Overview
Principal HR Generalist Administrator at McDermott International, Ltd — Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. **Job Overview:** The Principal HR Generalist Admin has developed specialized administration-specific skills through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience. They can provide support to their team with a limited degree of supervision. They can act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience. They are skilled in a range of processes, procedures, and systems.
Full job description
Job Overview:
The Principal HR Generalist Admin has developed specialized administration-specific skills through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience. They can provide support to their team with a limited degree of supervision. They can act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience. They are skilled in a range of processes, procedures, and systems.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Work within defined parameters can make decisions and apply concepts to administrative issues of medium to high complexity
- May be responsible for managing the full life cycle of specific HR processes
- Maintain physical or digital employee files
- Prepare and submit tickets to the Global People Services team for updating of HR system data, including employee personal data, salary changes and promotions, employment details, etc
- Review and approve employee payroll claims; prepare and submit tickets to the Global People Services team for HR and payroll system updates
- Act as the point of contact for employees on general, payroll, and timesheet queries and resolve issues through immediate action
- Generate documents such as offer letters, verification of employment, salary, and promotion letters
- Coordinate onboarding and off-boarding processes, which includes conducting orientation sessions, exit interviews, benefit enrollments and exits, and system updates
- Support various HR processes by coordination, and in some cases conducting, of meetings, tracking, and reporting on progress and management of data
- Prepare reports and complex HR metrics
- Support general HR initiatives
- Work closely with Global People Services teams on resolution of issues and ongoing improvements
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of 4 to 6 years administrative experience, with at least 3 years in an HR admin role
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to build good relationships
- Capability to apply discretion and maintain high levels of confidentiality
- Strong sense of urgency and problem-solving skills
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks with superb accuracy
- Proficient in HR Systems, e.g., SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Alfresco, etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office - PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook
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