Project Manager - HR Consulting Projects (4-Month Engagement)

Role Overview

Project Manager - HR Consulting Projects at MENA Consultant, Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is a 4-month on-site engagement.

Role Purpose

Manage and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of the HR Regulations and HR Management Framework engagement across all workstreams, stakeholders and deliverables. Maintain delivery quality, keep the project on schedule, align stakeholders and secure timely review and approval of outputs.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Delivery Management

• Manage the project plan, workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks and deliverables.
• Coordinate the development of the current-state assessment, HR regulations, policies and procedures, operating model, job architecture, grading framework, HR plans and supporting implementation materials.
• Maintain consistency and alignment across HR policies, procedures, job architecture, compensation and benefits, competencies, career paths and related HR frameworks.
• Maintain project governance, progress reports, action logs, issue and risk registers, and decision tracking.

Stakeholder Engagement & Facilitation

• Manage engagement with HR, business functions, leadership and other relevant Agency stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, interviews, working sessions and deliverable review meetings.
• Coordinate the staged review of initial drafts, revised outputs and final submissions, consolidating stakeholder feedback and tracking comments through closure.

Quality & Compliance

• Coordinate contributions from HR subject matter experts and the Legal Advisor to incorporate regulatory and technical requirements.
• Support quality assurance of Arabic and English deliverables, ensuring consistency between both versions.

Change & Knowledge Transfer

• Support change management, communications, training and knowledge transfer related to implementing the new HR framework.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience, preferably including HR transformation or Human Capital consulting.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex HR transformation, HR policy, operating model or organizational development projects.
• Experience with government or public-sector organizations in the UAE.
• Background in a Big-4 or leading consulting organization in the Human Capital or People Advisory practice is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Workshop facilitation and executive communication skills.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, written and spoken.

Additional Information

• Contract Duration: 4 months.
• Working Arrangement: On-site.

Full details are available on the employer's original posting.