Gihan El Shafei, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Gihan El Shafei

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Dubai Government Human Resources Department

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Arts, Mass media Dept.
Experience
29 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 5 Months

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Dubai Government Human Resources Department
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2022

Spearhead talent acquisition initiatives, directing the recruitment team to implement and enhance
the onboarding process for both UAE nationals and Expatriates, ensuring a strategic alignment with
organizational goals.
• Conduct training sessions for junior HR employees and orchestrate comprehensive induction
programs for new hires.
• Oversee the entry, maintenance, analysis, and resolution of issues on the HR Information System
(Oracle GRP HRMS).
• Ensure compliance with personnel legalities, maintaining up-to-date record-keeping, and meeting
all HR requirements accurately.
• Provide professional advice to employees and management on HR law implementation.
• Manage employee complaints, oversee grievance procedures, and facilitate counseling aligned with
HR law and government strategy.
• Investigate and resolve complex or critical employee relations issues promptly and effectively.
• Participate in or lead projects focused on continuous improvement in human resources.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to test, evaluate, and implement new systems.
• Handle employee performance management and provide assistance to both employees and
department directors during annual reviews.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to plan, provide, and assess online and on-board
training to facilitate employee development aligned with government goals.
• Manage promotions, secondments, transfers, and any job changes, preparing necessary
compensation and benefits studies and reports.
• Oversee HR database audits and supervise the HR team in implementing necessary updates.
• Prepare and develop HR policies and procedures to uphold organizational standards of excellence.
• Conduct and analyze happiness and satisfaction surveys to measure service quality, client, and
customer satisfaction, and prepare reports for process optimization.
• Act as the HR head of section during their absence, ensuring continuity in HR operations.

Senior Human Resources Officer at Confidentail / Government of Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2006 to September 2023

• Supervising recruitment team to implement and enhance on-boarding process for both
UAE nationals and Expatriates.
• Training Junior HR employees and planning induction for new joiners.
• Enter, maintain, analyze, and resolve issues on HRIS (oracle GRP HRMS).
• Ensure that all personnel legalities, record keeping are up to date and all requirements are met appropriately.
• Provide accurate & professional advice to employees/Management concerning the
implementation of the HR Law.
• Handling employee complaints, managing grievance procedures and facilitating
counseling in conjunction with HR Law and Government Strategy.
• Investigating and resolving complex or critical employee relations issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Participating in and/or leading projects focused on Human resources to ensure continuous improvements.
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to Test, evaluate and implement new systems.
• Handling Employee performance Management and providing assistance for both employees and departments directors for annual review.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholder to plan, provide and assess online and on-board training to ensure development of employees to fulfill government goals.
• Handling promotions, secondments, transfers, and any job change and preparing necessary compensation and benefits studies and reports.
• Responsible for HR database audit and supervising HR team regarding any required updates.
• Preparation and development of HR policies and procedures to achieve standards of excellence in the organization.
• Prepare and Analyze Happiness and satisfaction surveys to measure quality of services provided, and clients and customers satisfaction and prepare the necessary reports for process optimization.
• Acting as HR head of Section during his Absence

Administration and Public Relation Manager at Rotary International Administration Office In Cairo.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2000 to December 2005

• Organize, Receive & Process all paperwork including Faxes, Incoming and Outgoing
Mail.
• Preparing and arrange meetings, events and Conferences (Name tags, Certificates, etc..).
• Handling Office Petty Cash and events accounting.
• Handling personnel issues including recruiting, leaves, and salary work sheet.
• Website Administration.
• Assisting the District Governor during his year (preparing his club visits, hotel
reservations and travel management).
• Public Relation.
• Collecting materials and articles for the District Magazine and helping in the Distribution

Executive Assistant at Advanced Construction Systems Co. S.A.E. (ADCON)- Sales & Marketing Department - Cairo Branch.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 1997 to June 2000

• Assisting Managing Director.
• Organize, Receive & Process all paperwork including Faxes, Incoming and Outgoing Mail.
• Updating & Printing Mailing Lists, Labels and Envelopes.
• Organizing, typing, and preparing presentations for potential clients.
• Helping preparing receptions and exhibitions.

Executive secretary at USAID / ACDI - Farmer to Farmer Project (FtF)
  • Egypt - Ismailia
  • April 1994 to November 1996

• Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
• Handled scheduling for executive's calendar and prepared meeting agenda and materials.
• Promoted team productivity by preparing field paperwork and supplies.
• Documented and distributed field reports and update the FtF Management Information System (MIS).
• Worked with Volunteers to effectively plan and coordinate logistics for special projects and events.
• Managed and reviewed filing and office systems.
• Preparing Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reports.

Secretary at USAID Project - (JMET) Willbros Butler Eng. Inc.\ Perini Intl. Peace vectorIII - AbuSwair airbase
  • Egypt - Ismailia
  • November 1993 to February 1994

• Assist Project Manager with reports, correspondence, daily functions.
• Maintain logs of incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Typing correspondences (English and Arabic).
• Prepare headquarters copies and Maintain Personnel files.
• Distribute incoming mail.
• coordinating with DHL for sending and receiving parcels.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Arts, Mass media Dept.
  • at Zagazig University
  • June 1993
High school or equivalent, High School
  • at Amoun Private School
  • June 1988

Specialties & Skills

Oracle HR
Performance Appraisal
Organization Development
Recruitment
Employee Relations
HR Policies
MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Front Page)
Training and Development
Job Description
Job Evaluation
Arabic and English writing Skills
UAE Immigration process
onboarding
recruitment operations
Writing Policies and manuals in English and Arabic
Leading a team
Information Security
Project Management
Administration and Event Management
Performance Appraisal
UAE Governmnet Law / UAE Labour law
office management
team management
team leadership
operational hr
problem solving
organizational development
negotiation
planning
office administration
teamwork
payroll
performance management
time management
research
creative writing
Communication Skills
oracle HRMS / PAYROLL
Conflict Resolution
leadership & management
HR Analytics
HR Transformation
People Management
Talent Management
Recruitment
Training
HR Business Partnering
HR Strategy
Employee Relations
Human Resources
Talent Acquisition
Oracle HR
Workforce Planning
Purchasing
Microsoft Office
HR Management
Administration
Customer Service
Management

Social Profiles

Personal Website
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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

SHRM
  • Chief HR Officer
  • January 2024
GINI GLOBAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE
  • chief hr officer
  • December 2023

Training and Certifications

SHRM - SCP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2022
Certified Human Resources Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
Lead Institute
Date Attended:
February 2016
HRCP (Training)
Training Institute:
SHRM
Date Attended:
February 2018
Certified Compensation and Benefits Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
Lead Institute
Date Attended:
June 2016
Oracle EPMS (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubai Smart Government
Date Attended:
March 2014
ICDL 4 modules (Word processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation, computer user) Average 92% (Training)
Training Institute:
ICDL GCC
Date Attended:
January 2009
Moving ahead with Process Mapping & Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Mierc Training & Consulting
Date Attended:
July 2009
Oracle Learning Management System OLM (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubai Smart Government
Date Attended:
November 2013
Oracle BI Discoverer System HRMS (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubai Smart Government
Date Attended:
July 2013
Science and Technology in Office Management and Secretarial in the Government Sector (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Mawred
Date Attended:
August 2007
Introduction in PC Maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
Computer Sciences and IT training Center, Ismailia, Egypt
Date Attended:
December 1996
Oracle HRMS (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubai Smart Government
Date Attended:
August 2013
Human Resources Management in the GCC (Training)
Training Institute:
IIR middle east
Date Attended:
September 2007

Hobbies

  • Research
  • Swimming
  • Acrylic painting