Undermined as a HR Administrator

Hi all,

I am looking for some advice regarding my current role, I am a HR Administrator for a large company for over a year now, and previously was a HR Officer that took redundancy in another company for 3 years.

We have a lot of dealings with site managers, who have their own HR Advisor they go to - but for example if I answer the phone regarding a sickness query or contractual query (which is part of my role) they refuse to speak to me and want to be put through to their Advisor - but I can happily answer what they need to know myself. For example a site managers advisor wasn’t in that day, I asked if there was anything I could help with, and I was told they want to be put through to someone that has ‘more experience.’

I never had this when I was a HR Officer, I feel since I have the Administrator title - no one wants to come to me even for basic queries which is part of my job role.  I am L3 CIPD qualified and halfway through my L5 Diploma. 

I have my appraisal coming up this week and I want to put across how undermined I feel in my role, I feel my manager doesn’t want to take how I want to progress seriously. I have asked to shadow the Advisors but I have been ignored. How can I bring this up in a positive but firm way? 

Any help would be appreciated. 

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  • I would suggest providing the advice anyway. Follow up the phone enquiry with a message to say you have passed the query on. Provide initial advice based on the query with an "in the mean-time" approach. Copy in the advisor and say that they will be in touch with the manager on their return. This way you are building your credibility with both the manager and the advisors.
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  • I would suggest providing the advice anyway. Follow up the phone enquiry with a message to say you have passed the query on. Provide initial advice based on the query with an "in the mean-time" approach. Copy in the advisor and say that they will be in touch with the manager on their return. This way you are building your credibility with both the manager and the advisors.
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