Human Resource Coordinator/Assistant Vacancy: (Leicester-Nottingham-Derby) organisational learning, knowledge management & employment agency for dynamic network organisation

October 27th, 2008 in Student Jobs

Job Reference:

HR/00000005

Job Description:

The role of HR officer will involve working closely with the MD in order to ensure that the HR requirements of the organisation are met. Because the organisation is very much involved in both; new media, and traditional media projects the HR officer will be involved in the not only the selection of individuals, but in the composition and selection of project teams based on skill sets and experience. Due to the type of the projects that the organisation will be embark on, the teams formed will be of a multi-disciplinary nature.
As such the HR coordinator will need to be fully aware of issues concerning:

knowledge management
organisational learning
fostering a creative climate, and conditions for innovative thinking
strategic human resource planning

The members of the organisation will be geographically dispersed throughout the East Midlands and so the HR coordinator will be familiar with the network organisational form.

Some of the key duties of this role will include:

Aiding in the design and demarcation of job roles.
working with marketing counterparts in order to effectively promote and communicate job roles
Helping select successful candidates for job roles (includes reviewing applications and interviewing individuals).
Ensuring that the appropriate routines and procedures are in place to help facilitate organisational learning
Using HRP information systems to help manage geographically dispersed individuals and teams within the organisation.

The responsibilities of the role will eventually evolve so to include; acting as a recruitment agent on behalf of clients, and acting as an employment agent for individuals within the WIARD Promotions organisation, with the potential earn in both instances (via commission).

Person Specification:

The successful candidate will ideally be studying a degree related to one of the following subjects; human resource management, business management, social administration or psychology in one of the following establishments:

De Montfort University
Leicester University
Nottingham University
Nottingham Trent University
University of Derby

The individual will be keen to gain some experience in the field of HRM with a view to gaining a high-end job in the field of HR in the near future.

The individual should have insight, and understanding, of both; organisation learning and knowledge management, and will play a key role in planning and implementing such initiatives and programmes.

Skills Required:

Essential Skills

basic IT and numeracy skills
ability to compile and interpret statistical data and communicate it in a professional manner.
good organisational skills and the ability to understand detailed information.

Desired Skills (these skills will be developed throughout the role)

Excellent ICT skills required for managing/organising computerised HR information systems.
Influencing and negotiating skills, to implement personnel policies.
The potential to handle a leadership role.