P2P2 — Developing Professional
Early Career
HRIS Specialist I / Jr. Analyst takes on broader HRIS support tasks, generates standard and ad-hoc reports, and performs initial troubleshooting of system issues.
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Generating standard and ad-hoc reports
- Initial troubleshooting of system issues
- Assisting in HRIS user training
- Generate and analyze reports
- Troubleshoot system issues
- Support user training
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Report generation
- Troubleshooting
- User training support
- Excel proficiency
- Data analysis
- HRIS functionality
- Data analysis techniques
- Troubleshooting methods
- Excel applications
- User support processes
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Intermediate Excel skills
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1–3 years experience working with HRIS systems
- PHR or HRIS vendor-specific certification
Common titles
Early Career
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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