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MEA HR Generalist

Harmattan AI· Operations
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RabatFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

HR Generalist role focused on MEA region, ensuring local compliance, payroll, onboarding/offboarding, and regional HR operations in Morocco with collaboration with Paris HR and local authorities.

Responsibilities

  • Own compliance with the Labour Code across MEA region and the employee lifecycle: contract types and durations, trial periods, working time, leave, termination, and severance.
  • Make sure group employment contracts, internal work rules, and HR policies are correctly adapted to local requirements — and flag where they cannot be applied as written.
  • Manage the relationship with the labour inspectorate and other local authorities; handle filings, registrations, and inspections.
  • Own employee representation obligations as headcount grows: elections, meetings, and day-to-day relations with staff representatives.
  • Keep leadership ahead of regulatory change affecting our population in Morocco and, the wider MEA region.
  • Own the monthly payroll cycle with our local provider: prepare and validate variable inputs (absences, overtime, bonuses, new hires, leavers) and cross-check payslips before each close.
  • Ensure correct and timely social and tax declarations
  • Manage mandatory and supplementary benefits locally, including medical cover and pension arrangements.
  • Manage individual employee situations end-to-end: disciplinary procedures, conflict resolution, and sensitive cases, applying the correct local procedure.
  • Handle personnel administration: contracts, amendments, employee files, employment certificates, and HR documentation for the region.
  • Run absence and leave management in HiBob, and keep regional records accurate in the HRIS.
  • Own work authorization for foreign nationals joining in the region: employment authorizations, residence formalities, and the associated filings.
  • Run onboarding for the region using our existing framework, adapted to local practice; ensure each new joiner has a structured, warm, and efficient integration from day one.
  • Coordinate relocation and mobility between our France, Switzerland, Morocco, and US entities.
  • Handle offboarding with clarity, correct local formalities, and proper handover of information.
  • Act as the single HR point of contact for the region: a visible, accessible, and trusted presence in the office every day.
  • Support regional leadership and line managers with concrete, operational HR answers grounded in what is actually possible under local law.
  • Contribute to a healthy working environment by addressing employee concerns promptly and pragmatically.
  • Partner with the Paris HR team so regional practice stays aligned with group policy while remaining locally compliant.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of proven experience in an HR Generalist or HRBP role in Morocco.
  • Deep, practical command of the Moroccan Labour Code
  • Hands-on ownership of payroll and social declarations with a local provider.
  • Established relationships with local authorities, counsel, and providers, and the judgment to know when to use them.
  • Experience handling work authorization and residence formalities for foreign nationals across the region.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate as the sole HR in a location — autonomous, structured, and reliable.
  • Comfortable working to group standards set elsewhere, and confident in pushing back when local law requires it.
  • Experience in a fast-growing or newly established entity; exposure to HR practice elsewhere in MEA is a plus.
  • Strong prioritisation skills: able to manage high volume and competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
  • Pragmatic business partner mindset: works with the business to find solutions, not obstacles.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
  • Full professional fluency in French and English (written and verbal); Arabic is a plus.

Skills

Required:Labour Code / local employment lawPayroll managementHRIS / HiBobWork authorization & residence formalitiesOnboarding & offboardingStakeholder managementCommunication (French & English)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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