AVP- Employee Relations (Emiratized Role)

Join the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting & dynamic industry. 

Job Purpose

The purpose of this job is to be the lead on Employee Relations to ensure employees receive a client focused, proactive, effective & professional HR service throughout the employee lifecycle

Key Accountabilities

• Manage Employee Relations issues by supporting employees, Managers, Business and Division heads and provides expert advice on human resource management issues
• Provides both advice and assistance to internal and external stakeholders of HR on employee process and policy issues
• Provides internal consulting and strategic direction on a variety of complex, sensitive and confidential human resource issues, including working with External Agencies and Legal, Audit and Compliance Division to enable successful legal and compliant resolution
• Manages, directs and participates in the development of Group wide human resources policies, guidelines and practices to ensure successful employee dispute resolution within the boundaries of FAB’s policies
• Lead and manage the employee grievance and disciplinary framework including:

• HR participation in compliance, risk and fraud investigations and interviews
• Leading the employee behavioral disciplinary panels, establishing investigation team, and bringing to conclusion

• Ensure all legal and regulatory obligations are met in relation to Employee Relations
• Ensure all legal and regulatory changes with respect to labor law is incorporated in Bank’s framework.
• Manage and Govern Banks authorized signatures ensuring the framework is aligned and regular reviews are initiated.
• Work on process enhancement to align ER on an international platform, by enhancing current processes
• The role holder will be expected to assist key stakeholders (primarily: Their Business Line, Compliance Control Room and Group HR) to ensure Conflicts of Interest and FABs Code of Conduct policies and protocols are upheld. The role holder will also partner and advise the aforementioned on; conflicts management, policy, process, procedure and breach escalation, including but not limited to core themes such as; Gifts, Entertainments, Personal Account Dealing, Outside Business Interests/Activities, Material Deals and Information Walls
• Adherence to budgeted operating expenses
• Effective disciplinary and grievance process
• Change management projects completed
• Timely preparation of reports
• Number of process improvements implemented
• Support to BAU activities
• Compliance to internal/external policies

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Human Resources) or any related discipline.

Minimum Experience

• 5-8 years’ relevant experience in the banking sector with at least 3 years in similar positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities in the HR function.

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