Community College of Philadelphia Hiring for Director, HRIS and Compensation at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Full Time

Position Information

Position Title Director, HRIS and Compensation Requisition Number SCA00731 General Description Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Human Resources, the Director of HRIS and Compensation serves as a member of the HR leadership team and provides oversight and expertise for the compensation and HRIS functions. This position manages the configuration of HR systems and applications to meet ongoing business needs; as well as develops reporting to support HR functions, including compensation, compliance, performance management, and workforce analytics. The Director of HRIS & Compensation leads the development, implementation, and administration of compensation programs, policies, and procedures; and administers common compensation functions, including job evaluations, salary structure development, incentive plan design, faculty salary calculations and other associated initiatives.

College Intro Success starts at Community College of Philadelphia. Innovators and difference makers work at Community College of Philadelphia. Diversity thrives at Community College of Philadelphia. We are a college that is committed to promoting a work environment that attracts and retains talented and diverse faculty and staff. We challenge each other and ourselves to achieve at the highest level while contributing to the mission of the College and the betterment of Philadelphia. We value and support an intellectually dynamic community to prepare our students for global citizenship. Join us and become a part of a community that has long been and will continue to be generators of generational chance in this city and beyond.

Community College of Philadelphia is an open-admission, predominantly Black institution and a minority-serving institution, associate-degree-granting institution which provides access to higher education for all who may benefit. As a minority-serving institution, the College aims to improve student success and eliminate racial equity gaps. Its programs of study in the liberal arts and sciences, career technologies, and basic academic skills provide a coherent foundation for college transfer, employment and lifelong learning. The College serves Philadelphia by preparing its students to be informed and concerned citizens, active participants in the cultural life of the city, and enabled to meet the changing needs of business, industry and the professions. To help address broad economic, cultural and political concerns in the city and beyond, the College draws together students from a wide range of ages and backgrounds and seeks to provide the programs and support they need to achieve their goals.
Specific Responsibilities

• Plans and administers compensation programs that drive performance and comply with all collective bargaining agreements, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Identify and lead activities that build efficiencies, automation, standardization, and adoption of best practices regarding Human Resource Information Systems ( HRIS ) and employee records.
• Provides leadership in the configuration of systems and applications to meet ongoing business needs and generates reports to support HR functions; including compensation, compliance, performance management, and workforce analytics.
• Designs, maintains, and communicates pay structures and salary grades.
• Performs audit activities to ensure the accuracy of employee data in HRIS systems.
• Develops and evaluates processes and procedures to enhance the functionality of HR systems to meet departmental and end-user needs.
• Collaborates with ITS and other departments to ensure successful systems integrations and upgrades.
• Collaborates with payroll to ensure accuracy of records, status changes, compensation, and time/attendance related issues.
• Conducts job evaluations, and develops and maintains job descriptions.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance on compensation issues to management. Develop, implement, and monitor the job classification policies and procedures to ensure compliance with compensation strategies and internal equity.
• Provide advice and recommendations to the talent acquisition team in the development of salary offers that align with the College’s compensation strategy and maintain internal equity.
• Conducts full-time Faculty salary calculations.
• Ensures that base pay, incentive pay and performance management programs remain competitive and conform to current compensation strategy.
• Directs data collection and analysis processes for market, pay equity, and other compensation studies.
• Collaborates with other HR functional leaders in the delivery of core HR processes like onboarding, hiring, terminations, retirements, timekeeping, and program implementations, including benefits, compensation, and performance management.
• Provides leadership in defining system requirements and working with external vendors to evaluate and select HRIS software and systems.
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders to enhance HR systems, processes, reporting, and workflows.
• Conducts research and analysis on market competitiveness, pay equity, and compensation trends.
• Monitors and improves data collection and reporting procedures for efficiency and accuracy.
• Researches, evaluates, and tests hardware and software needed to achieve the goals of the department.
• Serves as HRIS security officer; managing and maintaining system access and security.
• Oversees processes related to employment verifications, data entry, processing of HR forms, etc.
• Ensures timely response to employee inquiries regarding HRIS systems and employee self-service tools.
• Develops and monitors data standards and maintains up-to-date documentation manuals for HR systems.
• Recommends and develops process improvements, innovative solutions, policy changes to enhance service delivery and data integrity.
• Provides leadership, training, and guidance to direct reports.
• Ensures system compliance with collective bargaining agreements, College policies and procedures, and federal, state and local agencies.
• Develops and maintains tracking systems and audits for all personnel transactions, including hiring, terminations, retirements, employee status changes, compensation, etc.
• Oversees mass change job submissions for annual salary increases.
• Manages processes related to the completion of various external surveys, such as CUPA -HR, EDUCOMP , and IPEDS .
• Prepares mandatory reports for federal and state entities as requested or required.
• Delivers quality customer services to both internal and external constituents in a professional, helpful and courteous manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Any and all degree(s) must be from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning.
• Seven (7) years of relevant work experience in HRIS and compensation is required.
• Experience using an enterprise-wide system such as Ellucian Banner is required.
• Previous management experience and demonstrated leadership skills required.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook) and the functional application for HRIS processes required.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment required.
• Experience handling confidential information with appropriate discretion and sensitivity required.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and accuracy required.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making assessments for decisions required.
• Ability to maintain sensitivity, understanding and respect for a diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological and ethnic backgrounds required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using HR applications such as UKG Ready/Kronos, PeopleAdmin, and CompAnalyst preferred.
• Experience in higher education preferred.
• Experience working in a unionized environment preferred.

Work Location Main Campus Benefits Summary Benefits:

“Success Starts Here” at Community College of Philadelphia. We recognize that our success as a college and the success of our students starts with our employees. Our employees are vital to our success. Our total compensation package includes a comprehensive offer of benefits that are unrivaled by most.

Full-time faculty and staff benefits include:
• College-paid medical, dental, drug, life and disability insurance
• Tuition remission (for classes at the college)
• Forgivable tuition loan (for classes at any accredited academic institution)
• 403(b) retirement plan with 10% College contribution with employee contribution 5%
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal time
• Partial remote work schedule for remote work eligible positions

Additional College benefits:
• Winter break: 1 week around the third week in December and New Years
• Spring Break: 1 week in March
• Summer Hours: 4-day work week (closed on Fridays) from the 2nd week in May through the 3rd week in August
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