HR Consultant

About Us

Monarch, a woman-owned company based in Glen Rock, New Jersey, is committed to fostering inclusive and respectful work environments with no exceptions. We embrace a flexible, hybrid, 35-hour-a-week work schedule. We are agile, responsive, personal, and hands-on. We believe in building meaningful relationships with each other and with our clients through clear, practical, and frequent communication. We’re solutions-oriented, with a shared passion for doing what we say and saying what we do.

About the Job

Monarch is seeking a fully hands-on, self-starting, highly strategic and tactical HR Consultant. This client-facing role will be instrumental in shaping and implementing policies, processes, and programs that create an efficient and conflict-free workplace. Your ability to influence, impact, and provide HR guidance to assigned clients will be crucial. The ideal candidate will have project management experience and a serious attention to detail. The HR Consultant will support Monarch’s clients through various HR disciplines, including:

• Full lifecycle recruiting, including new hire onboarding
• Job description writing/editing
• Employee coaching
• Benefits administration and employee inquiries
• Processing HRIS changes
• Monthly reporting and analytics
• Compliance with labor regulations
• Experience with compensation strategy, philosophy, and structure a plus
• Additional transactional HR tasks, as needed

About You

• 5+ years’ experience as an HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, or HR Manager
• Must have prior experience working on HR strategy
• Previous experience in a consultant-type role preferred
• HR Certification a plus
• ADP, Workday, Paychex, and UKG experience a plus
• Experience using Slack, Applicant Tracking Systems, and cloud-based onboarding platforms are big pluses!
• Experience with and enjoyment of solving a variety of HR/payroll problems
• Strong intellectual curiosity and a desire to understand our clients’ needs
• Highly detail-oriented and intensely well-organized
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable over-communicating both internally and externally
• Ability to context-switch quickly and reprioritize work without guidance
• Empathetic with a high EQ
• Passionate about DEI&B
• Thrives in a virtual environment for both clients and the Monarch team
• Have a dedicated, private, and quiet workspace with excellent Wi-Fi

The Good Stuff

• Full-time is a 35-hour workweek (no, really!)
• Unlimited paid vacation time
• Hybrid working environment
• Medical/Dental/Vision

Monarch does not seek salary history information from applicants. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.