Human Resources and Industrial Relations Officers
What they do most days?
Deals with grievance and disciplinary procedures, and with staff welfare and counselling provision.
Advises on training and recruitment, negotiating procedures, salary agreements and other personnel and industrial relations issues.
Interviews candidates for jobs.
Assists with negotiations between management and employees or trades unions concerning pay and conditions of employment.
Develops and recommends personnel and industrial relations policies, assists with their implementation and drafts staff handbooks.
Undertakes research and analyses data on pay differentials, productivity and efficiency bonuses and other payments.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.