Accommodations and Leave Consultant – 6 Month Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Evaluate existing accommodation practices, workflows, documentation, and decision-making processes.

• Create and execute a thorough accommodations framework.

• Develop uniform intake, interactive processes, documentation, approval, tracking, and communication procedures.

• Generate templates, tools, and guidelines for HR, managers, and employees.

• Define roles, responsibilities, and escalation pathways for accommodation requests.

• Suggest best practices for case management and recordkeeping.

• Review both paid and unpaid leave programs and practices to ensure compliance.

• Assess the coordination between leave, disability, workers' compensation, accommodations, payroll, and benefits administration.

• Identify compliance risks, operational inefficiencies, documentation gaps, and inconsistent practices.

• Provide recommendations along with a comprehensive action plan.

• Develop standardized operating procedures and governance for the administration of leave and accommodations.

• Establish processes to monitor legislative and regulatory changes.

• Collaborate with HR, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Employee Relations, and business leaders.

• Facilitate working sessions and process-mapping activities.

• Present findings, risks, recommendations, and project updates to leadership.

• Deliver process documentation, workflows, training materials, and knowledge transfer.

• Produce a comprehensive accommodations framework, leave compliance audit report, gap analysis, risk assessment, SOPs, workflow documentation, and a sustainable governance process.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Over 5 years of experience administering or consulting on leave of absence and accommodation programs.

• Strong understanding of employee leave and workplace accommodation practices.

• Experience in conducting compliance reviews, audits, or process assessments.

• Ability to design and document HR processes and operational frameworks.

• Strong project management, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience supporting employers across multiple states and Puerto Rico (preferred).

• Experience in implementing or enhancing leave management programs (preferred).

• HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent (preferred).

• Experience working with leave administration vendors and HRIS platforms (preferred).

• Background in benefits, employee relations, compliance, or employment law (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to Five Below benefits and support programs, including health coverage, financial wellness, and personal wellness resources (benefits site referenced).

• Six-month contract engagement.