Worker Welfare Officer

Tasks

• Support the implementation and monitoring of worker welfare standards across project sites, labour accommodation, and worker facilities.
• Conduct regular welfare inspections covering accommodation, hygiene, food safety, transportation, recreation areas, and general living conditions.
• Ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law, MOHRE regulations, client requirements, and company welfare standards.
• Coordinate with client representatives during welfare inspections and audits, ensuring timely closure of observations and corrective actions.
• Manage worker grievances and welfare concerns, coordinating with HR, HSE, project teams, camp management, and subcontractors to resolve issues.
• Support worker inductions, welfare awareness programmes, engagement activities, and worker welfare forums.
• Maintain welfare records, inspection reports, grievance logs, audit documentation, and management reports.
• Promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for a multicultural workforce.
  
  

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Social Work, Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 3 - 5 years of worker welfare, labour welfare, camp welfare, or employee relations experience within the UAE construction industry.
• Experience working directly with blue-collar and multicultural workforces across project sites and labour accommodation.
• Experience conducting welfare inspections, supporting client audits, preparing reports, and monitoring corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of UAE Labour Law, MOHRE regulations, labour accommodation standards, grievance procedures, and worker welfare requirements.
• Able to prepare inspection reports, compliance trackers, basic data summaries, and management updates using Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using document management, HRMS, or digital inspection and tracking systems is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is required; Hindi, Urdu, or Arabic language skills are an advantage.
• UAE Driving Licence is preferred, with the ability to visit project sites, labour accommodation, and worker facilities as required.