HR Admin - Seef/Bahrain

Job Description:

Our client is a leading regional developer of large-scale public-private partnership (PPP) projects across oil and gas, energy transition, water distribution, and social infrastructure, with a substantial portfolio of projects under management and a growing family of operating companies. Alongside its development business, the group runs an active investment platform backing high-potential, fast-growth technology companies. The group's headquarters is based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, supporting operations across the wider region.

We are seeking a detail-oriented HR Administrator to support the human resources function at the group's headquarters in Bahrain. This is a hands-on HR support role focused on accurate record-keeping, lifecycle administration, and compliance. The successful candidate will be a dependable point of contact for employee HR matters, comfortable managing documentation and deadlines, and trusted to handle confidential information with discretion in a corporate head-office environment.

• →Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records and HR files, ensuring data integrity and strict confidentiality.
• →Support the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contract and offer letter preparation, confirmations, transfers, and offboarding documentation.
• →Coordinate visa, work permit, and residency processes through the relevant Bahrain authorities (LMRA, GOSI, and related bodies), working with PRO services as needed.
• →Assist with payroll preparation by collating and verifying attendance, leave, and related inputs for review.
• →Administer and track leave, attendance, and probation records, and respond to employee queries on HR policies and procedures.
• →Provide recruitment administration support, including scheduling interviews, candidate correspondence, and coordination with the talent acquisition team.
• →Prepare HR letters, certificates, and standard correspondence as required.
• →Support HR reporting by maintaining trackers and compiling data for periodic reviews.
• →Help ensure compliance with Bahrain Labour Law, GOSI requirements, and internal HR policies and procedures.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Three to six years of HR administration experience, ideally within a corporate, infrastructure, energy, or holding-company environment.
• Working knowledge of Bahrain Labour Law, LMRA and GOSI processes, and government documentation requirements.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• A high level of discretion and professionalism when handling confidential information.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); experience with an HRIS is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English required; Arabic strongly preferred.