HR Risk and Compliance Manager - IMEA

Job Description

IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the world?s leading hotel companies, promising to provide True Hospitality for everyone; making you feel welcome and cared for, recognised and respected, wherever you are in the world.We?re currently recruiting for a talented HR Risk and Compliance Manager to join our dynamic and creative team in Dubai, UAE to work across our portfolio of brands with a strong focus on IHG?s luxury brands; including the world?s largest luxury brand InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, our collection of modern Regent Hotels and Resorts, our original boutique hotels Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and our vibrant and neighbourhood design led boutique brand Hotel Indigo.Join us and not only can you benefit from the world of variety and opportunity, you can also look forward to being part of a company that will appreciate you for simply being you. At IHG we celebrate our differences, and we believe everyone has something unique to bring to each teamPurpose of the roleProactively mitigate any risk to IHG by :

• Driving implementation of IHG?s human rights and responsible labour policies at hotel level/in region.
• Supporting compliance in line with government mandated nationalization targets
• Effective Program Management of the Ethics Hotline Feedback

Human rights and responsible labour implementation

• Drive implementation of IHG?s human rights and responsible labour policies at hotel-level for IMEA (initial focus on responsible recruitment and onboarding practices, worker accommodation standards, due diligence of third-party labour suppliers and recruitment agencies, worker voice) and work with global teams on the evolution of these policies/requirements over time
• Develop tools/resources/guidance to help hotels implement human rights and responsible labour policies
• Support on hotel/country human rights/responsible labour assessments and drive the implementation of country/hotel action plans to address findings . Support on ad hoc queries from hotel colleagues on these topics relative to specific challenges
• Liaise with HR in other regions on these topics and support on external collaboration and engagement on these topics

Training and awareness

• Support on the training and/or onboarding of HR hotel colleagues on IHG?s responsible labour and human rights approach
• Drive awareness of human rights/responsible labour policies through communications/ training to hotels

Remedy

• Lead on remediation of issues (and creation of action plans) identified through projects/market assessments/hotline/external allegations in line with IHG?s remedy approach and being the key point of contact on these items

Audit and Reporting

• Support on design and implementation of monitoring and measuring implementation of IHG?s human rights and responsible labour policies, and carry out targeted auditing, when applicable
• Provide input on these topics to global teams for IHG?s internal and external reporting

Nationalisation

• Assist IMEA HR Head in reviewing progress / monitoring the achievement of ?government assigned targets? w.r.t nationalisation, to mitigate risk to the business across IMEA.
• Effectively support in execution of / in driving critical projects.

Ethics Hotline Management

• Program Management - Lead the IMEA Monthly Ethics Committee Meetings to review progress on colleague reports and proactively manage anticipated risk to reputation. Driving best practice sharing to proactively address colleague concerns thereby reducing the footfalls on the Ethics Portal

Educational Attainment:

• Bachelor?s Degree

Critical Expertise & Experience:

• Minimum [5] years? experience in a Hotel HR Leadership /Operations Managerial role, preferably in the GCC Region .
• Experience in managing compliance in line with Labor Laws , Human Rights Guidelines or Ethical Recruitment practices

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Proficiency in Arabic language is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels
• Ability to influence, collaborate and interact with multiple teams
• Ability to prioritise, multitask and meet deadlines, with a strong project-driven approach

Strong analytical and organisational skills

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