DHL Express Bahrain, has once again been recognised as an outstanding employer after being awarded ‘Investor in People’ (IiP) accreditation.

The award followed the company’s demonstration of its exerted efforts to develop employees through extensive training and development programmes, in addition to increased employee engagement strategies and improved communication forums.

IiP is an internationally recognised quality standard which is designed to advance an organisation's performance through an increased involvement of its people, and the awarding of this standard clearly demonstrates an organisation’s excellence in human resource practice, said an official spokesman.

“IiP accreditation is only presented to companies that can demonstrate they have an excellent working environment; recognise and celebrate success; are committed to training and development and have a good communication network,” said head of Human Resources for DHL Middle East Brian Shaw.

“This facilitates a clear understanding in the organisation of the individual employee’s value and the part they play in delivering excellent services that contribute to the business growth of customers. This award represents a tremendous achievement by everyone involved in DHL Bahrain.”

DHL Bahrain received the accreditation in a letter of congratulations from IiP in the UK, and announced the news to its staff and employees at a monthly communication meeting.

In July 2007, SNAS/DHL achieved the IiP award in Saudi Arabia, the first company in the Middle East to do so, demonstrating its high level of performance, workforce stability and employee satisfaction.

DHL Bahrain has recently won two national awards for its training programmes aimed at grass roots, vocational development of Bahraini nationals and overall employee development programmes, as well as for its high level of Bahrainisation. Currently, more than 70 per cent of the company’s workforce is Bahrain nationals. – TradeArabia News Service