1213-11 Human Resource Manager

Specialisations/Job Titles

• Personnel and Employee Relations Manager
• Occupational Health and Safety Manager
• Organisation and Methods Manager
• Training and Development Manager

Tasks & Duties

Plans, administers and reviews activities concerned with staff selection, training and development, conditions of employment and other human resource issues within an organisation.

• directs the formulation of human resource management strategies, policies and plans to meet business needs
• advises and assists managers in applying sound recruitment and selection practices and appropriate induction, training and development programs
• develops and implements performance management systems, to plan, appraise and improve individual and team performance
• represents the organisation in negotiations with unions and employees, to determine remuneration and other conditions of employment
• oversees the maintenance of personnel records and various human resource information system requirements
• coordinates occupational health and safety programs and practices, develops equal employment opportunity programs, and ensures compliance with related legislative requirements
• oversees the application of redundancy and other employee retrenchment policies
• monitors employment costs and productivity levels
• may train and advise other managers in personnel and industrial relations matters

Entry Skill Level

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification or at least 5 years relevant experience. In some instances relevant experience is required in addition to the formal qualification.

This can be relevant when applying for temporary business sponsorship, and in some cases in applying for skills assessment.

Skilled Occupations List

This occupation is on the Skilled Occupations List. You could consider applying for Skilled Migration to Australia.

If you nominated the occupation of Human Resource Manager, you would score 60 points for skill in the skilled migration points test.

The skills assessing authority for this occupation is AIM.

Migration Occupations in Demand List

This occupation is not on the Migration Occupations in Demand List.

Employer Nomination Scheme

An Australian business can sponsor you for a permanent visa Employer Nomination). The occupation of Human Resource Manager is on the gazetted list of occupations approved for ENS visas. Your occupation would be skills assessed by AIM

Temporary Business Sponsorship

An Australian or overseas business can sponsor you for a temporary visa lasting for up to 4 years (subclass 457 visa - see Temporary Business Sponsorship). The occupation of Human Resource Manager is not on the gazetted list of occupations approved for temporary business sponsorship.