- Evaluate and classify staff positions including determination
of job families, salary grades, and FLSA exemption status in
accordance with federal and state wage and hour regulations.
- Review and analyze FLSA classification requests related to new
positions, position revisions, or reclassification requests and
maintain supporting documentation for classification determinations
.
- Maintain documentation supporting classification and FLSA
determinations to ensure consistency and defensibility.
- Provide recommendations regarding job classification,
compensation levels, and titling practices.
- Conduct compensation analysis and parsonage allowance
determinations for eligible roles in accordance with applicable tax
regulations and university policy.
Market Data and Compensation Analytics
- Administer and maintain the MarketPay compensation platform,
including loading survey data, managing benchmark job matches, and
conducting benchmarking analysis.
- Prepare and submit institutional compensation data for
participation in external compensation surveys and analyze survey
results to inform benchmarking.
- Conduct compensation benchmarking using multiple compensation
surveys and labor market data sources.
- Develop blended market comparisons when roles do not align with
a single survey benchmark.
- Prepare reports on compensation trends, internal equity, and
market competitiveness.
- Develop and maintain benchmark matching methodologies and
documentation standards to support consistent compensation
analyses.
Union Position Classification and Negotiation Support
- Conduct classification analyses for unionized staff positions
in alignment with collective bargaining agreements and
institutional classification frameworks.
- Maintain documentation of union job classifications and assist
with classification reviews or disputes.
- Prepare compensation analyses and workforce reports to support
collective bargaining negotiations.
Job Architecture and Position Descriptions
- Review and standardize staff job titles across the university
and align titles with established job architecture.
- Audit and update position descriptions to ensure consistency,
clarity, and alignment with job classification standards.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of job families,
career ladders, and titling conventions across the
institution.
Organizational Design and Analysis
- Analyze organizational structures, spans of control, and
reporting layers to identify inefficiencies or title inflation and
provide recommendations that support sustainable organizational
design.
- Provide analysis and recommendations regarding o rganizational
structure, reporting relationships, workforce alignment, and
position design decisions across the university .
- Support departmental organizational reviews and restructuring
initiatives.
Worker Classification and Compliance
- Review independent contractor and temporary worker
classification requests to ensure compliance with employment
regulations and university policy.
- Partner with HR leadership, Payroll, and HRIS on worker
classification and position management processes.
- Evaluate and designate essential employee status for positions
in collaboration with institutional leadership.
Training and Consultation
- Provide consultation, analytical support, and subject matter
expertise to HR staff, department leaders, and senior
administrators regarding compensation, classification, job design,
organizational structure, and workforce planning matters.
- Present compensation analyses, classification recommendations,
organizational design findings, and workforce data to support HR
and institutional decision-making.
- Evaluate promotion and reclassification requests to ensure
alignment with institutional classification frameworks and internal
equity.
Documentation and Program Support
- M aintain documentation of the university’s job architecture,
classification standards, and compensation frameworks.
- Develop procedures, reference materials, and implementation
guidance to support ongoing administration of compensation and
classification programs .
- Develop recommendations and supporting documentation related to
p osition reclassification and promotion guidelines.
Additional Duties
- Perform other duties as assigned.
This position is designated as hybrid; however, it requires a
significant on-campus presence to support departmental operations,
collaboration, and stakeholder engagement, with remote work
available as appropriate to meet business needs.
Remote work is only considered for residents of Massachusetts,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or New
York. Relocation assistance to Connecticut is available for
candidates who qualify.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration,
Economics, Public Administration, Organizational Development, or a
related field, and at least five years of progressively responsible
experience in compensation, classification, job architecture, HR
analytics, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of
education, training, and experience .
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and classifying positions
including determining job levels, salary grades, and job family
placement.
- Demonstrated knowledge of FLSA exemption standards and wage and
hour regulations.
- Experience conducting compensation benchmarking and salary
analysis using compensation survey data or labor market data.
- Demonstrated experience preparing, analyzing, or participating
in compensation surveys or labor market benchmarking
processes.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability
to interpret compensation data and identify internal equity or
compression issues.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze organizational structures,
reporting relationships, or workforce data to support
classification and compensation decisions.
- Experience working with HRIS systems and workforce data,
including job catalog structures (job profiles, job families, and
position management frameworks), to support job classification,
compensation programs, and data-driven analysis of compensation
trends.
- Demonstrated experience evaluating position scope or reviewing
promotion, reclassification, or job design requests within a
structured classification framework.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate compensation and
classification concepts clearly to a variety of audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to consult with managers and HR colleagues
regarding compensation and classification decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise sound professional judgment
and maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive
compensation data.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex projects
and priorities while collaborating effectively with leaders across
multiple organizational levels.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience conducting compensation benchmarking using multiple
compensation surveys.
- Experience supporting compensation analysis in unionized
environments or collective bargaining negotiations.
- Experience using benchmarking compensation platforms such as
MarketPay or similar tools.
- Experience with enterprise HRIS systems such as Workday.
- Experience conducting pay equity analysis, organizational
structure reviews, or job architecture development.
- Experience presenting analytical findings and recommendations
to senior leaders or executive stakeholders.
- Professional certification such as Certified Compensation
Professional (CCP), SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP, or PHR or SPHR.
Position is open until filled. For full consideration please
apply by July 31st when first review of applications will
begin.
Compensation: $92,700-$111,300
Work Location: On Campus
All offers to external applicants are contingent on the candidate’s
completion of a
pre-employment background check screening to the satisfaction
of Wesleyan University.
Wesleyan University, located in Middletown, Connecticut, does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age,
gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital
status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder,
learning disability or physical disability, political belief,
veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or
non-position-related criminal record. We welcome applications from
women and historically underrepresented minority groups. Inquiries
regarding Title IX, Section 504 or any other non-discrimination
policies should be directed to Vice President for Equity and
Inclusion, Title IX and ADA/504 Coordinator.
Wesleyan University complies with the Clery Act and maintains
records of campus crime statistics and security policies. Copies of
Wesleyan University’s Clery Act Report are available on request and
online at
https://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/clery.html
.
Experience is taken into consideration in the determination of
salary offers. For more information visit
https://www.wesleyan.edu/hr/handbook/compensation-practices/index.html
Wesleyan offers a broad range of employee benefits and development
opportunities, including comprehensive group insurance plans,
wellness programs and incentives, generous paid time off and
retirement plans, flexible work schedules, employee and dependent
tuition programs for those who qualify.
Detailed information on the benefits of working at Wesleyan is
located at:
https://wesleyan.edu/hr/careers/prospective-resources.html
.
Wesleyan University, located in Middletown, Connecticut, does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age,
gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital
status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder,
learning disability or physical disability, political belief,
veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or
non-position-related criminal record. We welcome applications from
women and historically underrepresented minority groups. Inquiries
regarding Title IX, Section 504 or any other non-discrimination
policies should be directed to Vice President for Equity and
Inclusion, Title IX and ADA/504 Coordinator. Wesleyan University
complies with the Clery Act and maintains records of campus crime
statistics and security policies. Copies of Wesleyan University's
Clery Act Report are available on request and online at
http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/compliance.html.