Manager - Human Capital Consulting/People Advisory/People & Change

Primary Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities

Change Management:

- Assesses organizations readiness and develops change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance through:

- Applying a structured methodology and leading change management activities.

- Supporting communication efforts.

- Focusing on the people side of change, including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles, and organization structures

- Supporting training efforts.

- Ensures communication and management of stakeholders (end-to-end) for transformation projects to implement organizational restructuring, new processes, controls, technology solutions.

- Manages the initiatives and activities covered in the change management and

communication plans and develops the content required to execute them

- Manages stakeholders and their objectives/ KPIs in order to create the right

the business case for their achievement in line with the project's scope and objectives.

Quality Management:

- Executes projects to a level that meets member firm's Quality standards within a commercial context.

- Manages scope and delivers timely and quality deliverables.

- Communicates risk and issues early to Leaders as appropriate.

- Contribute towards creating innovative and repeatable solutions which strengthen business performance and differentiate from our competition.

- Anticipates current and future needs of the firm based on extensive research and deep understanding of client business/ industry.

- Holds review(s) on completion of projects to identify lessons learned and enhance future quality and commercial planning.

- Works on CPD to maintain professional status/ accreditation.

People Management Responsibilities:

- Identifies development needs of the team and provides coaching, mentoring and stretch assignments to attract, develop and retain our most talented colleagues.

- Plans and seeks opportunities to allocate team member's responsibilities that will enable them to learn new skills that align with their goals.

- Meets organization deadlines throughout the Performance Development cycle for self and team (if Performance Manager) including seeking quality feedback, goal setting, providing input into engagement/ project reviews, cascading own goals and regular conversations with appraisees and team members, to a standard, expected under Open Performance Development.

- Effectively supports and manages underperformance, in line with local guidance and policies.

- Takes action to ensure well-being matters are properly handled and resolved by and escalates as appropriate.

- Ensures the team accurately charges time to Engagement codes to see the true value of work delivered and to recognize individual/team effort.

- Builds constructive working relationships across different teams and countries. Shares internal networks with others to support an understanding of the breadth of capabilities

- Shares knowledge with other colleagues/ teams and contributes to the development of knowledge resources.

- Embraces wider people-focused actions and initiatives which drive cultural improvement across their local team(s).

- Manages onboarding of new starters, including buddy responsibilities

Desired Candidate:

- Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or any related discipline.

- Master's degree in Business Administration and/ or Human Resources or any related discipline.

- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with at least 5-6 years in a similar role.

Experience Expected:

- Expertise in organization change management in the public/ private sector in the GCC the region, dealing with many different disciplines, from behavioral and social to information and business solutions in order to recognize the changes in the broader business environment and entities towards implementing the project's objectives.

- Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools (such as the ADKAR model).

- Experience developing change strategies and producing organization-wide communications to support.

- Solid understanding of project management methodology.

- Demonstrated experience conducting workshops/training with business partners and employees experiencing change.

- Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

- Fluent written and spoken English is mandatory.

- Arabic speaker is a plus.