Human Resources Manager and OHS Coordinator
British International for Education (BIe)
Total years of experience :27 years, 0 Months
Duties Include:
Responsible for promoting and developing the formation of the Human Resources department in being a strategic partner aligned with the senior management teams to meet the company’s goals and initiatives.
Build partnerships with senior managers and participate in the decision-making process pertaining to people management.
Adherence and understanding of the Kuwait Labor Law and advising senior management as necessary.
Prime for overseeing the design and configuration, and the training thereof, of the Halogen erecruitment module.
Prime for the entire recruitment process of overseas contracted staff and overseeing the smooth transition of expats and their families to Kuwait including the overseeing of the annual induction programme upon arrival and the on-boarding process thereafter.
Liaising with the Ministry Liaison Officers, Messengers and British Consulate officials to ensure successful outcomes as far as medical and residency procedures are concerned.
Responsible for carrying out disciplinary and grievance procedures in accordance with the company’s policy and procedures and Kuwait Labor Law.
Maintaining sound employee relations.
Liaison with third parties including but not limited to; pension providers, medical insurance providers, travel companies, recruitment and government agencies. Adopting best practice through out.
Responsible for addressing employee queries and providing solutions on various employee issues.
Responsible for all exit formalities, statistics and identifying any trends.
Working with Department Coordinators to ensure adherence to health and safety procedures, legislation and for promoting health and safety in the workplace.
Initially employed to help out with various financial duties, working alongside the charity’s accountants. Promoted to Business Development Manager to help develop and enhance relationships with the charity’s external clients and to explore other revenue avenues.
Duties included:
Managed budget allocation and reporting budget information to the charity’s Director and Board.
Prepared and presented monthly financial information, information pertaining to meetings held with our external partners including local authorities, progress on any business development opportunities etc. which enhance clear communication across all departments.
Managed timesheets ensuring that they were completed fully (including overtime) and authorised by the correct delegated authority.
Facilitated at financial audits.
General bookkeeping using SAGE finance package.
Prepared and produced the annual Safety and Environment Audit program in conjunction with the BBRIS Technical Compliance Manager.
Conducted safety, quality and environment audits as per the annual audit program.
Produced audit reports and follow up, including the management of audits through the company’s database thus enabling clear communication and action plans to be put in place.
Reported to the Safety, Health and Environment Manager information relating to audits carried out and any corrective action requests that were raised including any trends.
Worked with the Operational Managers to discuss, oversee and or, resolve safety, environment and quality issues.
Reviewed international quality standards and translated these into the company’s Business Management System.
Assessed and communicated business risk to appropriate Operational Managers.
Responsible for communicating to staff at all levels to ensure that safety, quality and environment requirements were met and understood across all divisions and at all levels.
Facilitated at external audits: BSI, Link up, Network Rail etc., and at the annual management reviews.
Duties included:
A competent People, Development and Communications technical practitioner and a focal point for technical queries, providing advice and guidance to managers and employees.
Apply specialist skills and knowledge and ensure all procedures were followed and standards maintained.
Conducted new employee introductions: ensuring that the new employee was briefed on company policy and procedures including Health and Safety and the CQ database (in house database system).
Responsible for carrying out disciplinary and grievance procedures in accordance with the Company’s policy and procedures.
Responsible for the administration of the Company Benefits and Pension Scheme.
Updated and maintained the Staff Employment Handbook in line with current legislation.
Updated and maintained personnel files including sickness and annual leave records and reported any anomalies to the Finance Manager.
Worked with Sales/Managing Directors to oversee an effective appraisal system/training program.
Prime for the implementation of ISO9002 processes and to ensure company compliance.
Quality representative duties; internal departmental audits in accordance with the company ISO procedures.
Prime for the overseeing of the Investor’s in People award program and its on-going adherence. Accreditation awarded Oct 2000
All personnel functions for the company as listed above.
Responsible for managing four Sales Support Administrators ensuring sales support procedures were adhered to in a timely and accurate manner.
Responsible for training all new employees on the CQ (in house) company database system.
Presenting to the company at the Monthly Operation Meetings the progress of the Support Services