Interim HR Consultant - Assistant Director of Benefits

Our HR Consulting Division is partnering with a client to provide interim Benefits Administration leadership support. We're seeking an HR Consultant with strategic leadership and healthcare benefits expertise, who will be providing interim support for a team of five. This is preferably a full-time opportunity that is located in Rochester, NY, and is fully on-site. The assignment is expected to last approximately three months with the potential for a direct hire.

POSITION SUMMARY:
In this role, the Consultant will:

• Provide leadership and strategic guidance to the benefits team.
• Support open enrollment planning and execution.
• Partner with leadership to evaluate healthcare benefit programs and initiatives.
• Assist with healthcare-related projects and organizational priorities.
• Work closely with benefits consultants and vendors to assess options and make recommendations.
• Support team members through ongoing organizational and structural changes.
• Serve as a resource and escalation point for complex benefits-related issues.
• Collaborate with department leadership to ensure continuity and effective team operations.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• Significant experience in employee benefits and healthcare plan administration.
• Prior leadership experience supervising or supporting benefits teams.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare benefits strategy, plan design, and vendor relationships.
• Experience supporting open enrollment initiatives.
• Ability to provide both strategic insight and hands-on leadership when needed.
• Strong communication, change management, and problem-solving skills.

Why consider HR Works, Inc. as your next employer?

• Best Company to Work in New York State for 15 consecutive years
• Recipient of Rochester Business Ethics Award
• Rochester Top 100 and INC 5000
• Certified as a Great Place to Work

Our HR Consultant Model is especially appealing to those HR Professionals who thrive with diverse work assignments & environments , possess a positive, driven attitude , enjoy problem solving & developing solutions while having a team of HR Compliance Professionals supporting you. If this sounds like you, apply today!

*Pay rate, number of hours and length of assignment subject to negotiated client contracts. HR Works Consultants are hired to perform work for our clients which may supplement the client’s workforce or to provide assistance in special work situations such as, but not limited to, employee absences, skill shortages, seasonal workloads, or to perform special assignments or projects.

HR Works, Inc. is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. HR Works, Inc. will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.