HR Consultant - Remote (DC, Northern Virginia or Maryland

Responsibilities

• Provide client support on HR matters including wage and hour, leaves of absence, worker’s compensation, and employee relations.
• Consult on compliance with state and federal leave laws and payroll compliance.
• Interpret client contracts and manage billable work, track and report time accurately.
• Identify supplemental services and opportunities for additional billable work.
• Act as primary contact for clients and their employees to answer questions regarding policy, benefits, and payroll compliance.
• Advise internal and external management of potential problem areas and recommend or implement solutions.
• Manage critical relationships with client representatives, employees, management, and vendors to ensure client satisfaction.
• Conduct HR assessments and prepare reports for client presentations.
• Monitor the Compliance Department email box, respond to inquiries promptly, determine priorities, and escalates sensitive matters when needed.
• Resolve issues independently, ensuring proper organization and documentation of electronic communication.
• Develop, prepare, and conduct training content for webinars (original and updated).
• Perform other duties as assigned, including maintaining professional knowledge through workshops, publications, networking, and society participation.
• Travel locally and occasionally overnight may be required.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for visa or residency sponsorship.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Superior verbal, written, and presentation skills with meticulous attention to grammar, punctuation, and detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Capability to manage multiple email inboxes and maintain organized electronic communication.
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Ability to learn HRIS, benefit, and payroll systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or a related field.
• Advanced degree is a plus but not required.
• Eight to ten years of professional HR experience with a focus on employment‑related compliance.
• Advanced knowledge of state and federal regulations (COBRA, ERISA, FMLA, PDL, PFL, CFRA, ADA, ACA).
• HR certifications such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM‑CP, or SHRM‑SCP preferred.

• Communicates effectively and sensitively within a diverse workforce.
• Manages multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Provides training activities and creates training curricula.
• Translates benefit designs and plans to employees and management.
• Performs basic financial calculations, projections, and summaries.
• Adapts quickly to change and manages new challenges.

Base pay range: $45 to $60 per hour, depending on skills, education, experience, and location. Eligible for variable compensation, commission, and/or annual bonus based on performance. Benefits include health, wellbeing, retirement, paid time off, overtime pay for non‑exempt employees, robust learning and development programs, reimbursement of job‑related expenses, and employee perks and discounts.

One Digital is an equal‑opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, nationality, citizenship, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. We also comply with all applicable fair‑chance ordinances and criminal background‑screening laws in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

(Refer to the Federal EEO poster and local ordinances for further details.)