Top Compensation Executive jobs in Lexington, KY

Title: Compensation Specialist

Salary Range: $48,852.00 - $68,208.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: KCTCS System Office

Campus Location: System Office

Department: Human Resources

Total Rewards

KCTCS System Office offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

This Compensation Specialist position will provide support to the KCTCS System Office by evaluating position descriptions, recommending pay grades, and recommending pay rates for new, reclassified, promoted, and transferred employees.

This is a defined-term contract position renewable each fiscal year and located in Versailles, KY.

KCTCS offers a hybrid work schedule with a requirement to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per work week. Hybrid work schedules are subject to periodic review and may be modified or terminated at any time.

Job Duties:

Evaluates new positions and reclassification requests for System Office and colleges. Recommend title, band, FLSA status. Provide recommendations to College and System Office HR on determining the best classification for roles within their respective area.

Advises managers on making effective pay decisions for employees based upon the analysis of the position. This includes salaries for new hires, current position reclassification efforts and internal equity considerations.

Supports other areas of the System Office Human Resources Department - including Employment, HRIS, and Benefits.

Research and complete internal and external salary survey requests.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Organizational Design or related field and three (3) years of relevant experience or equivalent. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Organizational Design or related field and four (4) years of relevant experience or equivalent.

Additional Skills Requested:

• Related certification such as SHRM-CP/SCP, PHR/SPHR, CCP.
• Strong knowledge of job analysis and compensation practices.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Experience using HRIS (PeopleSoft or similar).
• Excellent communication, focus on customer service.