P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Human Resources Mid
Mid-level HR roles focus on more specialized areas such as talent management, compensation, and benefits, or employee relations.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Manage talent acquisition strategies
- Oversee compensation and benefits programs
- Handle employee relations issues
- Develop talent acquisition plans.
- Manage compensation programs.
- Resolve employee relations issues.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Talent management
- Compensation analysis
- Employee relations management
- Strategic planning
- Negotiation
- Data analysis
- HR policy implementation
- Conflict resolution
- Talent acquisition strategies
- Compensation and benefits structures
- Employee relations laws
- Strategic HR planning
- Data-driven HR decision-making
- Performance management
- HR policy development
- Diversity and inclusion strategies
- Specialized HR knowledge
- Strategic HR planning
What good looks like
- PHR or SHRM-CP certification
- Master's degree in HR preferred
- 3-5 years of HR experience
Common titles
Human Resources IIIHuman Resources 3Mid-Level Human ResourcesTalent Acquisition IIITalent Acquisition 3Mid-Level Talent AcquisitionCompensation and Benefits IIICompensation and Benefits 3Mid-Level Compensation and BenefitsLearning and Development IIILearning and Development 3Mid-Level Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Developer IIILearning and Developer 3Mid-Level Learning and DeveloperHR Analytics III
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 11-3121.00 — Human Resources Managers
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