*Work closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures
*Promote equality and diversity as part of the culture of the organisation
*Liaise with a range of people involved in policy areas such as staff performance and health and safety
*Recruit staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, interviewing and selecting candidates
*Make sure that prospective staff have the right to work at the organization
*Develop and implement policies on issues like working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and absence management and prepare staff handbooks
*Advise on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits
*Undertake regular salary reviews
manage redundancy programmes
*Negotiate with staff and their representatives (for example, trade union officials) on issues relating to pay and conditions, contracts and redundancy packages
*Administer payroll and maintain employee records
*Interpret and advise on employment law
deal with grievances and implement disciplinary procedures
*Develop HR planning strategies, which consider immediate and long-term staff requirements
*Plan and sometimes deliver training, including new staff inductions
*Analyze training needs in conjunction with departmental managers.
*Recruiting, training and developing staff
making sure that staff get paid correctly and on time
*Pensions and benefits administration
approving job descriptions and advertisements
*Looking after the health, safety and welfare of all employees
*Organizing staff training sessions and activities
*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 organization
*Negotiating salaries, contracts, working conditions or redundancy packages with staff and representatives.