Human Resources Director - Pre-Opening Ritz-Carlton Hotel Marrakech

About the role

The Director of Human Resources at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Marrakech (pre-opening) reports directly to the property General Manager, with a functional line to the Regional Senior Director of Human Resources and sits on the property executive committee. The role covers talent acquisition, succession and workforce planning, performance management and development, and uses a Human Resource Business Plan aligned with property and brand strategies.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the HR strategy: run engagement surveys, build the talent management ranks, turn business priorities into HR plans and actions, and lead succession planning and the leadership pipeline review
• Supervise on-property HR staff and market-based HR specialists, and serve as key change manager for high-impact initiatives
• Manage staffing and recruitment: analyse open positions, coach hiring managers, develop staffing strategy, monitor sourcing and ensure managers assess hourly staff competently
• Lead the planning of the hourly employee total compensation strategy, take part in quarterly internal equity analysis and design recognition and incentive programmes
• Ensure HR staff are trained and act as a resource on employee relations, while monitoring the use of myHR

Required profile

• 2-year degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, with 4 years of HR or management operations experience; or a 4-year degree with 2 years of experience
• Ability to work with considerable independence and to coach and develop others