Role Title
Senior HR Consultant

Location
Dubai, Saudi Arabia Riyadh or Turkey

Rewards
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits on offer.

Summary
At Smith+Nephew, we believe in our products. We believe that through innovation, development and supporting our customers and patients we can help others achieve a Life Unlimited!
An excellent opportunity has arisen within our Human Resources Division for a Senior HR Consultant. The incumbent is responsible for working closely with people leaders across all functions and multiple geographies in providing and implementing HR support aligned to the corporate HR policies and processes at country, cluster and regional level.

Sound Exciting? We believe so!

Essential Job Functions

The successful incumbent will lead the execution and delivery of high profile or complex HR programs/projects which may cross functions or geographies, and will be appointed to lead high risk, complex employee relations cases or investigations. In addition, the role will manage the country requirements to meet local rules / requirements in establishing the right business model for S+N in alignment with the business project team.

This role also involves providing advice, support and coaching to managers and employees across the full range of employment policies, including areas such as people performance management issues, employee development, career, performance capabilities.

The Senior HR Consultant will provide advice and support in relation to projects linked to organizational design, restructuring, development and change activities, as well as HR CoE Cyclical activities and programmes for example salary review, performance reviews and workforce planning. The role will also focus on both individual and collective relationships in the workplace and involves supporting and coaching people managers to establish trust-based relationships with employees and to manage employee relations issues.

In some cases, the Senior HR Consultant will be appointed as a working team leader to support HR E2E activities in a country or group of countries, acting as the first escalation point and coach to team members.

The Senior HR Consultant along with the wider team will support the drive for continuous improvement that delivers year on year cost savings and service capability, whilst improving service performance against benchmarks.

Responsibilities:

• Complex People Management cases e.g. organizational change, disciplinary, performance capability etc.
• Compliance with and implementation of local legislation / practices
• HR Performance and Customer Focus
• Provide Advice and Coaching For Managers & Team members
• Driving Continuous Improvement
• Stakeholder / Relationship Management

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent is desirable, and evidence of continuing professional development.
• The ability to communicate in both English and Arabic is essential.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws and practices required for Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey is required.
• Three years previous HR experience working at a generalist level.
• Broad knowledge of shared services and centre of excellence concept operating environment, service systems, processes and capabilities is advantageous.
• Experience with Workday and other HR People Management systems is advantageous.

Applications:
If you share our passion for groundbreaking innovation and can demonstrate how you meet the criteria outlined, we would love to hear from you.
We continue to actively build an environment where every individual can fulfil their potential and be proud ambassadors for Smith & Nephew, our customers and their patients.
We value the diversity of our people and welcome applications from everyone.
It\'s more than business at Smith+Nephew - it\'s personal. What we do every day, changes lives every day.
Healthcare is in Smith+Nephew\'s DNA. From a single pharmacy in Hull, UK to a presence in over 100 countries, we\'ve spent more than a century and a half working at the leading edge of medical technology.
At Smith+Nephew, you will find a company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about the communities where we live and work.
Join us as we continue to make our work personal, to innovate and to develop devices that help to restore patients\' bodies, and enable them to regain their futures.

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