HR Policy Specialist

Etihad Airways is seeking an HR Policy Specialist to join their team in Abu Dhabi. This role focuses on the design, governance, and compliance of HR policy across global operations, working at the intersection of employment law, HR strategy, and business change.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is dedicated to delivering extraordinary travel experiences and connecting people across continents and cultures. With a diverse team of 12,000+ employees representing 140+ nationalities, Etihad fosters a spirit of ambition and innovation.

If you are a junior employment lawyer or an HR professional with strong policy, drafting, and analytical experience, we encourage you to apply and help shape the future of global aviation.

Company Overview

Etihad Airways is the national airline of the UAE, flying to over 100 destinations via Abu Dhabi. Founded in 2003, Etihad is committed to delivering extraordinary travel experiences and is proud of its diverse workforce of over 12,000 employees from 140+ nationalities.

The airline is driven by a spirit of ambition and innovation, aiming to shape the future of global aviation and achieve its "Journey 2030" ambition to double its fleet, expand its network, and grow its people.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in law, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 5-8 years' experience in employment law, HR policy, or benefits and working conditions from either a legal or senior HR background. At least 3 years' experience within a large, multinational organization with complex matrix reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, draft, and maintain HR policies, contract templates, and employee handbook content across multiple countries, working closely with Legal on amendments.
• Stay abreast of employment law requirements market by market and ensuring policy stays compliant as regulations shift.
• Govern our policy and template library end-to-end version control, consistency, and rollout across all countries we operate in.
• Partner with Payroll, HR Business Partners, Legal and the business on change management for the implementation of changes and the delivery of HR briefings.
• Ongoing policy evaluation, monitoring and reporting, including tracking policy effectiveness, analysing HR data, gathering employee and stakeholder feedback.
• Recommending improvements to enhance engagement and operational efficiency based on available data, emerging workplace trends and best practice in the market.

Requirements

• Strong drafting and writing skills for policies, contracts, and employee-facing documentation.
• Highly analytical: comfortable quantifying the cost and business impact of policy or process change.
• A proactive, low-instruction-needed, 'fix-it' mindset; spot problems and drive solutions without being asked.
• Comfortably using AI tools to support drafting, without losing critical thinking and judgment.
• Aviation industry experience is an advantage, but we're open to all industry backgrounds.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work at the intersection of employment law, HR strategy, and business change.
• Build frameworks and policies that hold up across multiple jurisdictions.
• Drive change management for new ways of working.
• Work with a diverse, multinational team representing 140+ nationalities.
• Contribute to shaping the future of global aviation.