Alisha Pinto, HR Planning Officer

Alisha Pinto

HR Planning Officer

Emirates Driving Institute

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Human Resources
Experience
12 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months

HR Planning Officer at Emirates Driving Institute
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2017

-Key Member of the HR Strategic team working on a number of projects to be implemented across all subsidiary companies which includes implementation of HR Policies and Processes for smooth functioning and streamlining of existing practices to increase organizational effectiveness
-Creating and Updating the Organization Structure
-Coordinating with Stakeholders and HRD team members on HR related matters and on an ad-hoc basis
-Responsible for collating and presenting HR Reports as and when required by the management
-Successfully recruited niche and various other roles within the organization which involves job posting, head hunting, sourcing, screening and evaluating resumes through various job channels and business networking sites
-Administering test, conducting HR round of interview and scheduling role specific and final round of interviews with the concerned stakeholders and candidates
-Conducting On-boarding and Orientation of all new joiners in the Head Office
-Preparing letters requested by the employees in absence of any team member
-Sending across birthday emails across the company wishing the employee
-Successfully developed and implemented a standard Induction Process/Presentation for all new joiners within the company
-Responsible for other ad-hoc activities as and when required by the CSSO
-Planning and Organizing social events for all employees across all the training centers in Dubai to motivate them and encourage participation for the events

Executive- HR Strategy at Eversendai Offshore RMC FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2016 to December 2016

Key Responsibilities:

- Part of the HR Strategic Team working on a number of projects to be implemented across all countries which includes Talent Management and Succession Planning across departments, Competency Framework, Career Pathing and developing an Assessment Centre on the Company Intranet Portal
- Initiated the Mid-Year and Year-End Performance Management Cycle and ensuring completion across all companies. Collating all the performance ratings and drawing the bell curve analysis. Presenting the analysis of the ratings to the management
- Updating the Organization Structure as and when required by the Department Head
- Coordinating with Stakeholders and HRAD team members across all countries on HR related matters and on an ad-hoc basis
- Responsible for collating and presenting HR Reports (Work in Progress Report, Head Count Report, HR Events Report, MIS Report) to the Management on weekly and monthly basis, and often on an ad-hoc basis as and when required by the Department head
- Successfully recruited niche roles within the organization which involves job posting, head hunting, sourcing, screening and evaluating resumes through various job channels and business networking sites
- Administering test and scheduling role specific and final round of interviews with the concerned stakeholders and candidates
- Conducting On-boarding and Orientation of all new joiners in the Head Office
- Preparing letters requested by the employees in absence of any team member
- Sending across birthday and work anniversary emails across the company wishing the employee
- Successfully developed and implemented a standard Induction Process/Presentation for all new joiners across all countries
- Responsible for other ad-hoc activities as and when required by the Department head

Senior HR Associate at Nathan and Nathan Human Resources Outsourcing
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2015 to August 2016

Key Responsibilities:

- Designing the Organizational Structure in mutual agreement with the management team
- Developing Job descriptions for all roles in the organization
- Successfully created and implemented the HR Manual and Employee Handbook in mutual interest of the employer and employee and keeping in mind the UAE Labor Law
- Creation of polices and processes for smooth functioning of HR Operations within the organization
- Successfully recruited at all levels within the organization which involves job posting, head hunting, sourcing, screening and evaluating resumes through various job channels and business networking sites
- Administering test and scheduling role specific and final round of interviews with the concerned stakeholders and candidates
- Responsible for salary negotiation and offer roll out
- Responsible for the On-boarding and Orientation of all new joiners
- Administration of the Employee Life Cycle master database comprising new joiners & leavers’ data related to personal information, education, experience, payroll data, leave records, bank details, etc.
- Also, responsible for secure storage and retrieval of the employee files in hard copy
- Responsible for the entire exit process which includes exit interview, preparing full and final settlement, ensuring handover of tasks is completed and company assets are collected
- Conducting timely HR Audits to ensure that all standard HR processes and procedures implemented are being followed
- Responsible for preparing HR MIS Reports on a monthly basis
- Responsible for preparation of letters requested by the employee
- Responsible for initiating the confirmation and promotion process of employees
- Responsible for the entire visa process of the employee- new visa issuance, visa renewal, visa cancellation etc.
- Responsible for the entire Medical Insurance process- addition, deletion, renewal
- Responsible for providing inputs considered for payroll in terms of attendance, addition, deletion, deduction, overtime of all employees
- Implemented and executed the HR System across the organization and conducted system training to all employees

Senior HR Executive at Packt Publishing Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2011 to February 2015

Key Responsibilities:

- Recruitment at both, executive & junior levels, within the organization involving job posting, head hunting, sourcing, screening and evaluating resumes through various job channels and business networking sites
- Administering test, conducting telephonic and face to face HR interviews, scheduling role specific and final round of interviews with the concerned stakeholders and candidates
- Responsible for salary negotiation and offer roll out
- To ensure the on-boarding arrangements of the new joiner is completed one day prior to the joining
- Responsible for the on-boarding and first day orientation of the new joiner
- Responsible for preparation of letters requested by the employee
- Responsible for initiating the confirmation and promotion process of employees
- Administration of the Employee Life Cycle master database comprising new joiners & leavers’ data related to personal information, education, experience, payroll data, leave records, bank details, etc.
- Also, responsible for secure storage and retrieval of the employee files in hard copy
- Responsible for the exit process which includes conducting exit interview and ensure handover of task is completed and company assets are collected
- To ensure the Performance Management Cycle is completed within the Business Unit and assist the Managers in case of an queries
- Preparation of HR Reports as required by the Management on weekly and monthly basis
- Responsible for planning and conducting Social events within the Business Unit
- Assisting the Team Leader in conducting rewards and recognition's within the business unit
- Hosting award ceremonies and social-events company-wide
- Ensuring Employee Welfare by sending across birthday emails, work anniversary emails, new joiner welcome emails, first day feedback emails, etc.
- Worked on a couple of projects both at individual and team level

Education

Master's degree, Human Resources
  • at Welingkars Institute of Management Studies
  • July 2014

2-Year integrated Masters diploma equivalent to MBA-HR

Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting & Auditing
  • at St. Andrew’s College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bandra, Mumbai
  • April 2011

Specialties & Skills

Onboarding
Employee Engagement
Screening
Negotiation
Talent Acquisition
HR Operations
On-boarding
Recruitment
Performance Management
Employee Engagement
Talent Management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
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