HR Consultant Job Description
HR consultant
provides advice and counsel to assigned clients regarding management practices, performance management, career and talent development, general employment practices, compensation, employee relations, compliance, health and welfare benefits, HR operations and payroll in support of business objectives.
HR Consultant Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provides functional expertise in all areas of Human Resources, including staffing, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and organizational development
Coach line managers on leadership behaviors and practices, employee communication, development and performance management strategies and tactics to promote engagement and a culture of continuous growth and development
Generates employee lifecycle letters for flexible working, sick leave, maternity, paternity, fixed term contract extensions, tier 1 benefits queries and leaver processing
Ensure best practise via all policies and procedures are adhered to at all times
Keeping up to date with all regulations and ensure the business is in line at all times
Resource for managers and associates to escalate HR issues (pay, benefits, leave of absence)
Oversees the development and administration of HR policies and procedures
Acts as a liaison with benefits, disability and legal management teams regarding employee issues
Benefits Implementation and Administration
General Policies and Procedures
HR Consultant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for HR Consultant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: SPHR, PHR, SHRM, HR, CP, SCP, HRCI, OD, CPSM, CPM
Education for HR Consultant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the HR consultant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Education, Business/Administration, Coaching, Communication, Psychology, Human Resources Management, Social Science, Public Administration
Skills for HR Consultant
Desired skills for HR consultant include:
Business objectives and providing strategic counsel and analytics in support of goal attainment
Performance management
Compensation practices
Employee and Labor Relations practices
Employee relations
Practices
Regulations
Procedures
Benefits
Similar methods for driving creative thought
Desired experience for HR consultant includes:
Provide consultation to other COEs on complex individual situations requiring legal guidance
Assess need and partner with Talent Management Programs to develop content for compliance-related training
Assist with response to external agency charges and employment-related litigation
Represent the region in unemployment hearings and appeals, mediations
Performs client system training if required
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the ADP freedom and HR.net implementation processes (including the Implementation methodology and the related set of supporting materials)
HR Consultant Examples
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HR Consultant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of HR 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 consultant
- Provide guidance and assistance to clients on a range of HR issues, procedures and policies consistent with legislation and guidelines
- Assist in development of bespoke HR policies, procedures and employee handbooks
- Liaise with external providers with regard to employee benefits
- Liaises with the Data Migration consultants to determine the appropriate method and conversion of data files in consultation with the Technical Consultant if required to ensure the accurate mapping and standardisation of data
- Schedule time to work with Data Migration team to convert and Migrate data
- Obtains formal project sign off and ensures that this is distributed to the appropriate departments
- Responsible for maintenance of employee dossier
- Follows up with the business based on action required from monthly lifecycle reports
- Archive leaver files in a timely manner
- Manage maternity / paternity manager and employee workshops
Qualifications for HR consultant
- Responsible for employee onboarding administration including pre-screening, contracts, and background checks for new hires, extensions and probations
- Responsible for managing relationship with pre-screening provider
- Responsible for ensuring all department and company driven processes are completed within SLA, whilst identifying any improvements in the processes in place
- Manage operational relationship with Recruitment team
- Review and coordinate processing of transactions to be entered in Human Resources Information System (new hires, terminations, pay actions)
- Review, analyze and make recommendations regarding human resources related issues, pay equity, promotions, new hires, organizational structures
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of HR 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 consultant
- Coach and educate managers and Project Managers to provide them with the tools to improve their ability to manage people
- Develops and implements personal development programs to achieve a high performance organization
- Manages the Affirmative Action Plan, FMLA, ADA, and EEO compliance programs
- Develops and implements effective reward and recognition programs that facilitate the achievement of successful business results
- Acts as coach/consultant to site people managers
- Facilitates efforts on talent identification, succession management, and site promotion programs
- Facilitates site activities and involvement in community relations, events, and partnerships
- Manages strategic planning for staffing and onboarding
- Provides leadership to our People Leadership Council, including leadership development, coaching of others, and engagement of employees
- Owns Occupational Health, Safety, and Medical to strive for an injury-free workplace
Qualifications for HR consultant
- A change management champion – a change agile and resilient individual
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business or Psychology recommended
- Significant progressive Human Resources experience
- Excellent communication skills with external applicants, internal candidates, managers and vendors
- Excellent organization skill in a fast moving, deadline driven work assignments
- Experience in two (2) or more functional areas of Human Resources , labor relations, recruitment, learning&development, workforce planning
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of HR consultant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for HR consultant
- Support the implementation of business specific and HR change activities and projects, restructuring, business efficiency and improvement initiatives, performance management processes, reward, culture change, Contribute in the scoping and definition of such activities and projects
- Approve benefit bills as needed
- Answer daily benefit questions helping clients resolve their problems
- Assist with client selection process for benefit plans
- Assist with implementation of new plans and on the annual renewal process
- Act as resource for client with regards to compliance and policy questions
- Perform necessary research to come up with correct options for client
- Assist with Employee Handbooks as needed
- Employee Files
- Ensure that all documents are filed appropriately, conducting audits as necessary
Qualifications for HR consultant
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources (preferably) or related field required
- Minimum of five (5) years progressive HR experience required
- HR experience in a fast-paced, manufacturing environment
- Perform background checks for clients as needed
- Post jobs for clients on various recruiting sites
- In Person Support
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of HR 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 consultant
- Conducts investigatory interviews and assists with legal response, where needed, related to employee relations issues and provides relevant facts to recommend solutions
- Support employee relations issues and annual talent management processes
- Partner with Compliance, Employee Relations, and Legal regarding ongoing concerns, investigations and legal disputes and resolutions to achieve optimal results
- Manage employee relations to insure a consistent application of policy and practice, including coaching/counseling, employee investigations, progressive discipline and problem resolution
- Consults and coaches functional line management on people decisions (e.g., staffing, development, employee relations) to ensure that they align with the people strategies
- Ensure delivery of an effective high quality service
- Assist with business development by building client relationships
- Liaise with other professional institutions where appropriate
- Review settlement agreements and contracts of employment
- Provides expertise on business restructuring
Qualifications for HR consultant
- You are an excellent communicator on both management and operational level
- You are pro-active and have good persuasion skills
- You want to deliver tangible results
- 7 or more years in an HR generalist role, preferably client facing
- Prior experience training or mentoring others, with ability to create development plans and training materials
- Proficient knowledge and application of various HR disciplines
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a HR consultant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for HR consultant
- Ensure best practice, consistent and pragmatic approach to employee relations
- Function as main contact point for various service providers including internal Shared Services and external benefits broker and immigration/work permit service provider
- Seek creative solutions for clients within HR policies and practices
- Coordinate a virtual project team within a complex matrix environment
- Strong English and Mandarin skills
- The ideal candidate demonstrates critical thinking, judgment, coaching and influencing skills that converge to create executive presence
- You communicate effectively in all mediums, especially in stressful situations, and demonstrate a desire to play a critical and integral role in the client organization
- Experience of the regional labor law is an added advantage
- Conduct exit interviews for certain levels, analyze attrition and assist in devising retention measures and driving employee engagement activities
- Payment of Workers Compensation Premiums
Qualifications for HR consultant
- Follows effective programme/project governance, including post project reviews
- Manages concurrent small projects or work streams
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, ) & Analytics
- Be regarded and respected as a leading ‘transformational change’ consultant in your areas of specialisation both internally and externally
- Assist with the recruitment and development of the BPS pre-sales and consulting team
- Ensure market knowledge and industry knowledge is up to date and shared with the team