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HR Officer Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications

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An 4833327hr21.93human resources11.65hr administrator2.87hr advisor2.73hr assistant2.49813808562213000.0031263.4256000.00YEARLY20047852025-10-012025-10-312025-09-012025-09-302025-11-05HR Officer, or HR Generalist looks after employee progress and welfare within a company. Their duties include hiring employees, managing employee needs and ensuring all employees comply with company and government procedures.

4833327hr21.93human resources11.65hr administrator2.87hr advisor2.73hr assistant2.49813808562213000.0031263.4256000.00YEARLY20047852025-10-012025-10-312025-09-012025-09-302025-11-05HR Officer duties and responsibilities

HR Officers represent a company’s policies, procedures and goals, and many of their tasks revolve around instilling these values in employees, whilst making sure the policies are also fair to the employees. Their main responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with the recruitment and onboarding of new employees
  • Developing programmes that enhance employee relations
  • Ensuring employees have correct pay and benefits
  • Delivering compensation and benefit comparison reports to the executive team
  • Promoting equality, health and safety within the company
  • Ensuring that company employment policies follow national laws and regulations
  • Advising executives on matters of salaries, redundancy and employment law
  • Recording and processing confidential information

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What does an HR Officer do?

HR Officers manage all employee aspects within a company. This includes giving individual employees advice about the future of their careers, onboarding new employees, facilitating open communication between employees and management and leading workshops and training. They must be comfortable communicating with employees about sensitive subjects such as salary, pension and benefits. Furthermore, they must be accustomed to using technology frequently as data entry is also an important component of their job as they are expected to update all employee records on the company’s database.

HR Officer skills and qualifications

HR Officers are diplomatic in their understanding and implementation of company policies. They converse with everyone from the highest executives to the newest employees. A successful 4833327hr21.93human resources11.65hr administrator2.87hr advisor2.73hr assistant2.49813808562213000.0031263.4256000.00YEARLY20047852025-10-012025-10-312025-09-012025-09-302025-11-05HR Officer candidate will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications that include:

  • Exceptional interpersonal communication
  • Comprehensive understanding of employment law
  • Sensitively and understanding
  • The ability to remain calm in stressful situations
  • Thorough attention to detail
  • Administrative skills
  • The ability to work well with others

HR Officer experience requirements

HR Administrators are natural conversationalists who understand how to balance company policies with employee needs. Applicants should have at least a year’s experience working in a position that deals with employee management and employee/Manager relationships. Exceptional candidates are members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, this shows that have taken advantage of training opportunities and have expanded their industry contacts. All candidates should be familiar with the role human resources plays within the organisation and in employees’ lives.

4833327hr21.93human resources11.65hr administrator2.87hr advisor2.73hr assistant2.49813808562213000.0031263.4256000.00YEARLY20047852025-10-012025-10-312025-09-012025-09-302025-11-05HR Officer education and training requirements

Most employers prefer applicants to have a Higher National Diploma in Human Resources Management, a combined degree such as business management and human resources or a similar degree. Applicants also may have graduated with an unrelated degree but completed a human resources graduate training programme with another company that provided them with the necessary human resources knowledge and experience.

Some organisations only require applicants to have taken some college courses offered by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development instead of a university degree. Some of the courses include the CIPD Level 5 Award in human resources, CIPD Level 5 diploma in human resources management and Level 5 diploma in business management and human resources.

HR Officer salary expectations

According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for an 4833327hr21.93human resources11.65hr administrator2.87hr advisor2.73hr assistant2.49813808562213000.0031263.4256000.00YEARLY20047852025-10-012025-10-312025-09-012025-09-302025-11-05HR Officer in the UK is £21,134 per year. Salary may be dependent on experience, location and company.

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