Information on the Army and its Soldiers and Officers needs to be very organized and properly documented. It's the Human Resources Information System Management Specialist's job to keep it that way. The Human Resources Information System Management Specialist operates and manages the information systems for field personnel, as well as trains and assists all system users.

Some of your duties as a Human Resources Information System Management Specialist may include:

• Receive, review, analyze, process, distribute and maintain personnel information files and supporting documentation
• Prepare update cycle control documents and input and transmits to servicing data processing facility
• Maintain authorized strength levels, organizational and systems control files
• Execute and monitor automated interface with other automated systems
• Monitor status of unresolved errors and initiates required corrective action
• Monitor process of feedback from HQDA and takes necessary corrective action
• Monitor performance of systems users
• Identify problems and discrepancies
• Provide assistance or refer resolution to superiors
• Prepare correspondence and forms in draft and final copy
• Post changes to Army regulations and other publications

Job training for Human Resources Information System Management Specialists requires nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and eight weeks of Advanced Individual Training with classroom instruction. Some of the skills you'll learn are:

• Basic typing
• General office skills
• How to prepare military correspondence and forms
• How to manage personnel records
• Computer update and retrieval procedures

Helpful attributes include:

• Interest in English, speech, business administration and typing
• Ability to follow detailed procedures and instructions
• Ability to communicate and write clear instructions or correspondence
• Interest in working closely with others

Advanced level Human Resources Information System Management Specialists provides guidance, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Human Resource Information System Management Specialist, you may be involved in:

• Supervise field personnel information systems
• Determine personnel requirements, establish work priorities, organize work schedules, assign duties and instruct subordinates in work techniques and procedures
• Review cyclic and other reports to assess systems performance
• Maintain liaison with servicing data processing facility and field managers of interfaced systems
• Prepare and monitor plans for supporting mobilization

In civilian life, a Human Resources Information System Management Specialist could work in any business that requires personnel or human resources experience. The payroll, timekeeping and human resources departments of most companies require the kinds of skills that you'll acquire as a Human Resources Information System Management Specialist.

Learn more about the relationship between military training and civilian certification requirements.