Human Resources Manager @ IG International

Typical duties for a HR officer include:

• recruiting new staff
  
• making sure that staff get paid correctly and on time
  
• managing pensions and benefits administration
  
• approving job descriptions and advertisements
  
• looking after the health, safety and welfare of all employees
  
• organising staff training
  
• monitoring staff performance and attendance
  
• advising line managers and other employees on employment law and the employers own employment policies and procedures
  
• verifying that candidates have the right to work at the organisation
  
• advising on disciplinary and employee performance problems
  
• negotiating salaries, contracts, working conditions and redundancy packages with staff and trade union representatives.

Skills useful for a HR officer include:

• commercial awareness
  
• effective organisational skills
  
• the ability to form working relationships with people at all levels
  
• teamworking and interpersonal skills
  
• diplomacy and the ability to deal with situations that are stressful to others
  
• meticulous attention to detail
  
• numeracy
  
• excellent communication skills.