About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can adjust our approach to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG

We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY

We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE

We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us: https://kentplc.com/who-we-are/purpose-beliefs

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

Kent is looking for a Total Rewards Manager to support our EMEA region and Global rewards team as we deliver innovative products and services for our employees at Kent. This role based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates supports our Global Director of Total Rewards and is part of our People and Culture Centre of Excellence team. Our aim is to ensure our employee remuneration and benefits support our aspiration to be an employer of choice in our chosen markets.

Our relentless drive to remain competitive, and deliver tools and services that reconginse the efforts and capability of our brilliant employees is at the hearty of everything we do, alongside making sure we remain compliant with legal and fiscal regulations across the entire business.

Skills and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

Compensation

Lead on assigned salary survey submissions, working where relevant with People & Culture (P&C) Leaders to ensure assurance submission of compensation information and job categorisation.Conduct research and analysis of data to identify trends in reward programs and continually review current practices and policies to ensure that best practices are being implemented and utilized.Participate and support Director Total Rewards in day-to-day management of project plans to complete design of best practice compensation and benefit processes that will support global and local improvements to deliver against company goals and objectives.Implements, educates, consults, and administers compensation strategies, policies, and programs in collaboration withthe Company’s P&C and business leaders.Partnering with P&C to advise group leaders and managers on making effective pay decisions that support employee engagement and comply with compensation SOPs, policies and budgetary guidelines.Partners with talent management and acquisition teams to ensure timely and competitive offers for internal and external candidates.Participate in job evaluations for existing and proposed jobs.Extract, analyse and interpret relevant market data to provide expert guidance in support of on-going ad-hoc promotions, compensation changes, promotions, etc.Build and effectively utilise a Reward network within the region(s) and within the Industry.Conduct ad-hoc market research to inform and maintain Company market position and maintain a strong understanding of market movement and trends for assignment locations.

Benefits

Coordinating and overseeing benefit design and renewals with local P&C and our global benefits consultantAssisting in determining the impact of new total rewards policies or provisions.Providing reports to management regarding employee benefits data findings and providing recommendations of benefit programs to management.Monitoring industry and employment trends and analyzing the legislative requirements to estimate impact on the organization.Researching, analyzing and evaluating company benefit plans and programs to meet the organization's strategy.Working with brokers to ensure benefits programs meet employee needs, comply with legal requirements, and are cost effective.Working with brokers to evaluate existing benefits programs against peer organizations to determine competitiveness, trends and developments.

Additional Responsibilities

Actively support Director Total Rewards in assigned projects and ad hoc activities.Contribute to different integration projects time to time, prepare C&B Analysis and reporting periodically or as and when required.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:

Bachelor Degree in any discipline ore applicable work experience. Diploma/Certification in Compensation/Reward Management preferred.8 – 12 years of relevant experience within Corporate human resources with the focus on Compensation and Benefits in MEA, APAC, with hand-on experience in salary survey, Compensation benchmarking and data analysis, Job evaluations, annual salary review and variable pay analysis etc.Strong knowledge of job grading methodologies such as Mercer / Willis Towers Watson / Korn Ferry

Communication:

Should have strong interpersonal skills and is approachable, responsive, results oriented, proactive, and trustworthy.Excellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication and skills.

Behavior/ Core Competencies:

The ability to work with confidential data and maintain confidentiality at all times.Flexibility in problem analysis and solution creation with the ability to assess urgency and prioritize work.Strong organization skills with attention to detail with extreme accuracy.Advanced Excel skills.

HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

Details about the role:

Location: Dubai, UAERelocation required: Click or tap here to enter text.Travel required: NoContract type: PermanentExperience level: 8– 12 years of relevant experience in Compensation and Benefits