Higher Education Human Resources Consultant, Payroll Consultant

Summary

Join CampusWorks as a Human Resources/Payroll Consultant to support higher education clients in enhancing their HR operations. Engagements can be remote or onsite, encompassing roles like interim CHRO, project leadership, or HRIS optimization. Ideal candidates possess expertise in the employment lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, benefits, payroll, and performance management. Full-time and contract (1099) opportunities are available. CampusWorks collaborates with clients to improve processes and implement solutions. We offer competitive pay, robust benefits (for full-time employees), and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience as a senior-level Human Resources professional in a higher education institution
• Prior work in a college or university as a CHRO, Vice President of Human Resources, AVP of Human Resources, Director of Human Resources, Director of Payroll, or Human Resource Business Analyst working with ERP/CRM products
• Experience with a higher education ERP system (e.g., Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Jenzabar, Workday)
• Experience assessing human resources/payroll operations and making recommendations for process improvement, including reviewing and recommending policy changes, staffing and organizational alignment changes, and realignment of roles and responsibilities when appropriate
• Solid leadership skills, including facilitating diverse groups, creating consensus building and preparing the organization and individuals for change and ongoing continuous improvement
• Demonstration of superior communication skills and the ability to provide a consultative approach to end clients

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Human Resources leader in higher education, providing day-to-day leadership of the human resources department staff
• Provide oversight, direction, guidance, and coordination of the current human resources and payroll projects and priorities
• Assess the efficiency of the human resources department
• Design and deliver training
• Assist clients in how to best align policy, process, procedures, and personnel to effectively leverage human resources and payroll solutions

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Robust benefits for full-time employees
• Professional development opportunities
• Meaningful work
• Opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with clients across the United States and in Canada
• Flexibility
• Full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities