- 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 employer's own employment policies and procedures
- ensuring 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.
commercial awarenesseffective organisational skillsthe ability to form working relationships with people at all levelsteamworking and interpersonal skillsdiplomacy and the ability to deal with situations that are stressful to othersmeticulous attention to detailnumeracyexcellent communication skills.