FEMALE HR OFFICER

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Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time
The Human Resource Officer is responsible for providing support in the various human resource functions, which include recruitment, staffing, training and development, performance monitoring and employee counseling.

Provide support to supervisors and staff to develop the skills and capabilities of staff.

Main Activities
- Ensure that accurate job descriptions are in place
- Provide advice and assistance when conducting staff performance evaluations
- Identify training and development opportunities
- Organize staff training sessions, workshops and activities
- Process employee requests for outside training while complying with polices and procedures
- Provide staff orientations

Monitor staff performance and attendance activities
- Monitor daily attendance.
- Investigate and understand causes for staff absences.
- Recommend solutions to resolve chronic attendance difficulties.
- Provide basic counseling to staff who have performance related obstacles.
- Provide advice and recommendations on disciplinary actions.
- Monitor scheduled absences such as holidays or travel and coordinate actions to ensure the staff absence has been adequately covered off to ensure continuity of services.
- Inform affected staff or residents of unexpected absences from work and coordinate actions ensuring the continuity of services such as cancellation of events and locating keys.

Coordinate staff recruitment and selection process in order to ensure a timely organized and comprehensive procedure is used to hire staff.
- Provide advice and assistance to supervisors on staff recruitment
- Prepare notices and advertisements for vacant staff positions.
- Schedule and organize interviews
- Participate in applicant interviews
- Conduct reference checks on possible candidates
- Prepare, develop and implement procedures and policies on staff recruitment
- Inform unsuccessful applicants
- Conduct exit interviews

Provide information and assistance to staff, supervisors and Council on human resource and work related issues.
- Develop and implement a human resources plan and personnel management policies and procedures
- Promote workplace safety.
- Provide advice and assistance to staff and management on pay and benefits systems
- Research and monitor human resource systems in other organizations within the community.
- Explain and provisions of the personnel policy.
- Explain employment standards and legislation such as workers compensation, labour standards.
- Organize the transitional provisions of employee compensation, pay and benefits when positions are transferred or new positions.
- Perform other related duties as required

Requirements
- A degree in a relevant subject such as HR management or business may be required for some posts.
- Understanding and practical knowledge of employment law and employer best
practice
- Organized and methodical approach to administration and record keeping
- Excellent IT Skills
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential