About Dubai Holding Real Estate:
Dubai Holding’s real estate business has developed strategic destinations and communities that offer unique and attractive lifestyle opportunities to meet the evolving needs of Dubai’s residents and visitors alike. As a master developer, we invest in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, community amenities and family-focused facilities including community centres, mosques, schools, supermarkets and landscaping.
Our integrated real estate offering also includes a robust land sales portfolio, project management for large-scale projects, as well as top-notch facilities management services.
About the Job:
An opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director - Organization Development and Talent Management to join Dubai Holding Real Estate. The job holder is responsible for driving and executing organization's development strategy, leading change management initiatives, and ensuring successful implementation of organizational and Talent management programs that promote a high-performance culture. The role also involves developing and executing effective strategies to improve organizational effectiveness including leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, and productivity.
The main duties and responsibilities of this role:
- Develop and implement talent management initiatives and organization's talent management strategies, programs and systems to facilitate Talent review process and enhance organizational effectiveness and efficiency in alignment with the overall company strategy, mission, and goals.
- Analyze organizational processes and design and implement changes that improve operational efficiencies and effectiveness.
- Define and establish a long-term talent strategy, including identifying critical jobs, assessing internal and external availability, developing long-term plans to bridge gaps, and building a talent pipeline to retain high-performing employees.
- Develop, evaluate, enhance, and maintain policies and procedures in relation to Talent management, Organization development, and Succession Planning to identify and plan for career progression routes of employees.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Organization Development and Talent Management programs to assess talent and improve the bench strength of talent by providing guidance to leadership team and managers and addressing questions.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of talent management programs and make recommendations for improvements to enhance employee engagement, retention, and career development.
- Define and establish long-term talent strategy that may include: identifying critical jobs, determining talent gaps, assessing internal availability to bridge gaps and building a talent pipeline to retain high-performing employees.
- Serve as subject matter expert for any talent & performance related activities including addressing questions and concerns on employee career paths and succession plans to improve the talent bench strength
- Play an active role in developing various communications and interactions with teams and manage the internal communication plan for all related matters in the performance cycle and trainings.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, to ensure effective delivery of talent management programs.
- Establish talent skill matrix to identify technical and behavioral competencies for various positions and implement strategies to manage key talents across the company.
- Provide guidance and coaching to HR business partners and other stakeholders on talent management best practices to improve effectiveness.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders, managers, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and ensure alignment of talent management programs with the company's strategic objectives.
- Monitor key talent metrics to measure the success of talent management programs and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Establish guidelines for identifying the Group talent and managing them in line with strategic objectives and effectively coordinate with other functions in attaining, developing, and retaining organizational talent.
- Oversee the employee engagement program ensuring the yearly survey is conducted on time and results are communicated to employees in-order to measure employee satisfaction and morale, monitor the effectiveness and evaluate the company’s culture.
- Lead Gender Equality initiatives and provide support to Employee Engagement Team to facilitate team building activities, special projects, and workshops as required.
- Benchmark best practices in Organization development and Talent management and update the processes and policies in-order to identify and efficiently plan career progression routes of employees.
About you:
The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications:
- Bachelor's/ Master’s degree in Human Resources/ Organizational Development or related field
- Professional certification in Organizational design (OD Certified Professional) / Talent Management (Talent Management Certified Professional) / Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) in Training and Development/ CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) in learning and development - preferred.
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in talent management, organizational development/ change management with at least 5 years in a leadership role in UAE within a multicultural environment.
- Strong understanding of talent management best practices, including workforce planning, leadership development, succession planning, and performance management.
- Excellent knowledge of organizational development and change management.
- Proficiency in using nine-box matrix potential and performance for succession planning Ability to conduct presentation and workshop facilitation.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data to measure program success and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Good project management, planning and implementation skills.
- Highly detail oriented, analytical and self-motivated
- Be able to coach, mentor counsel and conduct presentations and workshops.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing business needs.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
About the Benefits:
At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.
