Human Resources Manager

**HR Leadership & Team Management**
- Line manage and provide leadership to the HR Team and Clinic Team
- Conduct weekly team meetings, 1-2-1 performance discussions, and regular coaching sessions to align objectives and drive performance.
- Identify training and development needs for the HR and clinic teams to ensure continuous professional growth.
- Oversee workload distribution, ensuring efficiency and high-quality HR service delivery.
- Lead the performance management cycle, setting clear goals, reviewing progress, and conducting annual appraisals.
- Support staff development and retention initiatives, ensuring a structured approach to career growth

**HR Operations & Compliance**
- Ensure compliance with Qatar Labour Law, MOE requirements, and Safer Recruitment Standards.
- Develop, review, and enforce HR policies and procedures, ensuring all staff understand and adhere to them.
- Conduct audits on HR processes, procedures, and employment documentation to maintain compliance.
- Oversee the Single Central Record (SCR), ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ensure HR documentation is GDPR-compliant, accurate, and securely stored.
- Act as a key HR advisor to SLT, providing strategic input on policy and workforce management and planning.
- Keep up-to-date with changes in labour laws and relevant Ministry circular and advise leadership accordingly.

**Employee Relations & Staff Well-being**
- Provide confidential professional 1-1 HR support to staff via a structured booking system and refer to school wellbeing counsellor where needed.
- Work closely with SLT to manage employee concerns, facilitate informal conflict resolution, and support a positive workplace culture.
- Lead mediation sessions to resolve disputes before escalation into formal grievance procedures.
- Monitor and analyse staff survey results, preparing reports with recommendations for the Executive Principal, Head of Operations, and School Vice President.
- Ensure return-to-work interviews are conducted as required, supporting staff reintegration.
- Maintain direct contact with staff who are hospitalized or absent for over a week (maternity, bereavement, illness, etc.), offering support where necessary.
- Maintain data on absence, punctuality concerns, and disciplinary cases, escalating issues to the Executive Principal as necessary.
- Participate in formal disciplinary proceedings in line with school policy.
- Work with the staff well-being committee and counsellors to implement staff welfare initiatives and promote mental health awareness.

**Payroll, Benefits & Compensation**
- Review relevant payroll monthly changes where needed, including salary adjustments, contract modifications, unpaid leave, and benefits.
- Ensure accurate payroll processing in collaboration with the Finance Manager.
- Conduct salary and benefits benchmarking, advising SLT on compensation competitiveness.
- Ensure all compensation structures align with employment regulations and school and Orbital policies.
- Oversee leave management and absence tracking, ensuring compliance with school absence policies and employment terms.
- Direct and Line Manage the HR staff:
**o Liaise with PROs regarding new hires, leavers and changes to staff contracts**

**o Oversee Qatar Residency Permits, passports, labour cards, exit permits**

**o To keep up to date with Ministry requirements, Nationalisation and Qatar Labour Law**

**o Analyse trends in compensation and benefits**

**HR Administration & Data Management**
- Manage iSAMS and MOE databases, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality.
- Conduct routine audits on employment records, payroll changes, and contract renewals.
- Ensure all HR records are GDPR-compliant, legally accurate, and securely stored.
- Prepare and submit monthly HR reports to the Executive Principal, providing insights into workforce trends, compliance, and policy updates.

**Learning & Development (L&D) & Induction Training**
- **Lead HR-related training sessions as part of the onboarding and induction process for all new staff.**
- **Deliver training on key topics, including**:

- **Health & Safety (H&S)**:

- **Fire Safety Procedures**:

- **HR Policies & Procedures**:

- **School Operational Guidelines**:

- **Employee Code of Conduct, Sickness Policy & professional standards and Expectations**
- Work with other Heads of the Section in administration & support to align induction and training initiatives.
- Update training materials annually to reflect changes in HR policies, Qatar Labour Law, and school regulations.

**Qatarisation Strategy & National Talent Development**
- Develop and oversee the Qatarisation strategy, ensuring alignment with national workforce initiatives and compliance requirements.
- Work closely with the Head of Operations to support the recruitment, training, and retention of Qatari nationals.
- Integrate Qatarisation into recruitment, onboarding, and career development, ensuring structured pathwa