HR Consultant

HR Consultant

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
Northeastern University Information Technology Services Division is searching for a HR Consultant to provide oversight for ITS HR, including organizational operations and culture, The HR Consultant implements best practices to help us hire, develop, and retain exemplary talent. The HR Consultant is the organizational development liaison and advisor to the CIO and senior leadership to maintain and improve a “Best Place to Work” culture and as such, facilitates initiatives across the organization. This critical role will help cultivate people, programs and processes for the organization. This position will assess and identify capability gaps and opportunities for improvement to enable a culture of high performance; report findings and propose solutions to senior leadership.

The HR Consultant, in conjunction with the University HR team and HRBP resources, leads HR activities and plans, develops, implements and administers HR programs for ITS employees. This position is responsible for development and integration of human resource programs and associated projects to achieve strategic ITS goals and operational objectives.

Responsibilities:
Organizational Development

• Leading needs assessment for training and staff development to enhance the effectiveness of employee performance in achieving the goals and objectives of the university and division
• Facilitating communication among employees and management. May guide managers and employees on problem solving, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance and litigation avoidance.
• Providing expertise in strategy development and execution, planning and facilitation of employee relations efforts.
• Leading the planning, implementation and ongoing maintenance of labor relations, employee relations, equal employment opportunity, diversity and compensation programs.
• Designing and developing HR training programs for management and employees; including, but not limited to learning activities, audio-visual materials, instructor guides and lesson plans.
• Assessing effectiveness of training in terms of employee accomplishments and performance.
• Training employees on HR issues and practices. Presenting course materials.
• Consulting with management on performance, organizational and leadership matters. Conducting needs assessments to determine measures required to enhance employee job performance and overall company performance.
• Leading OD projects, programs, initiatives, and interventions by gathering/summarizing data, preparing for meetings and workshops, developing tools and resources, creating project plans, and conducting best practices research, developing committees for projects and initiatives as needed and appropriate

HR Administration

• Performing all human resources-related functions, including but not limited to, overseeing disciplinary procedures, following up on grievances, and following general personnel policies and procedures
• Ensuring compliance with all federal, state and local ordinances concerning employment
• Developing job descriptions in collaboration with hiring managers
• Leading hiring process in collaboration with hiring manager. Including scheduling interviews, drafting interviewing questions, ensuring the hiring process is happening as efficiently as possible, etc.
• Posting open positions for hiring purposes and manages responses from respondents
• Performing pre-employment functions including running criminal background checks
• Creating and submitting offer letters for new hires in cooperation with hiring managers
• On-boarding new hires
• Creating files for new staff and maintaining files for current staff
• Submitting appropriate benefit enrollment and change forms in a timely manner
• Managing employee annual performance reviews and ensuring they are completed by established timelines
• And anything else assigned

Management

• Ensure staff member receive professional development opportunities
• Develop performance plans and conduct performance reviews for staff and ensure all areas of service are covered during university business hours

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of progressively responsible work experience in Human resources with a minimum of bachelors degree (masters preferred in a related discipline).
• Experience in project management
• Documented HR experience and expertise
• Well-organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through, with the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and creatively.
• High level of proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal communication, public speaking and presentation skills
• Exemplary ability to manage multiple tasks using independent judgment and discretion
• Ability to work independently and accurately in a high-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to work under pressure while exercising discretionary judgment; make decisions when necessary with minimal direct supervision; work remotely without supervisory accompaniment

Preferred Qualifications:
N/A

Salary Grade:
12

Additional Information:
A criminal background check is required for this position.

This position is eligible to work from an alternate location.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.


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