Head of HR Saudi

Job Summary

As a member of the Country Management Team, the job holder will be the interface between business and HR and will be responsible for formulating and delivering the relevant HR/People agenda for Saudi Arabia, aligning to both the Group HR and Saudi Arabia strategic agendas where required.

As HR Subject matter expert for Saudi Arabia the role holder will, in partnership with functional HRBPs for Middle East and North Africa and HR Service Delivery & Specialists, and the Country CEOs (of Standard Chartered Bank Branch Saudi Arabia and Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia), be the interface between Saudi Arabia specific HR matters and the wider business & HR Function, creating an effective, efficient organisation where maximising performance and engagement is at the heart of every interaction.

Partnering with relevant business heads, senior managers, functional partners and stakeholders, the role holder will drive and enable sustainable business performance.

Manage people processes (performance, reward, resourcing, and talent) to ensure levels of capabilities and performance satisfy current and future requirements of the business.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Provide leadership in influencing improved Business performance for all staff through robust HR frameworks.
• Embed Line Manager Capabilities across the Bank.
• Ensure staff related procedures and practices comply with local legal requirements and fair employee treatment.
• Take the lead on and /or advise management on all issues of Employee Relations.
  
  

Processes

• Identify talent and initiate activities to extend reach and depth of talent pipeline (including enhancing Diversity)
• Facilitate management of the talent pool as per Group process.
• Provide a robust Compensation and Benefit support to enable the Bank to attract, retain, and reward talent that will effectively contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives.
• Monitor market, business and regulatory trends to develop, recommend and ensure implementation of flexible, business focused policies, practices and procedures in compensation in line with Group Reward Policy.
• Maintain networks of external contacts that enables the benchmarking of compensation practices against relevant comparator organisations and migrate best practice where appropriate.
• Monitor the compensation related key risk indicators and ensure that policies are adapted to minimise risk.
• Support Business Managers to manage the P3 process as per Group Guidelines.
• Take the lead on and /or advise management on issues of Industrial Relations/Collective Bargaining and Employee Relations.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Human Resources Consulting
• Influencing through expertise
• Talent Management
• Performance Management
• HR Legal and Regulatory Environment
• Employee Relations
  
  

Qualifications

• Education - Bachelor Degree in Human Resources or Business-related Degree
• Membership Professional HR Qualification (CIPD or SHRM)
• Languages - English and Arabic
  
  

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
  
  

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.