HR as Administration Expert

The Administration Expert is the last HR Role defined by the HR Model by David Ulrich. The Administration Expert is the easiest role for many HR Departments as the HR employees are used to work in the administration area. But the administration expert is not just about the nice papers and a lot of administration, but it is mainly about the legal compliance and minimization of the necessary administration to the minimum needed by the organization and the external bodies.

Human Resources is usually seen as the administrative function in the organization and the HR Model should fight against it. The HR Employees should set the basic necessary pack of the documents needed and the HR Management has to be always careful about adding a new document to the pack.

The Administration Expert does not ask the form for every activity, but asks for the necessary documentation, which is useful in the future. Many times, it is about keeping track about employees in the organization and providing right data, when HR is asked for.

The Administration Expert protects the organization against fees from the external bodies and it also finds “potential risks” in the documentation of the current employees.