HR manager responsibilities and their role in meeting company goals

The human resources (HR) department is essential to any company and affects many areas of it. The HR manager runs the department and makes sure it succeeds.

This article explains what an HR manager is and what an HR manager does in a company.

It also covers how they contribute to strategic planning, recruitment and attracting talent, performance appraisal, resolving workplace disputes and raising the company's productivity.

Finally, it shows how Dawmt helps an HR manager get their work done faster.

What is an HR manager?

The HR manager is responsible for everything to do with human resource management and HR administration in the company. They supervise every process, take final responsibility for ensuring it is done correctly, and make sure every step is accurate.

An HR manager has many responsibilities, from setting the company's strategic plans to HR administration, employee development, and choosing the right people for the company's goals and its vacancies.

What are the 10 core tasks of an HR manager?

An HR manager has many tasks with a significant impact. They cover the areas that give the company complete, accurate management and help it grow and progress. Here are the HR manager's tasks in a company:

Identifying the company's staffing needs

An HR manager's responsibilities include identifying the company's staffing needs: deciding exactly which jobs, grades and types of role the company needs, then advertising those vacancies to find suitable people for them.

Conducting interviews

The HR manager is responsible for interviewing candidates for the company's different jobs and deciding whether they are qualified for the role.

Choosing the right employee

The HR manager chooses the right person for each job: someone with the skills and experience to do the work well and deliver the productivity required.

Setting employee policies

The HR manager sets clear, specific policies for employees, so that employees can be managed accurately and the company's rules are followed.

Making sure the law is applied

One of the HR manager's most important tasks is applying the company's rules and regulations and the Saudi Labour Law, making sure employees follow the law and every process complies with the regulations. This helps the company avoid legal liability and other problems.

Managing payroll

The HR manager manages and monitors payroll and reviews everything to do with it, to make sure employees are paid in full, without errors or shortfalls. The HR manager supervises this process directly to make sure it complies with laws and regulations.

Training and development

The HR manager sets training plans to develop employees and build their skills so they achieve the best results and high productivity, and provides courses or support to grow their abilities and advance their careers.

Identifying employees' needs

By staying in regular contact with employees, the HR manager can identify their needs and work to meet them, which creates a better workplace and earns employees' loyalty and contentment.

Managing employee relations

The HR manager encourages communication between employees, builds a spirit of cooperation and manages relationships positively, for productive teamwork and a positive workplace.

Appraising and tracking performance

Appraising and tracking employees' performance is one of the HR manager's most important tasks. Appraisal identifies strengths and weaknesses so they can be worked on, and helps set development plans, identify each employee's skills and make decisions.

See also: Performance appraisal systems: how to measure and improve employee performance

How does the HR manager contribute to strategic planning?

The HR manager plays a strong, central role in the company's strategic planning. Their work is not just HR work: it shapes the company's planning. Here is how:

Identifying needs

The HR manager identifies the company's staffing needs and the experience and skills its current employees need, in line with its goals, which greatly helps planning.

Setting HR strategy

The HR manager sets the HR and people strategy to fit and support the company's overall strategy.

A supportive workplace

The HR manager provides a workplace that supports the company's plans and goals: positive, cooperative, productive and innovative, so that tasks are carried out professionally.

Developing talent and skills

Developing talent and skills in the company means more processes and tasks are carried out accurately and professionally, and employees are ready to take on the work that meets the company's needs and delivers its plan.

Anticipating needs and risks

The HR manager helps anticipate the people-related risks and needs the company may face in future, and proposes solutions for the expected risks, which helps the company avoid many problems that could hold back its plan.

Continuous improvement

As mentioned above, tracking performance and improving continuously help strategic planning a great deal: they keep the company in step with change and show where its weaknesses are and how to overcome them.

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The HR manager's role in recruitment and attracting talent

The company relies on the HR manager for recruitment, which is one of their core tasks. Here is their role in recruiting and attracting talent:

Defining qualifications: the HR manager defines the qualifications, skills and experience needed in an applicant for the advertised job, matching them to the role so that it delivers high productivity and professional performance.

Attracting talent: the HR manager sets strategies to attract experienced, capable people, with specific requirements and clearly stated needs, so that they reach skilled, suitable candidates.

CV screening: the HR manager screens CVs carefully and selects qualified candidates after several rounds of review.

Conducting interviews: interviewing candidates is part of the work of the HR and administration manager: talking with them and asking the questions that show whether they are qualified for the job.

Ensuring a good fit: the HR manager makes sure the candidate's skills and experience fit both the job and the company's goals and needs.

Keeping in touch with candidates: the HR manager stays in regular contact with candidates for the company's different jobs, so they can decide on the best person for each role.

See also: Employee promotion systems: everything your company needs to know

The HR manager's role in performance appraisal

The HR manager is at the centre of employee performance appraisal and carries out several tasks to keep it accurate and make sure it leads to positive results. Their role covers:

Setting up a clear appraisal system, such as 360-degree feedback and key performance indicators (KPIs). This clarity speeds up each step and makes the appraisal more organised and accurate.

Defining the criteria employees are appraised against. This step matters a great deal, because these criteria allow each employee's performance to be measured accurately.

Giving employees constructive feedback, helping them build their skills, understand their mistakes and see how to perform better.

Setting organised and useful development plans that build employees' skills, so that employees gain knowledge and experience in the right way.

Analysing performance continuously to identify each employee's strengths and weaknesses, so they can be worked on and handled well.

Read more: Personnel management vs human resource management: the difference for companies

The HR manager's role in resolving workplace disputes

Resolving disputes between employees and reaching a compromise is one of the HR manager's tasks. They do this by investigating the problem thoroughly, applying policies and laws, negotiating with the parties to understand their different points of view, and finally offering support and reaching a fair decision.

The HR manager also acts as an intermediary between management and employees, which gives employees confidence and reduces employee turnover.

How does the HR manager help raise the company's productivity?

The HR manager plays a large part in raising the company's productivity and growth through these tasks:

Selecting talent

The HR manager selects skilled, experienced people to make sure work is done professionally, accurately and quickly.

Developing employees

The HR manager sets plans to develop employees and address their areas of weakness, which improves their performance and so raises productivity.

Providing a healthy workplace

The HR manager provides a healthy workplace that makes employees more comfortable and productive, and fond of the company and their work.

Improving communication

The HR manager improves communication between themselves and employees, and among employees. This builds a spirit of cooperation in the company, which raises productivity and helps employees complete tasks more accurately and quickly.

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How Dawmt helps the HR manager get the job done faster

Dawmt is a complete HR system that HR managers typically use to make their work easier and faster.

Dawmt provides a range of HR tools in one integrated system covering payroll, attendance, performance tracking, hiring and CV screening. It also gives the HR manager regular, professional reports and analysis that make decisions and strategic planning easier.

Dawmt also has a mobile app for easy follow-up from anywhere, at any time, and it supports work both at the company's premises and remotely, which gives you a great deal of flexibility in how work and processes get done.

Dawmt also automates processes so they do not need manual work every time, which makes them faster.

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