Human Resources Consultant

🇺🇸 Hybrid - NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $75K - $84K 💻 Human Resources 🗓️ April 24th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Human Resources Consultant. The role involves acting as an HR Consultant within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research HR Service Center, providing consultation and support across all employee types, interpreting HR policies, coordinating HR activities with central offices, and ensuring compliance with applicable policies. The Consultant will manage a broad range of HR tasks including classification, recruitment, employee relations, leave administration, and benefits consultation.

Highlights

Provide HR consultation and support across faculty, EHRA non-faculty, SHRA employees, postdoctoral scholars, and temporary employees.
Interpret and apply University HR policies and advise on general HR issues and concerns.
Coordinate and interact with University central offices such as the Office of Human Resources, University Compliance, and Payroll Services.
Prepare, approve, and troubleshoot HR actions ensuring compliance with federal, state, and university policies.
Serve as a generalist handling classification and compensation, recruitment and hiring, employee relations, leave administration, and basic benefits inquiries.
Hold final Division Level approval authority on all HR actions within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research HR Service Center.
Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and two years of professional HR management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service, organizational, and time management skills are essential.
Preferred skills include proficiency with UNC Chapel Hill HR systems like ConnectCarolina, PeopleAdmin, and familiarity with UNC-Chapel Hill HR policies and procedures.
Compensation range is $75,000 to $84,187 annually for this full-time permanent position.