Public Relations Officer (Emiratisation)

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavor to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewelry, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What You'll Be Doing

Our Public Relations Officer is responsible for undertaking all general activities for official submission and collection of applications and approvals relating to employees/company guests for immigration, visit, sales permissions and company trade licenses, in adherence with the laws of the country.

• Liaise between the firm and government bodies to ensure approvals and follow up on all formal documents
• Ensure that all visa applications such as; Visit, Employment, Residence, Termination, work permits and labor cards are presented and completed on time in order to comply with governmental laws and regulations
• Ensure all license applications and official approvals and permits are followed up properly to avoid unnecessary violations
• Coordinate with government authorities to ensure compliance to labor requirements
• Develop relationships with Government Departments in order to ensure issues are resolved diligently
• Manage all labor, immigration and police disputes; act as the official representative of the Group
• Coordinate with the HR Officers on daily basis
• Perform other duties as required
  
  

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• One year of experience
• Bachelor's degree of business administration
• Fluent in English
• Microsoft skills
  
  

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognize the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.