HR Business Consultant Job Description
HR business consultant
provides outsourced, consultative HR services in all aspects of talent acquisition, compensation, benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, employee engagement, organizational change, compliance, and HR technology solutions.
HR Business Consultant Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Recommend, coordinate and implement a full range of HR services in the areas of employee relations, execution of Company policies, and employment law compliance
When appropriate, engage the investigative team, Corporate Employee Relations, the Investigative Services Division, the business aligned HR Business Partner to assist in resolving Code of Conduct or other more serious workplace situations
Partner with other HR teams to deliver people strategy for client group (L&D, Recruitment & HR Operations, Compensation)
Be the conduit for HR with the business dealing escalated HR questions/issues regarding Associate Relations, compensation, benefits or other HR services
Monitor and ensure that personnel records are kept in compliance with the law
Conduct training on HR 101, performance management and coaching
Provide advice and counsel to employees on general workplace policies and practices, issues related to their job performance, relationships with their manager and/or co-workers career development and job opportunities
Coach managers to help them strengthen their people leadership skills
Provide advice and counsel to managers on issues related to individual employee performance performance of their teams
Help guide managers through difficult performance issues such as performance documentation, preparing for performance discussions, writing performance improvement plans, navigating through the termination process
HR Business Consultant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for HR Business Consultant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: SPHR, PHR, SHRM, HR, MBTI, PMP, SCP, CP, RFP
Education for HR Business Consultant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the HR business consultant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, Education, Business/Administration, Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Psychology, MBA, Graduate, Public Administration
Skills for HR Business Consultant
Desired skills for HR business consultant include:
Business Process Outsourcing is desired
Compliance
Human Resources practices
Technology
Compensation
MS Office Suite
Employee relations
HR processes gained in a dynamic organization
Performance management
Functions
Desired experience for HR business consultant includes:
Exceptional interviewing and active listening skills
5 years experience as an HR Generalist or HR Business Partner
Able to quickly size up a complex people/business situation, sort through the facts, develop alternatives and make sound recommendations
Able to quickly review a situation, sort through fact and emotion
Key Focus areas on 3 Regions (EMEA, America’s and Asia/Pacific) HR Shared Services & Rewards
Provide HR Consulting, counsel & coaching to senior leaders of assigned client groups & their leadership teams to help develop & deliver their people strategy
HR Business Consultant Examples
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HR Business Consultant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a HR business consultant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for HR business consultant
- Coordinates with the assigned business unit client group to ensure delivery of additional HR Resources, such as Organizational Effectiveness and Design, Talent Management, Recruiting, and Compensation
- Makes recommendations relative to trends in employee relations issues
- May conduct/participate in the recruiting of direct reports and conduct/participate in the completion of performance evaluations for any direct reports
- Provide direct HR services to select client groups, focusing on optimizing talent optimization
- Identifying client opportunities – with existing and/or new clients
- Bringing new ideas to clients
- Supporting the development of change management strategies and plans, including work management plans, to deliver the required business outcomes on time and in budget
- Developing and delivering all change management activities required to support successful implementation of a project
- Working closely with key stakeholders to ensure the change program is pragmatic and business-led
- Work closely with HR leadership and business partners to ensure the efficient, accurate, and timely exchange of information
Qualifications for HR business consultant
- Educated to at least Bachelors degree level (ideally in Business, Human Resource Development) with experience of Organisational Development & Design, Change Management, Workforce planning)
- Operating in a progressive, digital and/or transformational environment and who understand and can shape the people practices within
- Able to demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills to exert influence
- Able to use initiative and prioritise workload
- SAP HCM experience - PA/OM mandatory
- HR business process understanding in the Services environment (PA/PY)
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of HR business consultant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for HR business consultant
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to keep up to date with developments impacting supplier and/or risk management practices, to promote ongoing compliance
- Partner with other functional areas within HR to achieve department objectives
- Understand requirements to build out scalable tools to support growth and improve efficiencies
- Configure and test HR systems, pre-roll out
- Document processes and requirements for the purposes of ensuring adequate controls are in place for auditing purposes
- Coordinates setup of recurring discussions and forums on HR analytics within UTC and develops supporting materials, agenda
- Drives the business from a Global perspective
- Manages the activities of individual contributors or supervisors in a section or department with accountability for results in terms of costs, strategies and employees
- Provide leadership coaching, and HR consulting in many areas
- Conduct strategic human capital planning for internal and external client(s)
Qualifications for HR business consultant
- Exhibits very sound judgment in approach & outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with business leaders translating business strategies into people strategies
- Deep knowledge of current HR trends and ability to recognize, interpret and leverage future HR trends
- Ability to identify current issues, prioritize and address with creative, effective solutions
- Thorough understanding of all employment laws and regulatory environment affecting associates across assigned areas with a proven track record of successful resolution of appeals and grievances
- Experience in HR Consulting strongly preferred
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HR Business Consultant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a HR business consultant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for HR business consultant
- Implement Talent Management rigor across internal departments resulting in development plans, improved addressing of performance issues and development of high potential/high performing talent resulting in increased performance
- Partner with managers and Associates at all levels to ensure accurate interpretation of Company policies and procedures
- Review and revise HR policies and procedures, policy development
- Assist to provide advice and guidance on disciplinary actions
- Unemployment claim processing
- Manage all employment claims and hearings
- Ensure that performance appraisals are conducted in accordance with Company policy
- Monitor trends in employment practices and advise appropriate proactive action
- Assist Recruiters with candidate screenings and posting positions as needed
- Assist with annual enrollment rollout and training
Qualifications for HR business consultant
- PHR/SPHR required
- Required to maintain confidentiality as appropriate for situation
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a related degree or equivalent experience
- Reads and interprets corporate and business policies and applicable employment laws
- Writes business correspondence (i.e., letters, policies, corrective action)
- Understands issues in the context of the big picture and can develop and execute on solutions appropriate for the situation
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of HR business consultant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for HR business consultant
- Advise employees and supervisors of their rights and responsibilities under the grievance procedures, coordinating grievance hearings and advising Employee Relations Grievance Committee
- Talent management – review turnover, engagement, compensation, rising talent, what do we need to do to retain or draw talent?
- Performance management – what are the objectives/goals, who is at risk of not meeting expectations and what are we doing?
- Has the ability to identify new ways for vendors/technology to support the business strategy
- Researches and evaluates potential technology solutions to meet business needs
- Identify needs, recommend solutions and execute on programs, processes, or resources that drive workforce development, engagement, and retention for the business area you support
- Act as a channel through which HR programs and services are delivered in line with the business area’s strategic plan
- Provide end to end HR support from needs assessment through delivery and evaluation of implemented solutions
- Understands the key drivers of the assigned business client group
- Tries new ways of doing things and contributes a unique perspective
Qualifications for HR business consultant
- Keeps current with changes in employment law and the implications for our organization
- Exhibits strong emotional intelligence
- Is comfortable speaking with all levels of management
- Ability to work with others in a team environment.#LI-CG1
- The HRBC is responsible supporting and executing the people processes, programs and initiatives within the designated client group/s aligned with the Seqirus HR and Business strategies to enhance employee and business performance, as directed by the HRBP(s) that they support
- The HRBC possesses expertise in employee/and/or industrial relations
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of HR business consultant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for HR business consultant
- Specific focus of the role will be coordinating HR processes for client areas including performance management, compensation planning reports and analysis, organizational and HR related changes, coordination with employment law, roll up and reporting on Talent Management activities helping to coordinate recruiting process for the clients
- Partners with the Business and global HRBPs to deliver integrated solutions across a range of Human Resources (HR) areas including employee relations, change management, talent management, performance management, total rewards and employee engagement
- Work to integrate business and technology solutions to help stimulate the business
- Perform administrative maintenance, audits, compliance activities as it relates to associate records, electronic and paper
- Partner with leadership on the creation/execution of performance improvement plans and performance management
- The incumbent will partner closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), including the HR Service Center, Compensation, Talent Acquisition, HR Reporting, Analytics and International Assignments
- Drives the focus of performance management towards continual feedback and coaching throughout the year, the quality of the performance discussions
- Assist HR Business Support Subject Matter Experts with a range of operational supplier and risk management activities
- Support the implementation of new suppliers by working with the HR Operational Supplier Manager and HR stakeholders to ensure service requirements are defined and included in supplier agreements/contracts
- Support any change activities that are likely to impact services received from suppliers
Qualifications for HR business consultant
- 2-3 plus years of experience as an HR Generalist or HR Business Partner
- Working knowledge of national and state employment laws (ADA, FMLA)
- Knowledge of full range of people policies and process
- Able to quickly size up a conflict situation, sort through fact & emotion without pre-judgment, develop alternatives and make sound recommendations
- Provide insight to employees, assess issues/potential risks and recommend action to reach balanced solutions
- Manages escalations from HR Operations Centres