Human Resource Advisor – ANZSCO 223111

Typical tasks and duties

Human Resource Advisor may perform the following tasks:

• determine staffing numbers, skills and needs to meet the organisation's objectives
• analyse the skills and qualities required for each particular job and develop job descriptions and duty statements
• advertise staff vacancies, assess applications, interview applicants, administer selection tests, prepare reports and make recommendations to management about staff appointments
• maintain the personal records of employees on matters such as wages, superannuation, leave and training, and prepare associated management reports
• arrange and conduct staff training
• use a number of management information systems to record, maintain, plan and manage the organisation's human resources
• provide advice and information to management and employees on human resource policies and procedures, including equal opportunity, anti-discrimination and occupational health and safety programmes
• assist employees with work matters, career development, personal problems and industrial matters
• organise employee welfare services such as health and wellbeing programmes, first aid and fire warden training, superannuation and social activities
• take part in enterprise bargaining talks where employees, management and unions discuss the development of specific work arrangements and conditions (pay and hours of work, for example)
• help implement organisational changes (such as those following from industrial relations legislation, revised job classification structures or technological changes)
• take part in strategic management.