HR Specialist

Amentum

Duties:

• Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.
• Comply with all Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance requirements and goals.
• Prepare or update employment records related to hire, transfer, promotion, and termination.
• Be familiar with Company HR related policies and Iraqi labor law that impacts Iraqi staff, and be able to communicate them clearly to employees, including international employees.
• Provide clerical and technical support for personnel actions.
• Assist with onboarding employees, helping each candidate through the recruiting process. This includes hosting New Hire Orientation.
• Support translation of official documents such as employment agreements, offer letters, and other official correspondence.
• Schedule and coordinate host country HR training.
• Assist with compliance initiatives to include scheduling of meetings, report development, and reconciliation, to include the following:
  • HRIS data entry
  • Develop and maintain HR metrics
  • Create and audit employee files
  • May assist with employee relations and investigations
  • May assist at other sites or be relocated as needed
  • Perform additional duties and projects assigned

REQUIRED:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment requires handling multiple tasks at a given time and rapidly adapting to changing priorities and schedules.
  • Ability to monitor and consistently meet deadlines and have excellent organizational skills.
  • Requires critical thinking skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision commitment to deliver customer service excellence.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality for sensitive matters.
  • Ability to resolve conflict productively.
  • Ability to collect, analyze, and summarize data and to prepare clear and concise reports.
  • Keen attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
  • Experience in effectively dealing with all levels of an international workforce.
  • Ability to be an active and functioning member of a team.
  • Must have the ability to be innovative and be a change agent.
  • Expert communication skills in both English and Arabic to facilitate and disseminate information.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software specifically MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. Experience with using everyday tools (e.g., email, data retrieval, voicemail, and internet/intranet).

DESIRED:

• Previous experience supporting the HR function within a US Department of State (DoS) or Department of Defense (DoD) program.
• Experience working with Amentum.