Manager - Rewards - Aldar Education

6 days ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Aldar Academies Full time

Aldar Education is currently seeking a Manager - Rewards to support our growing family of owned, operated and managed schools in the UAE. This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

As the leading education group in Abu Dhabi, we provide inclusive and innovative learning that inspires and empowers communities. We offer a range of brands for all learners in our community, from nursery through to adult education. We offer the broadest choice of curricula. In the largest number of locations in Abu Dhabi.

Starting with one school and 250 students in 2007, Aldar Education has grown into a highly sought after education provider, now supporting over 38,000 students in 31 schools and a growing network of almost 5,000 educators, with over 100 nationalities, offering a wide range of curricula and ancillary services such as a Teacher Training Academy.

Working collaboratively, our education network’s purpose is to empower the next generation to shape our future, directly supporting the educational goals of Abu Dhabi’s government. Today, Aldar Education’s efforts are guided by the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 plan, which aims to build a sustainable knowledge-based economy through premium education.

The Rewards Manager plays a critical role in shaping the employee experience and supporting the organization's talent management strategies by designing and implementing competitive, equitable, and motivating rewards programs.

The incumbent will continuously strive to exceed internal & external customer expectations while embracing the Aldar Education Core Values.

**Minimum Qualifications**

**Minimum Experience**
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a rewards function
- Proficient in Job evaluation (ideally certified through Hays, Mercer, Towers Watson etc)
- Working experience within the UAE preferable and a track of career progress and stability is an essential.

**Job Specific Knowledge & Skills**
- Excellent understanding and experience of using MS-Excel e.g. pivots, formulas, dashboarding etc.
- Strong commercial acumen and a solid understanding of Financial concepts and jargon.
- Hands-on experience with regular company-wide compensation comparison and analysis.
- Excellent English communication and presentation skills are essential
- Previous experience in working alongside external compensation/benefit consultants.
- Work in a highly collaborative and effective manner, both independently and in cross-functional teams.
- Organized & capable of managing multiple complex projects in a rapidly changing, fast paced environment.
- Ability to roll up your sleeves and get things done through taking calculated risks and experimenting with new solutions.
- Ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business.
- Ability to communicate complex reward related issues and risks in terms that colleagues can understand.
- Establish trust by maintaining a high level of credibility, integrity, confidentiality, and skilled communications with all levels of employees

**What We Offer**:
Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school and educational leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package including a range of benefits. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff, so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching, and training.

**Main Duties**
- Develop, communicate, and administer competitive reward strategies, including compensation, benefits, retirement, engagement, and other work experience programs.
- Provide leadership to and direct supervision through effective coaching and performance management.
- Collaborating with P&C leadership and other stakeholders to develop performance management systems that link employee performance to rewards.
- Ensuring that all rewards and compensation practices comply with relevant laws and regulations, including those related to wage and hour laws, equal employment opportunity, and labor standards and approvals obtained in line with company DOA.

**Specific Duties**
- Conduct analysis on complex data sets to derive insights and recommendations that can benefit the business
- Ensure regular benchmarking and market related pay research is undertaken when necessary to enable the company to remain competitive and an employer of choice for UAE nationals and expatriates.
- Provide support & recommendations for improvement in reward related processes and policies.
- Support in the review, design and implementation of compensation and benefits policy, process, and philosophy, including off-cycle review and adjustments.
- Developing and managing budgets for compensation and benefits programs, e

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