Human Resources Consultant

Tokyo Academics is the passion project of a constellation of teachers, researchers, and academics from around the world. Since 2012, we’ve evolved from a few university friends to a growing number of part-time and full-time individuals located in Tokyo, as well as working remotely. We are an organization of experts deeply passionate about helping students meet their potential and capture the opportunities of the future.

We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable HR Consultant to provide expert advice and consultation services to our Human Resources team to develop bespoke HR strategies following global industry standards. As an HR Consultant, you will be suggesting solutions to human capital inefficiencies, develop HR strategies and models, and provide advice on HR policies and best practices. This is a remote role, you can work from anywhere in the world, and be able to work at least 10 hours per week including weekends.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced startup of 130+ team members around the world. You will play a significant role in helping the organization continue to grow by bringing expertise in Human Resources industry standards.

Make sure to take a look at the Careers page on our website for additional available positions!

Human Capital Planning

• Provide expert advice, consultation, and guidance on all general areas of HR, including organizational design, planning, diversity and inclusion, employee experience, talent and performance management, compensation, and employee relations
• Meet with the HR and management teams to define the company’s HR issues, goals, and requirements
• Together with HR, identify workforce issues or inefficiencies and develop best practices around HR operational matters such as performance, conduct, capability, conflict resolution
• Develop HR strategies and company-specific models
• Recommend solutions and provide advice on HR policies, procedures, and tools
• Oversee the implementation and integration of new policies, procedures, and tools
• Monitor and review human capital analytics to evaluate the efficacy of new policies
• Work with HR to generate analytic reports and presentations for feedback to management
• Ensure that the operations and activities of the workforce are efficient and in the best interest of the company goals
• Keep abreast of industry trends, tools, practices, and advancements in technology

Performance Management

• Introduce industry standards for performance management

Talent Development and Career Management

• Work with HR to develop plan for leadership assessment
• Together with HR, identify and analyze gaps in capabilities
• Work with HR on individual development plans
• Create competency models for different roles in the company (core competency and functional competency)

Succession Planning

• Work with the HR team to identify critical positions in the company and highlight potential internal role vacancies
• Select key competencies and skills necessary for business continuity

• Graduate of a Bachelor’s degree program related to Business Administration, Human Resources or any relevant degree
• Is native or fluent in English (speaking/reading/writing)
• Has 3+ years of experience as an HR Consultant
• Has familiarity and is comfortable with international working cultures
• Is solutions-focused, proactive, a team player and has strong attention to detail
• Has a successful track record of leading, managing and motivating company employees
• Has strong decision making and problem-solving capabilities in order to solve complex issues
• Champions company values and develops cultural initiatives to grow the community
• Is comfortable working through the ambiguity of a growing organization
• Is a HR subject matter expert with direct involvement in operational employee relation cases where a greater level of seniority or experience is required
• Has a high degree of judgment and can juggle a diverse range of priorities
• Excellent understanding of HR evaluation metrics and methods
• Is data-driven and results-focused, proficiency with Excel and/or Google Sheets is desirable
• Experienced in setting SLA’s, monitoring and reporting
• Demonstrates knowledge of various recruiting techniques, and has experience in both building and executing recruiting processes

• Competitive compensation package
• Bonuses based on company growth
• Autonomy to implement ideas and have a significant impact

• 10-20hrs/month, flexible schedule
• Working remotely

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