Dear J,
Of course Shailesh's given a good answer! Still, I am constrained to state that he could have been a little bit more specific based on role-play of the positions of the HR Asst and HR Manager. I don't think that a 'HR Asst' is a mere clerk in the HR department.To me, in reality, what a junior lecturer is to a professor/H.O.D is that of a HR asst. to the HR Manager.In other words, a HR assistant is a HR Manager sans experience.Hence in my considered opinion, a HR asst, apart from his academic qualifications, should have, if not, cultivate to have, certain traits so as to analyze dispassionately the concepts of disciplining misconduct and grievance redress. Grievance, not only from human perspective but also from the total perspective of all animate and inanimate things, is always a self-perpetuating phenomenon, if not addressed on time and properly as well. When grievances of employees, whether real or feigned, go unnoticed or unattended for obvious reasons, the resultant effect is misconduct which is antithesis to good conduct .I would, therefore, conclude my answer with the observation that the role of a HR Assistant to the HR Manager,if the organization as a whole is a progressive one, is similar to that of an ideal wife and husband.