Kristopher McGuire, HR Assistant

Kristopher McGuire

HR Assistant

Wesley International Limited

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
17 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 1 Months

HR Assistant at Wesley International Limited
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2010

 CURRENTLY EXPANDING MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE HR FUNCTION BY GAINING MORE GENERALIST HR EXPERIENCE THROUGH EXPOSURE TO, FOR EXAMPLE:

• Recruitment Process and Procedures
• Performance Management Implementation
• Induction Program Design and Coordination
• Job Analysis and Job Descriptions
• Payroll, Increment and Incentives Rewards
• Disciplinary Procedures
• Staff Attendance Management
• PRO Work and VISA Application Process

HR Assistant Training and Development at DiGi Telecommunications
  • Malaysia
  • May 2008 to May 2009

 FURTHER DEVELOPED MY UNDERSTADING AND EXPERIENCE OF HR PROCEDURES, WITH THE MAJOR FOCUS STILL BEING ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKFORCE.

Specific areas of involvement included:

 Being part of the team initiated to restructure and reinvigorate Development within the company, involving complete restructuring of the processes and engagement with various departments to ensure development needs would be met.
 Design and Development of training courses as part of the companies Management Development programme, including Coaching and Behavioural Interview Training.
 Involvement in the company’s succession and talent management programme know as the DiGi Development Plan (DDP)
 Supporting aspects of the Performance Management process.
 Involvement in Employee Engagement activities. In particular as a member of the team tasked with organizing a large scale stampede intended to spark excitement about DiGi in the market place and convert subscribers of other companies to DiGi. (in response to the introduction of Mobile Number Portability within the country.)

HR Assitant Training and Development at Leighton International Limited
  • Malaysia
  • September 2006 to April 2008

 GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE TO THE H.R. PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES OF A LARGE MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

The specific areas in which I have been employed include:

 Developing new position descriptions to meet with a new job grading system
 Traveling to the various regions in which Leighton International conducts its business, South East Asia, India and the Middle East to conduct job grading analyses and training needs analyses
 Utilizing Training Needs Analysis to create new Job Descriptions
 Developing training programmes for improving staff proficiency as part of the the company’s management development programme
 Preparation of training materials for trades and professional training under the conceptual title of “Leighton University Initiative”. Programmes include trades/skills and professional/ technical courses.

Education

Master's degree,
  • at University of Wollongong Dubai
  • December 2010

Masters Degree in Strategic Human Resource Management achieved with Distinction.

Master's degree, Sociology
  • at University of Aberdeen
  • July 2005

Achieved Upper Second Class MA with honours in Sociology.

Specialties & Skills

Job Descriptions
Improving
Management
Sociology
Grading