Amrita Maria DeNoronha

Expeditiously identify suitable candidates to fill various positions by developing a template

of existing employees’ capabilities as well as with the new candidates.

• Searching and attracting talent through web portals, advertisements, organizations, professional forums, conferences, employee referrals and other means of personal networking.

• Compile and maintain specific job description of all individuals on the base of previous work history, training, education and job skills.

• Responsible for performing a variety of duties in the areas of Recruitment, Mobilization, Compensation and benefits and Employee engagement.

• Partnered with hiring manager to create and review manpower requisitions, defining and validating key position requirements

• Created and maintained Job Descriptions in coordination with the hiring department

• Posted all Middle East region vacant positions on the company and other Oil and gas career websites

• Screened resumes of applicants for open manpower requisitions and pre-screened candidates for a variety of technical and functional skill sets via telephone or video-conference and shortlist for further interviews

• Participated in interviews along with the hiring manager and integrate information gained about candidates to decide whether to extend a job offer

• Provided hiring managers regular updates and communication on progress made towards filling open requisitions

• Reported the weekly recruitment progress to the head office in Houston, USA for the entire middle east region

• Prepared and modified company Organization charts, KPI reports and participated in succession planning

• Conducted the HR Orientation for all newly joined employees.

Was solely responsible for all HR operations in the Dubai office for the Iraq Projects right from recruitment, salary negotiation, mobilization and on-boarding

• Sourced resumes from job portals and recruitment agencies as per approved Manpower requisitions
• Mainly involved in screening candidates and arrangement of interviews
• Actively involved in salary negotiation and preparation of initial employment offers in liaison with the Head office(VP- HR)
• Arranged for travel, hotel bookings for newly recruited employees
• Prepared regular recruitment progress reports for the top management.

• Worked with the Recruitment Head in developing the Annual Recruitment Plan for the respective divisions of the company.
• Prepared and placed the company’s vacancies in wide range of media i.e. newspapers, websites and magazines; job also involved receiving-reviewing applications, interviewing and short-listing candidates
• Evaluated the suitability of applicants, reference checks prior to referral to the employers for interview.
• Responsible for end-end recruitment which involved interviewing candidates through phone or face-to face meeting; discussing pay and salary rates with the candidate and suitably drafting appointment letters as well as employment contract.
• Administered all formalities related to recruitment such as obtaining management endorsement/approvals, medical check-ups, liaison with manpower supplier, arranging visa & accommodation, reimbursing expenses and related accountabilities.

The Petroleum Institute now merged with Zayed University, Abu Dhabi was an engineering school for the UAE nationals governed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

Job Role:

• Oversaw database of manpower including employee information records.
• Involved in identifying the annual manpower budget through calculating cost of manpower and reports of vacant positions.
• Generated periodic manpower reports for all divisions and departments.
• Developed and consistently updated the institute’s organization charts; prepared account creation and amendment forms based with the proved manpower and organization charts.
• Participated in creating job descriptions, probation period memos and letters of confirmation.
• Organized all documents related to employee such as hiring action forms, promotion letters, terminations.
• Prepared the monthly HR payroll and pension fund for the UAE Nationals.
• Assisted in annual performance appraisal exercise and report on faculty and staff evaluation.