Projects Administrator (Arabic speaking)

Projects Administrator (Arabic speaking)

Company Overview

At Jensen Hughes, we lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. Across our global partnership of experts, clients, and communities, we are recognized worldwide for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a legacy of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields — from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. As we champion best practices, set industry standards and support communities with innovative solutions, we are making the world a better place. We believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth fundamentally includes a sustained commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. At Jensen Hughes, diversity is ingrained in our culture - we accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Our differences and uniqueness are celebrated and reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks.

Overview – Role

The Projects Administrator (Arabic Speaking) will be responsible for providing a professional and effective administrative and projects support service, collaborating with multiple teams across the business to successfully support a range of requests, coordinating project activities, managing schedules, and ensuring project deliverables are completed on time and within budget.

This role will be based in Riyadh, KSA. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment and advance your career within a supportive and diverse team. A verifiable and demonstrated knowledge of displaying a flexible and adaptable approach combined with impeccable organizing skills would be the key requirements for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional and effective administrative and projects support services, collaborating with multiple teams across the business to successfully support a range of requests related to projects and administrative tasks including documentation, meetings management, handling the project budget, and using time management skills to help the team stay on track.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with teams involved in Projects management, Consultation, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Administration, Business Development and Marketing.
• Preparation of presentations, documents, reports and work gaining material to a high standard in line with effective guidelines.
• Support project tasks and requests while being a multi-faceted point of contact for various functions in the business and strengthen the current capabilities across business support functions while lending a helping hand with billable work that is non-technical in nature.
• Support the administrative and operations functions to effectively remove bottlenecks related to proposals, tenders, translation work (for projects), document control, tracking reports, dashboards and similar.
• Travel as required to ministries and other legislative offices to smoothen project works and assist in the new & ongoing expansion projects.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputable academic organization or higher with at least 5 years of related experience.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and relevant ERP systems/platforms, along with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Previous experience related to government regulations related to projects and expansion operations.
• Be able to demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills to write tracking reports, business correspondence, presentations, and to respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and other stakeholders.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team, enjoying professional challenges and desire to be an integral part of the long-term growth of Jensen Hughes.
• Being a responsible self-starter with problem solving and reasoning skills, possessing intermediate to high-level personal computer skills, excellent prioritization skills and very comfortable using own initiative displaying flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Native Arabic speaker with fluent English communication skills.

Why you should join Jensen Hughes

• You will work with market-leading clients and have the backing of a leading international firm.
• There is continued support from the leadership team with a flexible approach to carrying out day to day activities.
• Career advancement with an established framework is in place – clearly defining expectations and outlining opportunities for advancement.

Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.