How Would You Redesign an HR Executive Role Using Job Enlargement Concepts?

As part of the hiring process, Ashish, an applicant for the job of HR Manager, was given the following assignment. He was provided with the current job description for the HR executive of a mid-sized telecom company and asked to redesign the job by incorporating concepts from job enlargement and job enrichment that he found feasible.

HR Executive

1. Function HR

2. Typical Duties/Responsibilities

a. Recruiting and staffing logistics;

b. Performance management and improvement tracking systems;

c. Employee orientation, development, and training logistics and record-keeping;

d. Assisting with employee relations;

e. Company-wide committee facilitation;

f. Compensation and benefits administration and record-keeping;

g. Employee safety, welfare, wellness, and health reporting; and

h. Employee services;

i. Maintaining employee files and HR filing system;

j. Assisting with day-to-day efficient operations of the HR office.

Qualifications: Postgraduate in Psychology, MBA with specialization in HR. Fresher or with one year of related work experience.

1. How would you redesign the job and divide it into two posts of HR executives?

2. Break down the job responsibilities and specify the specific duties that should fall under the given responsibilities.

3. Relate the job duties to job enlargement.

You may divide the two roles from a front-end and back-end management perspective. Activities like recruitment, employee engagement, and committee facilitation will require soft skills, whereas someone who is proficient in handling HRIS, HRMS, payroll, etc., with good MS Office skills will be able to support PMS, compensation and benefit management, record keeping, and similar HR admin tasks.

You can classify the KRAs accordingly and allocate the job duties. Please let me know if you need any further assistance to put the job descriptions together.

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Runa