HR Consultant
JustworksNew York, New York$122k – $134kPosted 28 April 2026
Job Description
Who We Are
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.
Our Values
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
Who You Are
You are passionate about a career path as a customer-facing HR practitioner. You genuinely enjoy figuring out how and why things work and are excited by opportunities to drive improvements. You are comfortable handling challenging situations over the phone, with the ability to be empathetic, compassionate, responsive and resourceful. You like learning about new products and subject matter (such as employment law updates), and helping others learn as well.
As an HR Consultant, you’ll help shape Justworks’ Customer Success Organization strategy by partnering closely with the Customer Success and Support teams to deliver Human Resources tools and guidance to Justworks’ customers.
Your Success Profile
What You Will Work On
Communicate directly with customers regarding HR inquiries, displaying high levels of professionalism, ownership, and compassion
Independently manage and prioritize a high-volume queue of complex HR and compliance questions, offering clear best practices guidance and effective options while ensuring timely, high-quality responses
Explain complicated compliance and HR concepts in simple, user-friendly terms
Balance customer-facing work with participation in ongoing team and departmental projects that improve internal processes and the overall customer experience
Create and update HR-related content for both external and internal uses
Serve as a representative for the team and subject matter expert in presentations, training sessions, and inter-departmental initiatives
Liaise with Compliance to uphold Justworks’ standards as a co-employer and demonstrate discretion as to when issues warrant escalation
Perform other related duties as assigned
How You Will Do Your Work
As an HR Consultant, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
Skills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge, know-how, and best practices to continually enhance and improve.
Taking responsibility - being accountable, being committed, and accepting ownership for one's decisions, actions, and behavior.
Adaptability - the ability to adjust your approach or actions in response to changes in your external environment.
Resourcefulness - taking a can-do approach, even in the face of obstacles and constraints by assessing what’s in front of you and effectively and efficiently optimizing what you have, whether it's working on something new or thinking about how to do something better.
Curious - the innate desire to learn, grow and understand.
In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:
Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand othe ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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