Under the direction and guidance of the Director of Compensation, this position supports a range of professional, technical, and analytical tasks in the areas of classification and compensation. It assists with the daily delivery of compensation and classification services for classified, wage, and administrative/professional faculty positions as assigned. The role provides support to managers and employees on various classification and compensation-related matters.

It's responsible for assisting in maintaining the integrity of ODU's varied classification systems and compensation structures. It performs this work by interpreting and applying a variety of rules, regulations, and standards related to classification and salary: analyzing and evaluating requests for new position establishments, position redefinitions, updates, and other related requests.

It's responsible for assisting in the compilation and maintenance of a variety of sources for salary reference data, completing salary studies, and producing reports. These involve the manipulation of complex data and the development of meaningful visualizations regarding salaries, workforce demographics, and forecasting the impact of class/comp decisions.

It assists in the design, development, communication, execution, and training of the University's compensation/classification programs, policies, tools, and processes. Ensures updates to the Compensation/Classification page of the Division of Talent Management and Culture website are completed.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Considerable working knowledge of human resources practices and principles.
• Working knowledge of policies, procedures and best practices, including knowledge of Federal, State and local employment laws as it relates to classification/compensation programs.
• Working knowledge of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.
• Working knowledge of effective customer service techniques.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Fully proficient skill in Excel including the use of pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and graphs.
• Fully proficient skill in Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software related to Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) such as BANNER, PeopleSoft, Oracle and familiarity with Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply policies and to provide sound consultative services to managers and employees.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and statistics, draw sound conclusions and develop recommendations in a concise format.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a customer-service focus.
• Demonstrated ability to make administrative and procedural decisions and judgements on sensitive and confidential issues.
• Strong ability to actively seek opportunities to consult, influence, build and sustain successful relationships and gain alignment with peers, functional partners and/or external partners to accomplish business objectives.

Level and type of experience:

• Some work experience in one or more of the primary HR disciplines - compensation, employee relations, staffing, benefits, compliance/regulatory and organizational/employee professional development.
• Some prior working experience utilizing report writing and/or data visualization software.
• Some prior working experience communicating complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.

Additional considerations:

• Considerable knowledge of compensation programs, job analysis and evaluation, market pricing methodology, and/or compensation modeling/analytics.
• Working knowledge of Commonwealth of Virginia policies and practices.
• Working knowledge of state and/or university human resources information systems and automated recruitment systems such as PAPERS, PMIS, and Banner.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use Power Pivot, PowerBI, Tableau, or related visualization software.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Public Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• Professional designation as a SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR.
• Considerable work experience in one or more of the primary HR disciplines - compensation, employee relations, staffing, benefits, compliance/regulatory and organizational/employee professional development, as well as change management knowledge and project management experience.
• Some experience in salary administration and/or employee recruitment & selection, reviewing market data to make recommendations in pay rates.
• Some Human Resources experience in a higher education setting.

Equity statement: It is the policy of Old Dominion University to provide equal employment, educational and social opportunities for all persons, without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation or genetic information. Individuals from minoritized communities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Reasonable accommodation request: If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and Culture at (757)683-3141. In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: httRs://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cRid/PWContact.asRX or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155. 

Pay transparency nondiscrimination provision: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or© consistent with contractor's legal duty to furnish information.