Higher Education Human Resources/Payroll Consultants

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Full-time benefits

Professional development opportunities

Remote or onsite flexibility

Job summary

CampusWorks is seeking Human Resources/Payroll Consultants to help higher education clients strengthen HR operations. Engagements may be remote or onsite, including interim CHRO/Director roles, Business Process Review leadership, or HRIS optimization.

Preference for full-time or 1099 contract consulting. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in senior HR roles in higher education, experience with ERP systems (Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Jenzabar, Workday), and strong leadership and consultative

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a senior-level Human Resources professional in higher education.
• Experience as CHRO/Director of HR or Payroll leadership roles in colleges/universities.
• Experience with ERP/CRM systems used in higher ed (Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Jenzabar, Workday).
• Ability to assess HR/payroll operations and recommend process improvements; change management.
• Strong communication and consultative approach with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day HR and payroll operations for higher education clients.
• Oversee current HR and payroll projects, priorities, and staff.
• Assess efficiency of HR departments and design improvements.
• Design and deliver training for client teams.
• Advise clients on policy, process, and personnel alignment to leverage HR/payroll solutions.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Change management

Tools

Ellucian Colleague

Banner

Jenzabar

Workday

Job description

CampusWorks is looking for Human Resources/Payroll Consultants to assist our higher education clients in strengthening their human resources operations. The consulting engagements may be remote or onsite and can include serving as an interim CHRO/Director or Interim Head of HR, leading a Business Process Review project, or optimizing their HRIS system. The ideal candidates will have expertise in the business process associated with the employment lifecycle including, but not limited to: Position Management, Recruitment and Selection, Hiring, Onboarding, Faculty Credentialing, Faculty Workload, Adjunct Management, Benefits, Time and Leave Reporting, Performance Management, Payroll, Analytics and Reporting. These roles can be full‑time or contract consultant (1099) opportunities. Please specify your preference in the application.

CampusWorks consultants engage with our clients in higher education to assist them in fully leveraging their people, processes, policies, and technologies. We work collaboratively with clients’ functional and technical teams and our CampusWorks colleagues to evaluate current processes, design future-state optimal processes, and to architect, develop, test, train, and rollout process and technical solutions that delight our clients.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a Human Resources leader in higher education, providing day-to-day leadership of the human resources department staff

• Providing oversight, direction, guidance, and coordination of the current human resources and payroll projects and priorities

• Assessing the efficiency of the human resources department

• Designing and delivering training

• Assisting clients in how to best align policy, process, procedures, and personnel to effectively leverage human resources and payroll solutions

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

What You Can Expect from Us

At CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career.

Our employees enjoy:

• Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators. CampusWorks Inc., as a large consulting firm, provides its employees with an opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with our clients across the United States and in Canada. With the nature of our clients’ work evolving quickly, we’re all being asked to support larger CampusWorks initiatives. Upon joining CampusWorks in a consulting role, your talent and expertise may be applied to a range of projects, assignments, and clients.

• A CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family.

• A virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites.

• Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.

• A company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone.

At CampusWorks, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives each CampusWorker (we call ourselves CampusWorkers) brings to our workplace each day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements.

About CampusWorks

Founded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results.

Want to learn more about life at CampusWorks? Visit https://www.campusworksinc.com/about/ to see how we empower Higher Education to reach its full potential