Expo Metropolis Dubai has launched a brand new graduate improvement programme for UAE Nationals, aimed toward constructing future leaders in actual property and sustainable city improvement.
The Publicity programme, launched by Expo Metropolis Dubai’s Actual Property and Improvement division, is a tailor-made, two-year initiative designed for recent Emirati graduates. It’s meant to equip contributors with sensible expertise, technical expertise and management capabilities throughout the complete actual property worth chain.
The programme helps Expo Metropolis’s function as a grasp developer and aligns with the Dubai 2040 City Grasp Plan and the D33 Financial Agenda, each of which prioritise sustainable progress, innovation and the mixing of Emirati expertise into the workforce. Expo Metropolis mentioned the initiative would assist bridge the hole between tutorial research {and professional} management, whereas contributing to the UAE’s transition to a knowledge-based financial system.
Open to UAE Nationals who’ve graduated inside the previous two years, the programme targets candidates from disciplines together with city planning, engineering and enterprise. Members will rotate by a number of features throughout the first yr, together with design and improvement, mission supply, gross sales and advertising, programme controls and procurement. Within the second yr, graduates will specialize in a selected perform based mostly on efficiency, curiosity and enterprise necessities.
Chosen candidates will work straight on Expo Metropolis Dubai’s grasp plan, gaining publicity to city-scale developments and receiving mentorship from senior leaders inside the Actual Property and Improvement workforce. On completion of the programme, profitable graduates might be thought-about for fast-track development into key roles inside the division.
Ahmed Al Khatib, Chief Improvement and Supply Officer at Expo Metropolis Dubai, mentioned: “As grasp developer, Expo Metropolis Dubai is dedicated to creating sensible, sustainable, resilient communities whereas contributing to the UAE’s continued prosperity. This new initiative harnesses the potential of the subsequent era of Emirati expertise by immersing them in each side of the actual property course of and empowering them with the abilities to form sustainable city improvement.”
Marjan Faraidooni, Chief Human Assets Officer and Chief of Training and Tradition at Expo Metropolis Dubai, mentioned: “The Publicity programme displays our dedication to cultivating the abilities and confidence of younger Emiratis. It affords expertise the chance to achieve firsthand expertise in shaping a sustainable, tech-enabled, human-centric metropolis.”
Functions for the programme opened on 10 December, with profitable candidates becoming a member of Expo Metropolis Dubai on a two-year short-term contract. The initiative builds on the organisation’s present expertise improvement efforts, together with the Changemakers Academy and its Return to Work programme, which assist innovation, entrepreneurship and workforce participation.
Expo Metropolis Dubai mentioned the programme would assist safe a future-ready pipeline of Emirati expertise as the town continues to broaden its residential, hospitality and mixed-use developments.
