Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Affiliations
Work Preference
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Manager
Amal F. Alabduljabbar

Amal F. Alabduljabbar

Education, research & innovation
Riyadh

Summary

Self-motivated professional with extensive hands-on-experience acquired within various industries including education and human resource development, on national and international levels. Establishes and strengthens relationships, with proven leadership skills and strengths. Excels within fast-paced and challenging working environments. Customer-oriented General Manager with 19 years of experience focused on increasing quality workforce through recruitment, retention and development. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivation.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

General Manager

01.2022 - Current
  • Sector of Research, Innovation and Education (RIE)
  • Commission for Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia
  • Leading a sector with three main support functions; education and training, research management and innovation
  • Overseeing the development of training for all commission staff, assessing needs and gap analysis in addition to providing training opportunities for stakeholders of the commission and parties interested in heritage
  • Heading the development of leadership courses for HC leaders & high potential staff
  • Overlooking the development and establishment of the research strategy for the commission as cascaded from the Ministry, in addition to quality assurance of all research and publications in HC
  • Management of the development and application of innovative technologies to support restoration and excavation of heritage sites and their management, in addition to, improving visitor experience through the application of innovative solutions on the WH sites
  • Overseeing all data and archiving activities through setting the standards of data and knowledge management in the commission.

Head of People

KPMG Saudi
12.2019 - 12.2021
  • Arabia, and the Levant Cluster
  • Lead all people functions including operations, learning and development, recruitment, organization development, performance management and HRMS systems across Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Iraq
  • Implement people strategies by identifying issues including knowledge sharing, teamwork, building trust, empowerment, diversity, and fairness
  • Aligning the department strategy with the KPMG strategy on both regional and global levels
  • Member of the Nationalization Committee.
  • Developing retention and development programs for Saudi Employees in the firm, including developing a mentorship program for high preforming
  • Nationals
  • Managing the firm's policies and processes on health, safety, and wellbeing across the Saudi Levant Cluster.

Head

Department
11.2017 - 11.2019
  • Education and Research Training, ETEC KSA
  • Overseeing and managing the provision of high-quality research and analytical activities within the center ensuring a stimulating, collegial and well-managed environment
  • Responsible for the effective and efficient use of the Center’s allocated resources to maximize the Center's contribution to EEC's strategy
  • Responsible for the career development and performance management of
  • Center staff within the Institute and ensuring alignment with the
  • Commission’s strategic plan.

Research Fellow

Innovative Government
06.2014 - 12.2015
  • Contributed as a cross-functional team member within projects from inception through to completion with duties including developing strategy and project goals, project planning and report writing while ensuring compliance to all relevant regulations and policies.

Manager

International Recruitment for Physicians, KFSH
08.2009 - 08.2011
  • Ensuring smooth daily operations through effective task delegation, overseeing staff performance, providing support to staff members while driving achievement of targets
  • Overseeing the full recruiting process from sourcing talent to the on-boarding process for new consultants and department head-level physicians KFSH&RC which is a specialized tertiary care facility
  • Controlling budgets and delegating financial resources appropriately including advertisements
  • Successfully managed to recruit 70 consultant level physicians in the first year alone.

Organizational Management Analyst

KFSH
Riyadh
02.2009 - 08.2009
  • Defining goals, objectives and developing new departments and units to provide efficient workflow within the hospital
  • Establishing new job positions, descriptions and function charts while overseeing on-boarding process through to completion
  • Identifying potential enhancements to existing processes and procedures before developing and implementing effective solutions to increase efficiency through change management.

English Language Teaching Assistant

KSAU
Riyadh
02.2005 - 06.2006
  • Provided support and assistance to the teacher during lessons and kept the students engaged while answering and resolving queries.

Education

PhD - Public Policy and Social Sciences

King’s College
2017

MA - International Relations

Brunel University of West London
2008

BA (Hons) - English & English Literature

King Saud University
2005

IMD, Leadership Program - undefined

2022

Misk 2030 Leaders, Misk Foundation in collaboration with ESADE - undefined

2022

Positive Psychology Course - undefined

City
2013

Special Education Courses - undefined

King Saud University
2000

Skills

  • Core Competencies include:
  • Leadership Change Management Leading Cross Functional Teams Leading Regional Teams
  • Research Education Policy Policy Development Human Resource Management Learning and
  • Development Relationship Management Project Management
  • Process Redesign
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Project Planning
  • Program Development
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Staff Development
  • Event Management
  • Communication Skills
  • Organizational Restructure and Change
  • Succession Planning
  • Strategic Planning
  • ERP Systems
  • Exceptional Interpersonal Communication
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Staff Motivation
  • Problem Resolution
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Team Leadership
  • Cross-Cultural Communications
  • Team Training
  • Performance Improvement
  • Human Resources Leadership
  • Administrative Skills
  • Staff Management
  • Resource Optimization
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Process Improvement
  • Networking Abilities
  • Safety Protocols
  • Staff Retention Programs
  • Supervision and Training
  • Top Talent Recruiting, Hiring and Retention
  • Data Review
  • Training and Development
  • Team Oversight
  • Time Management
  • Recruitment
  • Budgeting and Cost Control
  • Staffing
  • Outsourcing

References

REFERENCES Available upon request

Affiliations

2022 Mentor Women Leadership Centre 2020 Advisory Board Member Majlis Somou 2020 Mentor Project 1932 2017 Co-Founder Partito Co. 2015 Board Member Specialized Medical Center 2001 Board Member Taxi Food Company, Challenges to Policy Change in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study to Tatweer – The King Abdullah Education Development Project. Award (2017) Misdiagnosis of Early Symptoms: Why Did the Siege of Mecca Lead to Greater Friction between Modernism & Saudi Society? (2008) Publications: New Ministry of Education: Big Opportunity of Big Problem? Government Insights Series, King Salman Centre for Local Governance (2015) Quality of Education and the Labor Market in Saudi Arabia Book Chapter, The Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge (2015)

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Hybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementTeam Building / Company RetreatsFlexible work hoursStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingPersonal development programs

Timeline

General Manager

01.2022 - Current

Head of People

KPMG Saudi
12.2019 - 12.2021

Head

Department
11.2017 - 11.2019

Research Fellow

Innovative Government
06.2014 - 12.2015

Manager

International Recruitment for Physicians, KFSH
08.2009 - 08.2011

Organizational Management Analyst

KFSH
02.2009 - 08.2009

English Language Teaching Assistant

KSAU
02.2005 - 06.2006

PhD - Public Policy and Social Sciences

King’s College

MA - International Relations

Brunel University of West London

BA (Hons) - English & English Literature

King Saud University

IMD, Leadership Program - undefined

Misk 2030 Leaders, Misk Foundation in collaboration with ESADE - undefined

Positive Psychology Course - undefined

City

Special Education Courses - undefined

King Saud University

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