Date Posted: 2012/03/11 06:39:08
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Senior Psychologist (Business)
Emirates Airline Group

The Position:
Senior Occupational/Business Psychologist - the role holder will assess, evaluate and recommend suitability of candidates for employment or promotion, and act as a consultant to senior managers in the building of strong teams, resolution of work related conflicts and managing the psychological aspects of change in the workplace.

Job Accountabilities:

Research, assess, administer, and recommend the most appropriate psychological tools for recruitment, workshops and training leading to enhanced quality of selection and staff development.
Ensure tools used are appropriately normed and/or adapted to the needs of the organisation as required.
Proactively develop and deliver relevant workshops across the Group depending on the business requirement and an understanding of the business and its challenges. Thereby support staff and managers facing challenges of continuous expansion, growth and business.
Support the management of various businesses and HRBS in implementing corporate change by developing appropriate workshops to cope with change, and in exceptional instances providing outplacement support to redundant staff and the survivors after redundancy, in order to minimize resistance to change.
Facilitate team sessions across the business to support the forming of new teams or the growth and development of intact teams.
Conduct detailed leadershiop profiling to support promotion, development and high potential assessment.
Design and conduct assessment and development centres for various purposes as required.
Research and benchmark international practices particularly in the area of Aviation Psychology ensuring the Emirates Group continues to follow best practice in this area.

Skills

* Masters degree in Occupational or Business Psychology; Chartership or its equivalent will be of added advantage.
* Membership of the BPS, APS or other international professional body.
* At least 6 years experience post Masters.
* Should have worked in an occupational setting in a large corporate; aviation experience would be an added advantage.
* Practical knowledge of the Gulf culture an advantage.
* Fluency in English language is essential both spoken and written.
* Qualifications and experience on the WAVE, Hogan, EQi would be an advantage.
* Experience facilitating team dynamics sessions using a tool such as the MBTI is essential.
* Significant experience designing and conducting assessment and development centres is also essential.

Company Profile

Based in Dubai, the Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$11.2 billion and over 40,000 employees (and growing rapidly towards 50,000 over the next 3 years). The Group comprises of Dnata, the successful Airport Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group’s rapidly expanding and award-winning international Airline. Within the Group there are a diverse range of businesses offering a wide spectrum of career opportunities, all of which can be explored through the Group's dedicated careers website.

Currently Emirates Airline flies to over 100 destinations across 6 continents, and with aircraft orders worth over Emirates currently operates a modern fleet of 120 wide-bodied aircraft and it has orders worth over US$ 58 billion for 170 more of the latest aircraft, including 8 Boeing 777 freighters. Recognized constantly as an industry leader in terms of innovation, Emirates is continually developing and enhancing its services and products to best serve its customers from around the globe. Emirates also manage its own aircraft base and line maintenance requirements, supporting its Boeing and Airbus aircraft within some of the world's best engineering facilities.

The Group also comprises of an internationally recognized cargo division, a full-fledged destination management, hotels and leisure division, an information technology division, a medical facility employing doctors, dentists, and nurses and in addition, has its own aviation college offering undergraduate and technical qualifications. These are all supported by an extensive range of corporate services and commercial departments.