Mid Level HR Consultant Jobs
Mid level hr consultant jobs go to professionals ready to own HR projects end to end, guide junior team members, and shape people decisions with limited day-to-day oversight. Hiring runs across Consulting & Professional Services, Accounting & Auditing, and Healthcare & Medical Services, with a mix of on-site, hybrid, and remote roles, and employers like KEYSTONE, Protiviti, and Paychex competing for hr consultants at this level now.
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JOB REQUISITION
Business Performance Improvement - People & Change Org Design Senior Consultant
LOCATION
NEW YORK CITY
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)
BOSTON, WASHINGTON DC - MCLEAN
JOB DESCRIPTION
You Belong Here
The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.
At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.
Where We Need You
Protiviti is looking for a People Advisory & Organizational Change Senior Consultant to join our growing Business Performance Improvement team.
What You Can Expect
As a Senior Consultant, you will be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Interns and Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans. You’ll identify areas of risk and opportunities to increase efficiency. You’ll strengthen relationships and deepen your abilities to communicate, gain trust, and network with client personnel and professional associates. At the direction of Managers, you may accept responsibility for decision-making in areas including establishing project scope and work plans, project staffing, preparation of deliverables, and application of methodologies.
What Will Help You Be Successful
- You enjoy helping organizations design efficient, scalable operating and organizational models.
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to org design, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, role and job architecture, and operating model transformation, including the latest trends and developments.
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing clients with exceptional experiences.
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
- You contribute to a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
- You create development opportunities for others and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
Do Your Talents Include the Following?
- Experience with or understanding of:
- Leading current- and future-state org design and organizational modeling engagements, including spans and layers, org health, org shape, and IC-to-manager ratio analysis.
- Facilitating role design, job architecture, job family structuring, and job mapping efforts.
- Conducting activity analysis, capacity planning, and workforce sizing to inform organizational recommendations.
- Designing target operating models and interaction models that translate strategy into structure.
- Owning a workstream independently, with minimal day-to-day oversight, while keeping engagement leadership informed.
- Leading stakeholder interviews and facilitating working sessions and leadership workshops using design-thinking approaches.
- Developing executive-ready deliverables, project documentation, and client-facing presentations.
- Structuring and maintaining clean, well-governed workforce data to support analysis and modeling.
- Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting organizational and workforce data.
- Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network.
- Ability to translate and communicate organizational design issues, risks, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
- 2+ years working at the Senior Consultant level, with 3-5 years of overall experience in organizational design, organizational effectiveness, or workforce/HR advisory, either in professional services or industry.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Tableau, and Visio is a plus.
- Familiarity with organizational design tools such as Orgvue or comparable platforms (e.g., Nakisa) is a plus, though not required.
- Experience working with HRIS/workforce data from systems such as Workday, SuccessFactors, or Oracle.
Professional Certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PMP, or similar strongly preferred.
Our Hybrid Workplace
Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.
Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.
$104,000.00 - $156,000.00
Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.
10%
The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.
$114,400.00 - $171,600.00
Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.
Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.
Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.
Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran
As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Protiviti is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to HRSolutions@roberthalf.com or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.
In your email please include the following:
- The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.
- The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.
For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Protiviti will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states – West Virginia, Alaska.
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.
JOB LOCATION
NY PRO NEW YORK CITY
JOB REQUISITION
Business Performance Improvement - People & Change Org Design Senior Consultant
LOCATION
NEW YORK CITY
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)
BOSTON, WASHINGTON DC - MCLEAN
JOB DESCRIPTION
You Belong Here
The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.
At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.
Where We Need You
Protiviti is looking for a People Advisory & Organizational Change Senior Consultant to join our growing Business Performance Improvement team.
What You Can Expect
As a Senior Consultant, you will be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Interns and Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans. You’ll identify areas of risk and opportunities to increase efficiency. You’ll strengthen relationships and deepen your abilities to communicate, gain trust, and network with client personnel and professional associates. At the direction of Managers, you may accept responsibility for decision-making in areas including establishing project scope and work plans, project staffing, preparation of deliverables, and application of methodologies.
What Will Help You Be Successful
- You enjoy helping organizations design efficient, scalable operating and organizational models.
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to org design, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, role and job architecture, and operating model transformation, including the latest trends and developments.
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing clients with exceptional experiences.
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
- You contribute to a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
- You create development opportunities for others and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
Do Your Talents Include the Following?
- Experience with or understanding of:
- Leading current- and future-state org design and organizational modeling engagements, including spans and layers, org health, org shape, and IC-to-manager ratio analysis.
- Facilitating role design, job architecture, job family structuring, and job mapping efforts.
- Conducting activity analysis, capacity planning, and workforce sizing to inform organizational recommendations.
- Designing target operating models and interaction models that translate strategy into structure.
- Owning a workstream independently, with minimal day-to-day oversight, while keeping engagement leadership informed.
- Leading stakeholder interviews and facilitating working sessions and leadership workshops using design-thinking approaches.
- Developing executive-ready deliverables, project documentation, and client-facing presentations.
- Structuring and maintaining clean, well-governed workforce data to support analysis and modeling.
- Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting organizational and workforce data.
- Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network.
- Ability to translate and communicate organizational design issues, risks, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
- 2+ years working at the Senior Consultant level, with 3-5 years of overall experience in organizational design, organizational effectiveness, or workforce/HR advisory, either in professional services or industry.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Tableau, and Visio is a plus.
- Familiarity with organizational design tools such as Orgvue or comparable platforms (e.g., Nakisa) is a plus, though not required.
- Experience working with HRIS/workforce data from systems such as Workday, SuccessFactors, or Oracle.
Professional Certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PMP, or similar strongly preferred.
Our Hybrid Workplace
Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.
Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.
$104,000.00 - $156,000.00
Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.
10%
The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.
$114,400.00 - $171,600.00
Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.
Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.
Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.
Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran
As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Protiviti is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to HRSolutions@roberthalf.com or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.
In your email please include the following:
- The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.
- The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.
For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Protiviti will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states – West Virginia, Alaska.
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.
JOB LOCATION
NY PRO NEW YORK CITY
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Mid Level HR Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level hr consultant job?
Position yourself around ownership, not just participation. Highlight HR projects you led from design to delivery, metrics that show your impact on retention, hiring efficiency, or compliance, and any situations where you advised managers or stakeholders independently. Tailor your resume to reflect the specific HR function the role emphasizes, whether that is talent acquisition, employee relations, or HR business partnering, and surface examples of judgment calls you made without heavy supervision.
Which companies hire mid level hr consultants?
Companies hiring mid level hr consultants right now include KEYSTONE, Protiviti, and Paychex, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. At this level, hiring comes from a wide range of organizations, including professional services firms, large enterprises with established HR functions, and mid-size companies building out their people operations.
Are there remote mid level hr consultant jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid options are a real part of the mid level hr consultant market. About 25% of mid level hr consultant openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how many organizations now treat HR consulting work as location-flexible. On-site roles still exist, especially where day-to-day employee relations or on-the-floor HR support is a core expectation.
How do I move up to a mid level hr consultant role?
The path from entry level into mid level hr consulting is built through progressively owning more of the work. That means moving from executing tasks under guidance to managing full project cycles, deepening expertise in at least one HR discipline, and building a record of measurable outcomes. Taking on cross-functional projects, earning relevant credentials like a PHR or SHRM-CP, and demonstrating that managers and stakeholders trust your judgment all signal readiness for this level.
Which industries hire the most mid level hr consultants?
Mid Level hr consultant roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Accounting & Auditing, and Healthcare & Medical Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors tend to drive hiring at this level because they have complex workforce needs, ongoing compliance requirements, or high employee volume that demands experienced HR professionals who can work with real autonomy.