عامر بركات

• Established the Learning & Development (L&D) and Performance Management functions from inception. Dubai, UAE Mar 2024 - Present
• Developed the Talent and Competencies framework, including policies, strategies, and initial implementation. • Led a very important project in partnership between the company and MOHRE, achieving successful completion and impactful outcomes.
• Spearheaded a key component of the organization's Digital Transformation strategy across the organization.

Tutor of CIPD Levels 3 & 5, where I delivered more than 120 days of tutoring for prestigious organizations staff including prominent governmental entities across all the emirates.
• Marking Assessor for the certification of CIPD levels 3, 5, and 7
• Participated in CIPD curriculum redesigning project.

Successfully built and developed the HR Department, designing all functions, strategies, systems, and policies to meet organizational needs and industry standards. • Introduced and managed the development of HR System from vendor selection stage to implementation phase • Recruited and onboarded top talent at all levels of seniority and in diverse businesses to enhance the business capabilities.
• Effectively improved employee relations through resolving conflicts and fostering a positive work environment, resulting in higher employee satisfaction. • Enhanced performance and career development and optimized compensation and benefits.
• Developed effective talent development schemes and competency framework, contributing to improved overall performance.
• Effectively redesigned the organization structure to align with the specific business models of each company, ensuring optimal business results.
• Maintained compliance and robust HR policies ensuring alignment with UAE labor laws and industry-specific regulations.

- Achieving defined targets by formulating key organizational design and development strategies across the company, such as L&D, Individual Development, Performance Management, Emiratization, and Leadership Development Plans through effective coaching and mentoring.
- Increasing productivity and performance by overseeing talent development operations, including competencies framework, job profiling, and succession planning.
- Adhering to company objectives and policies while tracking key business processes and progress to drive actions and plans in collaborating with Business Division.
- Elevating profitability by tracking and contributing to creating the company's main KPI and strategic goals.
- Managing the Learning & Development Unit to enhance the workforce capabilities.

- Devised the training strategies, plan, and budget in line with the bank’s objectives, strategies and initiatives
- Supported the Consumer and Corporate departments to meet their targets through enhancing training methodologies, content, design, and vendors selection.
- Sustained the L&D function and Service Quality by tracking, determining, evaluating Training ROI, and devising enhancement plans.
- Drove significant outcomes by setting developmental strategies, objectives, content and quality standards for the New Joiners Program.
- Ensured the best utilization of the digitalization learning solutions including technologies selection, learning methodologies and approaches, vendors, design and content for VR, VILT, gamification, e-learning, and m-learning.
- Served as Member of the DIB Digitalization Committee, to devise plans and actions for enhancing the digitalization experience across DIB.
- Ensured delivery of top-notch services by administering the L&D audit and ISO quality standards.
- Delivered selected training topics to leverage the operational and behavioral efficiency across the bank.

* Setting/revamping HR Function for corporate
* Developing/ revamping HR Policies & Procedures, systems, forms and templates

* Devising customized solutions based on special requirements or critical challenges in corporate

* Regular on-site visits for managing, monitoring, and developing the HR function in corporate

* Providing training solutions based on assessment or requirements from the corporate

- Nurture profitable alliances by streamlining internal communication across the Bank, staff surveys, and the annual Employee Engagement Survey to make DIB the Employer of Choice.
- Amplified staff experienced satisfaction regarding work-life balance, internal marketing, employee activities, and gatherings by introducing impactful initiatives and campaigns.
- Improved banks’ reputations by supervising strategic communication plan to assist banks’ strategies, initiatives, and
culture and enhance employee engagement.
- Assured circulation of messages across the Bank by cooperating with Corporate Communications, HR, and the different internal and external stakeholders.
- Conducted and arranged key events, such as UAE National Day, while serving as a member of the Organizing Committee of Staff Annual Gathering.
- Assured effective outreach within a cost-effective plan by managing strategic communication digital technologies, tools, and channels.

- Offered HR services to more than 2K employees in 14 locations across UAE and other GCC countries while supervising processes and procedures regarding HR recruitment, training, organization design, transfer, rewards and benefits, visa processing and labor and government affairs, payroll, and WPS.
- Assisted management in decision-making by examining the HR Metrics and following the latest trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
- Enticed and retained potential talent by researching and proposing competitive base and incentive pay programs while adhering to the latest trends in compensation and benefits.
- Established a positive working environment by discussing demands, grievances, and other issues while nurturing productive employee and management relations.
- Acknowledged employees' skills and talent by directing talent acquisition activities, such as interviewing, hiring, and training in collaboration with business heads.
- Delivered internal development opportunities and succession planning for employees while designing learning and development programs and initiatives.
- Achieved business objectives of handling a team of 13 HR Professionals while creating, strategizing and implementing effective Human Resources practices.
- Complied with the business policies while designing and tracking HR strategies, systems, initiatives, and procedures.
- Carried out effective measures by leading employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.
- Realized high performance and business objectives by administering a performance appraisal system.
- Developed, engaged, and preserved human capital while meeting current and future business needs.
- Organized technical and non-technical programs for newly hired employees