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HR Admin

HR

4 weeks ago
Abu DhabiFull-time · On-site3+ years

Support recruitment activities across multiple roles, including job posting, CV review, candidate screening and interview coordination. Conduct initial candidate screening calls to assess experience, availability, salary expectations, communication skills and general suitability. Shortlist candidates against agreed job requirements and maintain clear screening notes and candidate records. Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers and ensure timely follow-up throughout the recruitment process. Support sourcing activities through LinkedIn, job boards, recruitment databases and other relevant channels. Maintain recruitment trackers and provide regular updates on pipeline status, interviews, offers and joining dates. Prepare offer documentation and support pre-employment checks, document collection and onboarding activities. Maintain accurate employee files, HR records and documentation in line with company requirements. Support employee onboarding and offboarding, including coordination of documentation, system access and internal communication. Assist with leave records, attendance, employee letters, confirmations and other routine HR administration. Support visa, medical insurance and employment-related documentation where required. Respond to employee and candidate queries in a professional and timely manner. Assist with HR reporting, data updates and preparation of recruitment and workforce information. Ensure confidentiality and accuracy when handling candidate and employee information. Support other HR activities and projects as required.

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Business Transformation Consultant

Business Transformation

7 weeks ago
Dubai, UAEContract · On-site7+ years

We're looking for a Business Transformation Consultant to support enterprise transformation programs end-to-end — from strategy through implementation. You'll help design the future-state operating model, build the transformation roadmap, and keep governance and benefits tracking on course. Responsibilities: - Translate strategic priorities into concrete transformation initiatives. - Design future-state operating models in partnership with client teams. - Build transformation roadmaps, sequencing and delivery plans. - Set up governance structures and benefits-realization tracking. - Support change readiness activities alongside the change management team. - Report progress, risks and blockers to program leadership. - Facilitate workshops with client leadership and workstream owners. Requirements: - 7+ years of experience in transformation consulting or in-house transformation roles. - A track record of delivering transformation programs end-to-end. - Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills. - Familiarity with benefits-realization frameworks. - Comfortable working across the full arc from strategy to execution. - Strong written communication for executive reporting. About the team: You'll join ICAN's Business Transformation practice on a live client mandate, working closely with program leadership. What we offer: - A structured role across a full transformation lifecycle. - Access to ICAN's transformation frameworks and delivery playbooks. - A contract aligned to program milestones. - Potential for extension based on program need.

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Talent Acquisition Consultant

Talent Acquisition

7 weeks ago
Dubai, UAEContract · On-site4+ years

ICAN MENA is hiring a Talent Acquisition Consultant to support high-volume, specialist or executive recruitment assignments — market mapping, sourcing, assessment and candidate and stakeholder management across UAE and GCC markets. Responsibilities: - Build market maps for target talent pools. - Source and screen candidates across multiple channels. - Manage candidate pipelines and provide regular stakeholder updates. - Coordinate interview processes with hiring managers. - Support offer negotiation and candidate closing. - Maintain accurate, up-to-date pipeline reporting. - Represent ICAN and the client professionally throughout the candidate experience. Requirements: - 4+ years of experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, agency or in-house. - Experience recruiting across UAE or wider GCC markets. - Strong sourcing and market-mapping skills. - Comfortable managing multiple concurrent searches. - Excellent candidate and stakeholder communication. - Familiarity with applicant tracking systems. About the team: You'll work within ICAN's Talent Acquisition practice, supporting live recruitment mandates for our clients. What we offer: - Exposure to recruitment mandates across multiple industries and seniority levels. - Access to ICAN's sourcing tools and candidate network. - Flexible, on-demand or project-based assignments. - Potential for follow-on recruitment mandates.

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Project Coordinator

Project & Programme Management

7 weeks ago
Dubai, UAEFull-time · On-site1+ years

ICAN MENA is hiring a Project Coordinator, full-time, available to start immediately. You'll support project delivery through coordination, scheduling, documentation and stakeholder follow-up on a live delivery team — a strong first or early-career step into project management. Responsibilities: - Maintain project plans, trackers and action logs. - Schedule and coordinate meetings and workshops. - Prepare meeting materials, minutes and follow-ups. - Track action items through to closure. - Support reporting and documentation for project leadership. - Liaise with workstream leads and external stakeholders. - Maintain project files and document repositories. Requirements: - 1+ years of experience in project coordination or a similar support role. - Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. - Strong written and verbal English. - Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint. - Able to start immediately. - A proactive, no-task-too-small attitude. About the team: You'll join ICAN's delivery team directly, supporting live client projects from day one. What we offer: - A full-time role with a clear growth path into project management. - Direct mentorship from senior PMO and delivery leads. - Exposure to live transformation programs from day one. - Competitive salary and benefits.

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PMO Consultant / PMO Lead

Project & Programme Management

7 weeks ago
Dubai, UAEContract · On-site10+ years

ICAN MENA is looking for an experienced PMO Consultant or PMO Lead to run the governance backbone of a large-scale transformation program. You will own the workplan, risk and dependency management, and executive reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams, working directly with senior client sponsors. Responsibilities: - Design and stand up PMO governance, including steering committee cadence, reporting templates and decision-making forums. - Build and maintain an integrated workplan across all workstreams, tracking milestones, dependencies and critical path. - Own the risk, action, issue and decision (RAID) log, and drive resolution with workstream owners. - Prepare and present executive-level status reports and dashboards to program sponsors and steering committees. - Coordinate across workstream leads to resolve scheduling conflicts and cross-dependency risks. - Track program budget and resourcing against plan, flagging variances early. - Facilitate governance forums, working groups and status meetings, and follow through on actions. Requirements: - 10+ years of experience in PMO leadership or large-program management. - Experience within government entities, large corporates, or a major consulting firm. - Strong command of PMO tooling (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Power BI or similar). - Excellent executive communication skills, written and verbal. - PMP, PRINCE2 or MSP certification preferred. - Comfortable operating with ambiguity and competing stakeholder priorities. About the team: You'll join ICAN's delivery team on a live, high-visibility transformation mandate, working alongside our engagement leads and directly with client leadership. What we offer: - Deployment on a marquee GCC transformation program. - Access to ICAN's own PMO playbooks, templates and senior advisory support. - A contract structured around program milestones. - Potential for extension or follow-on engagements based on performance.

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Rewards & Compensation Consultant

Rewards & Total Compensation

7 weeks ago
Dubai, UAEContract · On-site6+ years

We're looking for a Rewards & Compensation Consultant to support salary benchmarking, job evaluation and pay framework design for our clients. You'll work on live rewards-strategy engagements, using established market methodologies to help clients build grading structures and pay frameworks that hold up under scrutiny. Responsibilities: - Run market salary benchmarking studies against regional and global survey data. - Conduct job evaluation and grading using established methodologies (e.g. Korn Ferry, WTW, Mercer, or Big 4 frameworks). - Design or refresh grading structures and salary scales. - Model merit increase budgets and bonus pool allocations. - Support pay equity analysis and remediation planning. - Prepare rewards strategy recommendations and present them to client leadership. - Maintain benchmarking datasets and keep methodology documentation current. Requirements: - 6+ years of experience in rewards and compensation consulting or in-house C&B. - Hands-on experience with Korn Ferry, WTW, Mercer, Big 4, or similar job evaluation methodologies. - Strong Excel and compensation data modelling skills. - Familiarity with GCC market pay data sources. - Clear, executive-ready written and verbal communication. - Comfortable managing sensitive compensation data with discretion. About the team: You'll work within ICAN's Rewards practice, supporting clients across the region on live pay and grading redesigns. What we offer: - Exposure to rewards mandates across multiple industries and markets. - Access to ICAN's benchmarking data and methodology library. - A project-based engagement with a clear scope and deliverables. - Potential for follow-on rewards engagements.

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