Company Description
WORQ is a flexible-office and community company, with products in coworking spaces, community app, enterprise solutions and looking to grow its offerings to better service and innovate the real estate market. As an innovation firm in this industry, WORQ is a venture capital-backed startup invested by Cradle, 500 Start-Ups, Phillip Capital, Space Matrix ( a sister company of Jungle Ventures ), as well as private investors from Goldman Sachs and Temasek. Winning 5 awards including, Voted the Best Coworking Space of Malaysia by the Malaysia Rice Bowl Startup Awards in 2017, Coworker Member’s Choice Award winner in 2018, Outstanding Incubator / Coworking Space Winner in 2018, Coworker Member’s Choice Award winner for Kuala Lumpur category in 2019 and Coworker Member’s Choice Awards winner with 100,000 sqft of space and growing, housing over 281 companies, we have been able to fuel collaboration on a scale never seen before in Malaysian entrepreneurship history.
WORQ’s fast growth in a sustainable manner has garnered the continued support and investment from the VC world including its latest third round of financing completed amidst COVID-19 with backing from seven follow-on investors, signifying investor confidence in its potential. Its sustainability and risk management is bar none and endorsed by six of the major banks in Malaysia extending loan offers to WORQ, passing the stringent risk test of traditional banks. With a strong base, WORQ is poised to capitalize on the fast-growing flexible office market to reach its vision of making people prosper by working together. It's a massive dream, and we're working passionately to fulfill it. We can't do it alone though - this is where you come in.
Job Description
Position Summary:
The People Development and Engagement Specialist plays a key role in building community and inspiring strong connections for every employee. This position is primarily responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and maintenance of talent development programs, initiatives, and communications that promote engagement, professional development and recognition, while ensuring alignment with the vision and mission of WORQ.
Job Responsibilities:
- Create and implement programs related to talent development, such as performance management, leadership and employee development, employee engagement and organizational culture work.
- Serve as a key player in the administration and maintenance of the learning management system, including coordination and scheduling of HR focused employee training.
- Facilitate new employee orientation/onboarding, with a particular focus on a positive, informative, and welcoming experience that introduces employees to the organization and its culture.
- Seek to continuously advance the new employee onboarding experience by compiling feedback, partnering with key internal stakeholders, and developing new solutions.
- Spearhead the development of a strong company culture across functions, with an eye toward developing a consistent company brand, both internally and externally.
- Work with the team and key stakeholders to plan and facilitate employee events, which may include onsite activities, volunteer events, and virtual experiences.
- Plan, craft, and manage the creation and distribution of communications, collecting and incorporating feedback, capturing and analyzing survey data, and developing and implementing engagement action plans.
- Maintain current knowledge of industry trends and best Talent Development practices; make recommendations to improve current programs and processes
- Communicate effectively with team members, customers, and stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
- Perform other or ad hoc duties and responsibilities as assigned by the superior (s).
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field of study; or, an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Minimum of three years of work experience in human resources/administration and support of talent development/engagement activities.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; highly collaborative team approach to work.
- Organization, strong attention to detail, and responsiveness are critical because of the high visibility of this team's work within the company.
- Successful record of managing multiple projects with demonstrated ability to work independently preferably in a fast-growing environment.
- Establish and maintain positive and effective work relationships with a diverse network of administrative leadership and staff
- A passion for internal employee communications as a key culture-building tool to help boost engagement, belonging, and morale
What We Do
WORQ is an award-winning productivity community and flexible workspace provider founded in 2017, in Kuala Lumpur. Up to date, we have achieved x20 times growth across physical and digital space, benefiting 10,000 working individuals through flexible workspace solutions and community-building activities.
We believe that the workplace should be flexible and agile so that businesses and individuals achieve greater results by working together. Be it a customisable solution or a flexible workspace, we help you to stay relevant and sustainable in your real estate portfolio. Whether you are a gig worker, startup, small-medium enterprise or large multinational corporation; tap into our workspace advisory for customised workplace strategies to best suit your business needs and goals.
WORQ’s investors include Cradle Fund, an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Finance; Philip Capital, an integrated Asian financial house with a global presence; SMG, an investment holding company co-founded by the founding partner of Jungle Ventures; 500 Startups through its subsidiary 500 Durians LLC and a few other private investors.
We are proud to be the recipient of 9 awards:
Winner of Best Coworking Space 2022 (ASEAN Startup Awards)
Winner of Most Accommodating Coworking Space - Malaysia 2022 (South East Asia Business Awards)
Winner of Best Community Builder 2021 (TechNode Global ORIGIN Innovation Awards),
Coworker Member's Choice Awards 2019 (Kuala Lumpur)
Coworker Member's Choice Awards 2019 (Shah Alam)
"Nazrin Hassan" - Special Jury Award 2019 (Cradle Fund)
Coworker Member's Choice Awards 2018
Without your valued support, we could never have achieved it on our own.
Special mention:
Our hard work as a community and business ecosystem builder is recognised by King Charles III, the former Prince of Wales, as he visited WORQ to meet the business community during his Commonwealth tour in 2017.
Interested in joining WORQ? Check out job openings at http://worq.space/career