Compensation Specialist at Rice University in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

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About Rice:

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lectures series, courses and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice's culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name - RICE - Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence.

Position Summary

Rice University has an exciting opening for a compensation specialist to join our innovative, service-oriented HR team. As a member of the total rewards team, you will serve serve campus staff as a strategic partner in our efforts to position Rice as an employer of choice in Houston and among our peer universities.

In this position, you will be provide support with implementing the University's compensation policies, programs, and practices.

Our ideal candidate is a service-oriented, creative compensation professional with strong analytical skills who is an effective communicator, partner, and advisor to your HR teammates and clients. In addition, they enjoy a good challenge and are interested in looking for ways to continuously improve and enhance services, programs, and processes. If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply. We look forward to meeting you!

Annual Hiring Range: $56,000 to $58,000

Work Location : This position is offered as a hybrid role, combining both in-office and remote work to provide flexibility and support collaboration. Three days in the office after meeting the 6-month probationary period. Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
  
  
  • In lieu of education requirement, additional related experience, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted.
  
  
• 1 year of administrative/ customer service experience to include 6 months of a human resources experience
• Skills Required:
  
  
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and other data analysis tools
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Solid understanding of compensation principles, practices, and regulations
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and effectively handle highly sensitive and personal information with sound judgment, tact, and discretion
  • Critical thinking to identify alternative solutions
  
  

Essential Functions

• Participates in and/or assists in conducting salary surveys
• Supports the market analysis process
• Assists in job matching, software program updates and reporting
• Reviews job descriptions, applies job evaluation techniques to determine the appropriate job classification and exemption status for final approval by Senior Compensation Analyst
• Assists with annual salary program
• Learns salary program process, including approving salary plans and communication
• Fields, researches and analyses on existing and future compensation programs, policies, and/or practices
• Runs monthly reports and conducts job audits where applicable
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Preferences

• One year of human resources experience
• Experience in compensation, workforce or data analytics, or talent acquisition
• Proficient in market pricing methodologies and salary survey analysis
• Familiarity with MarketPay, Tableau, Oracle Cloud, and/or other similar systems and applications
• Effective relationship builder and teammate
• Demonstrated ability to develop and/or improve processes
• Ability to negotiate and influence
• Highly collaborative, works with all stakeholders to deliver results and keep others informed

Rice University HR | Benefits: https://knowledgecafe.rice.edu/benefits

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Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact Rice University's Disability Resource Center at 713-348-5841 or adarice@rice.edu for support.

If you have any additional questions, please email us at jobs@rice.edu . Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.

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