Consultant, Human Resources Job Description
Consultant, human resources
provides both strategic and operational human resource management and organizational effectiveness expertise in the areas of organizational design, resource planning and recruitment, total compensation, employee relations, performance management, leadership coaching, leadership and employee development, employee engagement, management systems, culture and change management;.
Consultant, Human Resources Duties & Responsibilities
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Highly motivated and able to excel in a dynamic, collaborative and global environment
Advises HR Consultants and University management on compensation program administration
Conducts internal audits and provides interpretations of laws, policies, and procedures affecting compensation to ensure compliance
Be an effective HR partner to support business growth, by providing efficient, consistent and proactive HR consultancy support to the ECF line of business
Partner with, and respond to, management in all areas of utilization of human resources legal and contractual obligations
Partner with BCE Corporate Services subject matter experts to meet clients expectations such as Employee Services, Labour Relations, Legal Services, Communications and other services
Assist the client in the interpretation of the collective agreements and manage grievances
Provide salary recommendations respecting internal equity and the market
Provide complete program management of various HR initiatives (development, planning, communication, roll-out)
Develop and manage engagement/recognition initiatives programs
Consultant, Human Resources Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Consultant, Human Resources
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PHR, SPHR, SHRM, CP, SCP, HR, HRCI, CCP, WAW, CPSM
Education for Consultant, Human Resources
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the consultant, human resources job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Human Resources Management, Human Resources, Business, Education, Management, Business/Administration, Psychology, Industrial, Public Health, Communication
Skills for Consultant, Human Resources
Desired skills for consultant, human resources include:
ServiceNow HR applications
Canadian Labour Code
Compensation
Performance management
Word
Change management
Design of web pages using HTML and Javascript
Diversity
Employee engagement trends and industry leading practices
Excel
Desired experience for consultant, human resources includes:
University degree and/or advanced HR certification
Excellent writing skills (contracts, letters, memos)
Work collaboratively with Recruiting team to ensure clients’ positions are filled with qualified and diverse candidates in a timely manner
Promote efforts to measure employee satisfaction within supported client groups, and facilitate action planning to improve employee engagement
Guide, provide coaching to, and participate with managers to facilitate performance, policy, disciplinary and other complex issues with employees
Serve as employee point of contact to address issues and process requests concerning HR policies, benefits, payroll and leaves of absence
Consultant, Human Resources Examples
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Consultant, Human Resources Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a consultant, human resources. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for consultant, human resources
- Communicates, and consults on the needs of the business unit related to the HR functions (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Organization and Training Development, Strategic Programs, Diversity & Inclusion, and Employee Engagement)
- Assist leaders in addressing individual and organizational effectiveness issues and compensation administration
- Deploy strategic HR and diversity and inclusion initiatives to improve department results
- Ability to create, maintain and deliver a change management and communication plan for project work
- Developing and implementing change management activities to deliver the required business outcomes on time and in budget
- Works collaboratively with Benefits, Leaves, and Retirement Program Management units to audit benefits, retirement, leaves practices and processes
- Performs other related duties as assigned and/or required
- Provides customer service and partners with HR areas on wide variety of issues
- Establishes, builds and manages relationships with business leadership and management
- Represents the business area and assists in the development and implementation of corporate-wide HR policies and procedures
Qualifications for consultant, human resources
- Candidate must have a minimum of 6-8 years of HR experience, preferably from a Generalist role
- Prior experience in a Financial Services business (prefer previous investment banking experience/knowledge)
- Strong consulting, project management and process thinking abilities
- Strong team player work ethic in client management model, partnering with teammates and integrating tools and processes required to meet the needs of business and engage with all levels within the organization
- Oral and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Must have excellent writing skills in both languages
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of consultant, human resources. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for consultant, human resources
- Supporting and promoting HR events through a variety of communication platforms and messaging
- Analyze the applications in the applicant pools to determine if the candidates meet the minimum specifications and the special needs of the hiring department
- Consult with the Talent Solution Supervisor with any issues that may arise about position and the selected applicant
- Maintain knowledge of and identifying applicants with employment priorities such as promotional priority, veteran’s preference, RIF priority
- Consult with department hiring managers on the development of recruitment strategies, to include targeted recruitment and special advertising
- Consult to establish a functional posting in PeopleAdmin that will assist with the recruitment and selection process and ensure compliance with all federal/state laws and regulations, including AA Plan compliance
- Screen and refer qualified applicants to hiring manager for interviewing
- Consults with business unit leaders to identify gaps in existing HR policies and programs
- Assists with data gathering and interpretation
- Assist managers in the recruitment, selection and on-boarding process within the region including reparation of all offer letters, pre-hire paperwork, orientation content
Qualifications for consultant, human resources
- Comfortably interface with external agencies (employment, governmental), internal and external counsel
- Must be extremely organized, self-motivated, and capable of working in a rapidly changing environment with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of management
- Must have a professional demeanor and the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times when dealing with personnel matters
- Knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity regulations & guidelines
- Knowledge of state & federal regulations related to culturally & linguistically appropriate services
- Evidence of strong verbal & written communication skills
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of consultant, human resources. 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 consultant, human resources
- Provides assistance in the investigation and resolution of employee issues, and guidance on performance management and corrective action procedures
- Conducts or participates in the investigation of compliance/ethical complaints and other reported employee relations issues and provides advice and recommendations to employees and managers on appropriate resolutions
- Participate in workforce planning activities such as organizational structure, staffing solutions, employee retention, and succession planning
- Participates in labor relations-specific activities such as labor contract negotiations, grievance resolution, and arbitrations
- Design and maintain the rules for the organisational structure creation
- Design and maintain the rules for the span of control in different business units
- Conduct regular audits of the organizational structure and recommend changes to make the organization more efficient
- Design and maintain the job evaluation methodology
- Manage discrete end to end redesign programmes involving a single function, department or location from understanding the organisational implications of strategy through to design and implementation
- Conduct interviews, deliver workshops and analyse organisation documents and data in the early phases of a programme to help develop a clear understanding of the ‘as is’ structure, roles and responsibilities
Qualifications for consultant, human resources
- Strong results orientation, consulting, collaboration & relationship skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals & manage others through influence & collaboration
- Demonstrated ability to influence others, and to work in collaboration across a wide variety of stakeholders
- Ability to work independently to support multiple remote locations
- Emonstrated ability to develop strong partnerships and client relationships
- Must be highly organized and capable of directing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of consultant, human resources. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for consultant, human resources
- Partner with senior functional leads and their direct reports to proactively identify opportunities to enhance organizational performance and functionality
- Partner with the Organizational Development Department on deployment of developmental needs assessments, including senior leadership coaching and collaboration, succession planning, and organization structure and processes
- Provides strategic HR guidance for assigned specific departments and is responsible for performing a wide variety of activities such as providing support in areas including talent acquisition and talent development
- Investigates any discrimination or other employee complaints within assigned departments
- Coordinates immigration, green card and passport processes for the company
- Interprets and applies human resources policies within the region
- Counsels management and employees on employment-related issues
- Stays informed of current, new and pending regulations, policies and practices that impact human resources and immigration and travel
- Acts a back-up for recruiters as needed
- Ensures compliance with contract provisions of staff unions, in consultation and collaboration with Labor Relations
Qualifications for consultant, human resources
- Ability to empathize and handle end-to-end inquiries working to provide exceptional customer service
- Strong organizational skills including the ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and organize effectively, in a time sensitive environment
- Must have strong communication and active listening skills that facilitates probing questions to aid in problem solving and issue escalation
- Ability to identify critical issues and escalate appropriately
- Ability to work with sensitive, often confidential information
- Good interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate, partner and build relationships
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of consultant, human resources. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for consultant, human resources
- Facilitate communication among partners and management
- Partner with managers on change initiatives that impact people
- Ensure compliance on HR-related company guidelines and policies, compliance with all legislative regulations
- Challenges and supports senior managers on approaches to business problems, issues and, strategies
- Drive increased utilization of talent management components through specialty services consultation and client support
- Receives and responds to Service Requests initiated from Comprehensive Services Administrative Solutions Support Teams and/or Relationship Managers to deliver consulting services to clients on talent strategy and execution
- Analyzes client processes and requirements and makes recommendations in order to offer the appropriate best practice including roadmaps, toolkits and playbooks to meet needs/requirements
- Establishes and manages activities toward project milestones independently or in conjunction with Implementation, Relationship Management and Service Team
- As needed, may engage Professional Services for those projects outside the scope of the offering that may result in a billable engagement with the client
- Builds tools for clients to include roadmaps, playbooks and toolkits using current industry trends from relevant sources in human resources and talent management
Qualifications for consultant, human resources
- HR Architecture Design
- Talent Management, Sourcing & Deployment
- Performance Management Delivery
- Remuneration Management
- Learning Delivery
- Payroll Data/ Rewards & Benefits