Employer: Search for Common Ground
FULL TIME – LOCAL
Search for Common Ground has an opportunity available for a Human Resources professional with experience in HR Information Systems (HRIS) and supporting pay analysis and survey data compilation.
The person in this position may work remotely in the United States.
The overall job responsibilities include:
- Develops HR data integrity protocols and best practices
- Updates and maintains global pay program tools
- Contributes to the development of HRIS and tools to support pay programs
- Partners with HR colleagues for capacity strengthening in areas of HRIS and tools supporting global pay programs
The job contributions include but are not limited to:
- Develops and monitors workflow for all processes to include and not limited to HRIS best practices including excel features to support data integrity and pay program maintenance and protocols
- Follows and ensures procurement process where applicable for HR Operations initiatives and when incurring costs
- Supports research, budget monitoring, and tracking for compensation surveys.
- Participates with the building, maintenance, and monitoring of compensation program tools related to and not limited to pay scales, economic data, job descriptions
- Audits the updates for employee records including but not limited to status changes, tax withholdings, demographic information in the HRIS system
- Uses HR principles and practices, including payroll laws and employee benefits to leverage and maintain the HRIS functional attributes
- Participates in architectural system reviews and leads the team in project management and defining requirements and workflows.
- Supports employees and team colleagues when they encounter bugs or have inquiries about the system
- Collaborates with team members and develops HRIS best practice workflows to ensure the system is kept up to date with changes in employee information or organization rules
- Conducts system audits to guarantee data integrity by using employee signed letters to confirm employee information and matches with organizational policies and guidance.
- Generates pay reports and other requested or established reports using system or excel report features
- Act as a bridge between HR and IT to address inquiries from HR staff and may also provide continuous HRIS training to users and may partner or collaborate with the IT counterpart.
- Infuses organizational values into all work
- Other duties that are broadly in line with the above key contributions as assigned.
Competency Behavior Indicators (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Initiates brainstorming or problem-solving meetings. With time in the job, develops skills for analyzing and communicating program successes and failures; reports lessons learned to the team and other members.
- Represents Search at local and international events and meetings for professional organizations, vendors, partners, and funders. Develops skills to independently initiate and maintain relations with vendors, partners, and funders. Articulates Search program/project goals and objectives within Search and to external audiences.
- Demonstrates appreciation for diversity of thought. Builds cross-functional relationships with other functional departments.
- Demonstrates ability to be adaptable and willing to confront and change own ideas and preconceptions with the resiliency and flexibility to make changes based on hearing a diversity of thoughts.
- Drafts team documents, briefing materials, and presentations. Articulates program/project objectives and how they fit into a team’s goals and/or Search’s mission and adapts to the communications setting.
- Applies standards, identifies areas for standardization, and coordinates across functions from a multicultural perspective that reflects consideration of other cultures, other viewpoints, and other ways of doing things.
- Takes into account the environmental landscape, assesses one’s own and others’ viewpoints in their environment, and proposes solutions from an ethical perspective.
- Recognizes the options available for solving problems, conducts analyses, and calculates metrics and other technical tools to support informed decision making.
- Conducts Quality Control of team documents, briefing materials, presentations, and systems data. Carefully reviews and checks the accuracy of information in work reports, management information systems, or with other individuals and groups. Checks the accuracy of one’s own and others’ work. Proactively informs management of potential risks and concerns; suggests resolutions.
- Independently prioritizes time to reach deadlines and reaches end results of assignments with ability to accomplish multiple steps with limited to no supervision.
Requirements
- The qualified candidate will have a BS/BA and six years’ experience and preferably a minimum of one – two years’ experience with HR Information systems, project management, and expert excel skills.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.