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1 Jan, 2017 08:14

Hello, happy new year to you all !

I have been working in my company as a HR Officer in a sole-role looking after 110 employees for the past one year. There is a regional HR Associate Director who i can turn to if i need support or guidance, otherwise it's just me for HR.

I provide advise to management, sit in the Quarterly Board Meeting to discuss HR in Qatar, follow the ever-changing new laws, update policies, create policies, work with local embassies, deal with grievance processes, termination, new hires, employment contracts and manage the L&D needs for the office while creating my own training programs for employees (and more!); sadly there is no budget yet for an administrator, so I need to complete all HR & L&D needs myself.

What i would like to know is, would you consider someone like this to be a HR Manager? I am working on my annual review and plan to ask for a title change but thought I would check with the wider community to see if the request is warranted, or not quite there yet!

Any advice / guidance is much appreciated.

All the best - Nicola

PS: I will commence my CIPD L3 or 5 (i'm still researching which one is best) this month!

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Keith | 0 Posts

1 Jan, 2017 20:20

Nicola

Personally I would be far less concerned about the title and far more concerned with the experience I was getting. Different people call roles different things but what will stand you in good stead is the actual tasks and responsibilities you are getting.

The difference between HRM and HR Officer is just semantics.

Your role would normally now be called a HRBP anyway.

Best of luck.
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Nicola | 0 Posts

2 Jan, 2017 05:06

In reply to Keith:
Thank you, Keith!
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admin | 0 Posts

3 Jan, 2017 10:55

In reply to Nicola:
Hi Nicola

I would say a definite yes - you are managing the HR function virtually single handedly. Titles shouldn't matter (I have had pretty much all of them) but they do...
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Nicola | 0 Posts

3 Jan, 2017 11:09

In reply to admin:
thank you for your reply! It's much appreciated.
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Keith | 0 Posts

3 Jan, 2017 11:16

In reply to Nicola:
Its just as easy to argue that in a 110 people department/section/unit with a HR Director immediately above then Officer is an appropriate title, it will come down to the titles used in your organisation and cultural norms. You are the Business partner for this particular unit
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Harvey Bennett | 0 Posts

3 Jan, 2017 14:23

Hi Nicola,
As you are based in Doha, and if you are working with a predominantly 'local' workforce which may not value the role of women, then I would suggest that the HR Manager job title would be advantageous indeed.
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Nicola | 0 Posts

3 Jan, 2017 14:28

In reply to Harvey Bennett:
Hi Harvey,

Yes this is true, the job titles in Doha appear to be the main point of interest to local companies, rather than experience. I am hoping to meet with my manager next week and will see how the suggestion goes! This shall be a good point to note too.

Thanks again
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