HR OFFICER

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures
• Promoting equality and diversity as part of the culture of the organization
• Liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas such as staff performance and health and safety
• Recruiting staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, interviewing, and selecting candidates
• Developing and implementing policies on issues like working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures, and absence management
• Preparing staff handbooks
• Advising on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits
• Undertaking regular salary reviews
• Negotiating with staff and their representatives (for example, trade union officials) on issues relating to pay and conditions
• Administering payroll and maintaining employee records
• Interpreting and advising on employment law
• Dealing with grievances and implementing disciplinary procedures
• Developing HR planning strategies, which consider immediate and long-term staff requirements
• Planning and sometimes delivering training, including new staff inductions
• Analyzing training needs in conjunction with departmental managers.

SKILLS

• Business awareness and management skills
• Organizational skills and the ability to understand detailed information
• IT and numeracy skills, with strong IT skills required if managing/operating computerized payroll and benefits systems
• Interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships with people at all levels
• A proven track record of ‘making a difference’
• The ability to analyses, interpret and explain employment law
• Integrity and approachability, as managers and staff must feel able to discuss sensitive and confidential issues with you
• Curiosity and a willingness to challenge organizational culture where necessary
• The ability to compile and interpret statistical data and communicate it in a professional and understandable manner
• Influencing and negotiating skills to implement personnel policies
• Potential to handle a leadership role.

Educational Qualifications

Business Administration / Management

Human resources management

Social administration.

1 – 3 years of experience