Senior Manager - Worker Welfare; DEL

Job Summary

Lead and manage worker welfare across Qiddiya's operational environment, ensuring safe, healthy, dignified and compliant living and working conditions for employees, contractors and service providers operating within Qiddiya-controlled assets, venues, precincts, events and public realm environments.

Own the development, implementation and assurance of city-wide worker welfare standards, management systems and improvement programmes covering accommodation, transport, catering and food services, hygiene, recreation, wellbeing and workforce support services. Provide operational oversight of welfare performance across multiple assets and service providers, ensuring compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, client and Qiddiya requirements.

Partner closely with Operations, Operational Readiness, Facilities Management, HSE, HR, Security, Transport, Procurement and contractor organizations to identify welfare risks, drive corrective actions, support mobilisation and readiness activities, investigate concerns and continuously improve workforce wellbeing outcomes across the city portfolio.

• Develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve the Qiddiya City Operations Worker Welfare Framework, standards, procedures, management plans and assurance programs
• Own and maintain the Worker Welfare Management Plan for operational assets and city-wide operations, ensuring consistent implementation across all locations, shifts, service providers and contractors
• Ensure worker welfare requirements are integrated into operational policies, contractor management processes, mobilisation activities and operational risk management programs
• Provide subject matter expertise on worker welfare, labor standards and workforce wellbeing matters across City Operations

• Lead a risk-based programme of inspections, audits and assurance activities covering accommodation, welfare facilities, transport, sanitation, water quality, pest control, housekeeping, recreational facilities, wellbeing services and workforce support arrangements
• Lead assurance of contractor and service provider compliance with Qiddiya Worker Welfare Standards through inspections, audits, performance reviews and evidence-based verification activities
• Monitor corrective actions arising from audits, inspections, complaints and investigations and ensure timely, evidenced closure
• Maintain readiness for internal, client and regulatory inspections through effective governance, reporting and record management

• Manage welfare-related contractors and service providers, including accommodation operators, Facilities Management providers, transport contractors, catering providers, cleaning services, security providers and other workforce support functions
• Define welfare requirements, service expectations, SLAs, KPIs and performance standards within contracts and service agreements
• Lead contractor and vendor performance reviews relating to worker welfare and workforce wellbeing, and drive corrective and preventive actions
• Support Procurement and Contractor Management teams during contractor onboarding, mobilisation and ongoing assurance activities

• Support operational readiness, mobilisation and asset handover programmes by ensuring worker welfare requirements are incorporated into design reviews, commissioning, mobilisation and go-live activities
• Review workforce accommodation, transport, welfare facilities and support arrangements for new operational assets and services before commencement
• Participate in readiness reviews, stage-gate approvals and operational assurance activities to verify worker welfare controls are in place before assets or services become operational
• Ensure welfare considerations are included within contingency planning and emergency preparedness arrangements

• Provide worker welfare oversight and assurance for temporary, seasonal and event-related work forces operating across Qiddiya-controlled assets, venues, events and public realm environments
• Ensure…