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Apr 9, 2013 13:53
11 yrs ago
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Norwegian term

Personalkonsulent

Norwegian to English Bus/Financial Human Resources
In this instance, the person is responsible for preparing a certificate of employment at an educational institution, to be signed by other, more senior staff. In other words, this is not an HR manager or director but a lower ranking position.

I'm dithering between "Human Resources Specialist" and "Human Resources Coordinator".

What would commonly be used in the U.K.?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 Human Resource Officer
4 +2 Human Resources Assistant
4 personnel consultant
3 HR Administrator

Proposed translations

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Human Resource Officer

This is the term I would be used to. I include to references for job description - sounds like the same thing to me.
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/human_resources_officer_job_descr...
http://www.studieguiden.no/index.php?page=yrker&yrke_id=23

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-04-09 16:40:55 GMT)
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I mean Human Resources Officer.


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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-04-09 17:00:34 GMT)
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Charles, here in Ireland HR officer is a general term for someone working in HR, they might be working in a junior or senior position. I include a job posting for an HR officer in a more junior postion:
http://www.irishjobs.ie/Jobs/HR-Officer-7053951.aspx
Note from asker:
Too far up the ladder – take a look again at the position description in your first link. It would be an HR Manager or Director that would be setting policy as an officer, not someone at the level of "personalkonsulent".
Thanks for all your effort. It's an eye-opener to see a position reporting to a manager described as an "officer".
Peer comment(s):
agree Norskpro : I, too have posted a reference for this term, and it seems to me that is not too high up the ladder to assist the HR manager.
25 mins
Sorry Norskpro, I didn't spot that in your posting - I didn't mean to steal your suggestion!
agree Lene Johansen
1 hr
disagree jeffrey engberg : In my opinion the term officer should be limited to public jobs or military positions and not the private sector....
12 hrs
ok, officer has a ring of public sector about it, but there are over 7 mill hits for "private sector hr officer job".. HR advisor is also often used in the private sector, but here we're talking about an educational institution so officer is appropriate.
agree Christopher Schröder : IMO officer is good in all sectors
20 hrs
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4 mins

Human Resources Assistant

Just on the basis of Google hits, I would go for Human Resources Assistant.

Human Resources Assistant = c. 2.5 million hits
Human Resources Specialist = c. 1.8 million hits
Human Resources Coordinator = c. 1.2 million hits
Note from asker:
Too low on the ladder, I think. Take a look at the position description that Connie Bråthen posted below – http://www.studieguiden.no/index.php?page=yrker&yrke_id=23
Peer comment(s):
agree jeffrey engberg : if it is a lesser position I think I agree with the designation "assistant"
2 hrs
agree Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland : I agree, this is the best answer available.
19 hrs
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23 mins

personnel consultant

Two of my dictionaries translate personalkonsulent as personell consultant.

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How about HR officer?:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-an-hr-officer-do.htm
Note from asker:
Sorry, but that's a different type of function. A personnel consultant would typically be either an outside recruiter or a contractor brought in to advise an HR department.
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3 days 1 hr

HR Administrator

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