Fractional Education Human Resources​/Payroll Consultant

Campus Works 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.

Campus Works 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 Campus Works 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.

• 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

• 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

At Campus Works, 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 Campus Works is a great place to build your career.

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. Campus Works 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 Campus Works initiatives.

Upon joining Campus Works 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 Campus Works feels like being a member of a big family.

A virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, Campus Works 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…