Job Responsibilities

Serve as a Strategic Advisor to Clients

·   Build enduring client relationships and serve as
a trusted advisor to business owners, executives, and senior leaders on complex
and evolving HR matters.

·   Advise clients on employee relations, talent
acquisition, benefits, performance management, compensation, policies and
procedures, compliance, organizational development, succession planning, and HR
best practices.

·   Translate employment requirements and HR
strategy into practical, business-focused solutions suited to each client’s
size, culture, industry, and goals.

·   Analyze workforce information, HR data, and
operating trends to identify risks, opportunities, priorities, and actionable
recommendations.

·   Coach and train client leaders on effective
people management and lead strategic or project-based client engagements.

Lead and develop the HR Consulting Team

·   Provide leadership, coaching, training, and
day-to-day guidance to HR consultants and other team members.

·   Set clear goals and expectations, strengthen
accountability, and support the development of technical expertise, business
judgment, consulting skills, and client-service capabilities.

·   Serve as the senior escalation resource for
challenging client, employee relations, compliance, and service-delivery
matters.

·   Develop succession and employee-development
plans for the HR function and oversee ongoing training and professional growth.

·   Provide hands-on support when client needs,
project complexity, or team capacity require it.

Direct Client Delivery and Practice Performance

·   Oversee the portfolio of HR consulting
engagements, ensuring strong communication, responsiveness, quality, timing,
budget management, and client satisfaction.

·   Balance multiple clients, projects, priorities,
and deadlines in a fast-paced professional-services environment.

·   Develop and track meaningful practice goals and
performance indicators; evaluate service quality, capacity, workflow, and
financial performance.

·   Create practical policies, processes, programs,
tools, and recommendations that address clients’ specific business and
workforce needs.

·   Oversee relationships with third-party partners
and service providers, as appropriate.

Shape and Strengthen the Practice

·   Oversee internal company culture and HR

·   Help define the HR consulting practice’s
long-term direction, priorities, service offerings, operating approach, and
growth strategy.

·   Lead continuous-improvement initiatives that
strengthen internal systems, processes, tools, consistency, and client
outcomes.

·   Stay current on employment laws, regulations,
and leading HR practices, and translate developments into effective guidance
for clients and the consulting team.

·   Partner with firm leadership on broader
strategic initiatives and contribute an HR and talent-management perspective to
organizational decisions.

·   Ensure the practice maintains high standards of
professionalism, discretion, legal compliance, and risk management.

Contribute to Growth and Market Presence

·   Identify opportunities to expand existing client
relationships through additional HR services, projects, and strategic support.

·   Participate in sales conversations, scope
prospective engagements, and develop compelling proposals and solutions for
potential clients.

·   Build relationships within the business and
professional community and help introduce prospective clients and referral
partners to the practice.

·   Represent the HR consulting practice through
networking, events, professional associations, boards, councils, and other
business-development activities.

Required Qualifications

·   A bachelor’s degree in human resources,
Business, or a related discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.

·   Five or more years of progressive HR consulting
and/or generalist experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility.

·   Broad and current knowledge of employment laws,
regulations, HR best practices, employee relations, talent management, and
organizational development.

·   Demonstrated experience advising executives and
business leaders, resolving complex HR matters, and converting strategy into
practical action.

·   Experience leading, coaching, and developing HR
professionals and managing the quality and output of an HR function or
consulting practice.

·   Experience overseeing multiple client
engagements, projects, priorities, deadlines, and budget parameters.

·   Strong strategic-planning, analytical,
problem-solving, negotiation, written communication, and presentation skills.

·   Working knowledge of varied HR information
systems and other HR technologies.

·   Sound judgment and a high level of
professionalism, discretion, accountability, and follow-through.

·   An interest in developing business, expanding
client relationships, and representing the practice in the professional
community.

Especially valuable: Prior experience in HR consulting, professional services, outsourced HR, or
other multi-client environment.

Compensation and Benefits