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Tazeen

Hello fellow HR friends

I have a question re HR job titles. My last role was a dual role managing finance and HR and my job title was Assistant Accountant and HR Officer. I was the stand alone HR person in a very small organisation but have dealt with all generalist HR stuff. Having completed CIPD level 5, I wanted to move to a sole HR roles. I applied for HR advisor roles but was always told that due to the size of my old organisation, I did not have enough ER exposure. So I started applying for HR officer and coordinator roles.

Can someone explain the difference between the two as the job description is sort of similar, though some officer roles ask for some ER exposure whilst coordinator roles were purely admin related. 

I have recently had an interview for a coordinator role and the feedback I got was vey positive and there is a possibility they may offer me the role. The salary is below what I expected. Is going for a coordinator role a step down from an officer role? 

I am finding getting a break into HR quite difficult even though I am CIPD level 5 qualified and have experience with general HR but on a small scale. 

So basically I am after some advise and also an idea of the job title differentiation.

Many thanks in advance.

Regards

Tazeen

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  • There is no agreed set of standard job roles in HR. What one organisation calls a HRD another might call a HR Manager or HRBP.

    You are right to look at what the job involves and get sone idea of the skills and experiences you will be gaining in any role rather than just the title.

    Coordinator is probably a step down from officer. But HR Officer is now quite an old fashioned title and it doesn’t tend to fit well into many modern structures.

    Personally if you can afford it, and at this stage of your career, I would take the role that gives you the greatest experience. As you have found already getting started can be the hardest part.
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  • There is no agreed set of standard job roles in HR. What one organisation calls a HRD another might call a HR Manager or HRBP.

    You are right to look at what the job involves and get sone idea of the skills and experiences you will be gaining in any role rather than just the title.

    Coordinator is probably a step down from officer. But HR Officer is now quite an old fashioned title and it doesn’t tend to fit well into many modern structures.

    Personally if you can afford it, and at this stage of your career, I would take the role that gives you the greatest experience. As you have found already getting started can be the hardest part.
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