworks based on schools roles
Professional development - monitor, book and track PD for school staff and provide reports as requested by the SLT, School Ops Manager and HQ P&C Operations
People & Culture Operations
Health Insurance applications, renewals, cancellations and associated management for all school staff in coordination with the HQ Rewards Team
Management and reporting of staff time and attendance, including managing the time and attendance systems
Keep the school Organization chart up to date
Responsible for issuing NOCs and other relevant staff letters (e.g. Bank, Government, Immigration, experience letters etc.)
P&C KPIs - collate people P&C KPIs - collate people metrics based on the Aldar Education P&C KPI requirements and provide reports on a monthly and ad-hoc basis, including but not limited to absence, turnover, PD, recruitment activity, disciplinary and performance management cases, compliance rates (visas and applicable education regulatory body approvals etc)
Process exiting staff as leavers and ensure all associated exit procedures are completed, including liaison with HQ payroll for the calculations of full and final settlements, and associated housing close-out procedures
Responsible for ensuring all resigned staff have correct acknowledgement letter and all relevant documents collated; Exit clearances are completed.
Maintain up to date confidential employment records and staff files on site at school
Maintaining HR systems and ensuring they accurately reflect the staffing within the school
Monitor and maintain CTC, ensuring agreed headcount is correct
Participate in group-wide P&C meetings in order to share knowledge, best practice and to ensure consistency within group standards
Employee Relations
Support the SLT with investigations and disciplinary management of staff, ensuring accurate records of cases are kept within confidential employment files
Provide advice, counsel and guidance to employees on relevant issues and escalate to SLT or HQ Head - People Culture where required
Provide support to SLT in managing informal ER cases in accordance with group-wide policies and standards
Track all employee relation cases and keep higher management informed of any legal cases
Be the first point of contact for legal cases
Maintain and manage all employee relations files
Any other duties as reasonably expected
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum degree of higher education in Human Resources or related field.
Related industry qualification, of graduate level, for the assigned functional area(s).
Recognized HR Qualification and/or professional subscription (eg CIPD) desirable
Minimum Experience
Minimum 8 years in HR or Recruitment in any industry; or
7 year in Generalist HR within a service related industry
Education industry experience preferable
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills
Sound working knowledge of Bahrain Labour Law.
Strong Safer Recruitment Practice knowledge
Competent using IT systems, including Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook.
Education regulatory body requitement knowledge of strong advantage
Strong organizational and prioritisation skills.
Experience liaising with government bodies in Bahrain as well as a working knowledge of Immigration requirements and processes.
Enables a working environment that promotes trust, equality and fairness
Fluent English communication skills, written and oral (Arabic proficiency is desirable)
Attention to detail with diligent follow up, and able to execute in a timely manner.
Skilled in multi-tasking and handling pressure.
Organizational ability, of self and others.
Works with team members to ensure targets are met, focusing on priorities for Aldar Education
Forethought and forward planning (particularly for all Government compliance matters).
Capable of influencing people and talented in networking with cultural sensitivity.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.