HR Business Partner - People Support Partner

Client-facing · 30–40 hrs/week, blending strategy with hands-on HR administration

We're serious about our values at ConsciousHR. We love your skills, but we don't waiver on Authenticity, Agility, Curiosity, and Optimism. If that's already your vibe, here's the rest:

ConsciousHR is an organizational design and leadership development consultancy for mission-led organizations, nonprofits and for-profit companies that lead with purpose. We build the systems underneath how people actually work: how decisions get made, how leadership shows up, and how an organization holds together as it grows. We start with good decisions, and that's what mitigates compliance risk, more than any policy ever could.

We value both evidence and intuition. We believe the best decisions come from engaging the head and the heart, and that intuition, grounded in experience and curiosity, is a powerful professional skill. We also work with natural rhythms, not against them: there are seasons to build, seasons to deliver, and seasons to rest and reflect.

Why you'd want this role

• We're a small, direct team. You'll know exactly what's going on and why
• Hybrid, flexible schedule: In office, on client location, remote mix
• We treat you like a person. If you need a day, take it.
• We work on priority, not fire drills.
• You'll work directly with clients and help shape written and spoken content that carries our voice publicly

You'll feel right at home here if

• You feel that the current state of HR needs a revamp
• You love thoughtful, quickly implemented solutions
• You're excited to help build the playbook as we grow, not just following one that already exists
• You love pairing hands-on HR work with big-picture strategic thinking
• You want a role that's part behind-the-scenes and part right 'on-stage' with clients
• You love great tech, but only when it serves people
• Laughing is the biggest part of your vocabulary

What you'll do

• Work directly with clients as part of engagement delivery, applying our diagnostic and organizational design method
• Support the background documentation, systems, and admin work behind client engagements
• Get hands-on in client HCM and payroll platforms (ADP, Paychex, iSolved, Justworks), guiding onboarding, benefits enrollment, and employee data with care
• Help build and maintain internal content: training materials, client-facing resources, social and written content in our voice
• Bring a strategic lens to the bigger organizational questions: leadership structure, workforce planning, and how systems really work day to day
• Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with HR strategist to develop solutions, programs, policies, and client education
• Flag and route true compliance or legal-risk questions
• Speak directly with client employees to navigate workplace concerns
• Work closely with Sales & Account Manager to effectively onboard new clients
• Attend local business, nonprofit, and community events as a face of ConsciousHR. This is about being present and building relationships, not pitching or selling.

What we're looking for

• Experience inside an organization's leadership or HR function. Internal experience welcome, consulting experience is a bonus, not a requirement
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in all facets of the employee lifecycle; recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, performance and leave management, employee relations, disciplinary action, termination, and offboarding.
• Comfortable researching and staying current on state-level employment law independently
• Comfortable working directly with founders, owners, leadership and executive-level contacts
• Hands-on experience with HCM/payroll platforms such as ADP, Paychex, Paylocity, iSolved, or Justworks
• Comfort telling the difference between a strategic question and a transactional one, or a genuine eagerness to learn that distinction
• Comfortable and fluent in Google Workspace suite, general web-based platforms, and communication apps.
• Strong written communication and comfort creating content, including on camera
• Comfortable representing ConsciousHR in person, in the community, with warmth and genuine curiosity about people
• Organized, detail-oriented, able to manage documentation and deadlines independently
• Bachelor's degree preferred; SHRM-CP or PHR a plus, not a requirement

Compensation + Benefits

$33 - $36/hr, 30+ hours / week
Flexible scheduling
Hybrid reporting - remote & in-office
Paid time off