Compensation Specialist JobID: 11291 + Position Type: Human Resources/ Compensation Specialist + Date Posted: 11/6/2024 + Location: Educational Support Center + Closing Date: 11/13/2024 GRADE: G19 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 8: $26.37 - $32.51) MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $26.37 STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40 FTE: 1.0 MONTHS PER YEAR: 12 JOB CODE: 1345 POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT – PERMANENT/REGULAR LOCATION: THORNTON, CO. Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area. SUMMARY: Responsible for maintaining district job descriptions, updating job description database and website. Ensures job description language meets district, state and federal guidelines. Creates and maintains district’s position management system and ensure positions are correctly allocated to the department budgets. Respond to policies, procedures and master agreement questions. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 1) Analyze, review, recommend, update and obtain approval on job description changes ensuring they comply with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), district policies and master agreement language. Communicate with managers and employees on the district job description review process and coordinate annual job description meetings. Communicate finalized job description changes and market results. Update HRIS, applicant tracking system and district website to reflect current job description language and pay information. 2) Create, maintain and verify positions in the HRIS system. Maintain spreadsheets with updates to position numbers. Add position numbers to application system for Employee Specialists. Ensure positions are assigned appropriately and accurately interface with other system modules. Assist in implementation and maintenance of Time and Labor module. 3) Review and process Classified and Certified employee requests for service stipends. Verify eligibility, calculate stipend amount, create stipend agreements and communicate with employee to ensure all required paperwork is completed and approved in a timely manner. Maintain appropriate pay records. Monitor service stipend budgets and provide general stipend data to department leadership and district stakeholders. 4) Compile, analyze and input employee data in the Human Resource Information System, including but not limited to, account changes, pay rate changes due to job reclassification, separations, and position management. 5) Provide excellent customer service to all levels of staff by receiving and responding to questions regarding information contained in the HRIS, master agreements and Human Resources policies and procedures. Refer questions and/or requests to appropriate personnel if necessary. Regularly update employee forms and instructions including but not limited to Retirement FAQs, 110/110 Option FAQs, and, retirement stipend forms. Update both external and internal tracking spreadsheets as needed. 6) Facilitate 110/110 request process for Classified and Certified staff including, but not limited to, creating, publishing, collecting, tracking and processing received requests. Provide customer service to employees regarding district 110/110 process. 7) Process and validate the HRIS queries and reports to submit to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, (BLS), Colorado New Hire Reporting, and the Pay Step Increase Report for Certified Staff. 8) Manage and maintain the annual Certified Temporary Leave Reimbursement program, including communicating with all certified staff, creating documentation, processing the request in the HRIS, answering all questions from staff, and working with Payroll to ensure accuracy. 9) Perform other job-related duties as assigned. Including providing back-up coverage for Human Resources Technician as needed. Assisting with Orientation as needed. EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE: + High school diploma or equivalent. + Bachelor degree preferred. + Minimum of 3 years Human Resources experience; HR Data Management and/or HR Compensation experience preferred. LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS: + Criminal background check required for hire. APPLICATION INFORMATION: All applicants (current district employees and external applicants) should list any and all work experience, including current district experience, when completing the employment application. Please include job titles and duties that you held while doing that job. Since the Human Resource department uses the application to screen for minimum qualifications required for each job, it is important to have a complete application so you will be considered for the position you are applying for. SALARY INFORMATION: All Classified positions are paid on an hourly basis. All Newly hired classified employees are placed initially on Step 1 of the pay grade for their position. Classified employees can advance an additional 7 steps (maximum Step 8) based on their previous experience. Final hourly placement on the Classified Salary schedule is dependent on the Grade Level for the position being posted and employees’ previous work experience. “Grade” refers to position or job classification and “Step” refers to the number of work experience credit or service years. See our Classified Salary Schedule (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/support) for hourly rates. For additional compensation information, please refer to The Classified Master Agreement. (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1658854128/adams12org/zqldeewjdfyjcnfktcob/ClassMasterAgreement.pdf) BENEFITS INFORMATION: Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). To learn more about our benefits, please see our Benefits Overview. (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/human-resources/benefits-overview) THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION. Rev 11/24