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The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving HR strategy, managing employee relations, overseeing recruitment and talent development, ensuring compliance with UAE labor law, and supporting a positive, high-performance culture. Candidates must have prior experience working within an agency environment.#\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the full HR function, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, learning and development, and offboarding.\nPartner with senior leadership to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals.\nManage end-to-end recruitment processes to attract top talent across agency functions.\nOversee onboarding and induction processes to ensure a smooth employee experience.\nSupport managers on performance reviews, talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.\nAct as a trusted advisor on employee relations matters, policies, and workplace issues.\nEnsure compliance with UAE labor law, company policies, and HR best practices.\nMaintain and update HR policies, procedures, and employee handbook documentation.\nManage payroll coordination, benefits administration, leave records, and HR reporting.\nMonitor headcount, organizational structure, and workforce planning needs.\nLead initiatives to strengthen company culture, retention, and employee wellbeing.\nOversee visa, medical insurance, and other employee administration processes where required.\nWork closely with department heads to support the fast-paced and evolving needs of an agency business.\nRequirements\nBachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.\nProven experience as an HR Manager, HR Business Partner, or similar senior HR role.\nMust have previous HR experience within a media agency, advertising agency, creative agency, or similar agency environment.\nStrong understanding of agency structures, talent challenges, and fast-paced operating environments.\nSound knowledge of UAE labor law, HR policies, and employee lifecycle management.\nExperience in recruitment, performance management, employee relations, and HR operations.\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.\nHigh level of discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality.\nStrong organizational skills and attention to detail.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office and HR systems.\nPreferred Skills\nHR certification such as CIPD is an advantage.\nExperience working in the UAE or GCC region.\nStrong stakeholder management and coaching capability.\nAbility to thrive in a dynamic, deadline-driven agency environment.\nExperience supporting diverse teams across creative, client service, media, strategy, or operations functions.\nSalt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3236,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T22:15:35Z"}],"liveness":{"score":2,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.064,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":191,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:31","agency","stale_co","urgency","velocity","ghost","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-hr-manager-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-hr-manager-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T22:03:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4723,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":277,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}