Job description
Organizational Status
Reports to the Senior Manager, Compensation. Collaborates with Employee Relations and Faculty Relations to understand collective bargaining mandates and to provide costing support for collective bargaining. Works with HR Advisory Services, other units in HR, and departmental administrators on matters such as organizational restructuring and job evaluation and salary administration. Presents costing methodology to HR leadership, Employee Relations, the Public Sector Employers’ Counsel (PSEC), and the unions and associations at UBC.
Work Performed
- Provides compensation costing services for collective bargaining support, including measuring the labour cost baseline and the cost of prospective negotiated wage increases, and analyzing the cost impacts of non-salary proposals.
- Communicates with stakeholders on the employer's methodology on bargaining proposals.
- Models and costs alternative approaches to the University’s compensation reviews and workforce changes.
- Analyzes and presents data related to compensation practices and trends.
- Prepares reports from complex data for internal and external processes. The reports are used by the Associate Vice Presidents, Human Resources; Vice President, Human Resources; the University Executive; Board of Governors; and the provincial government.
- Works with the Integrated Services Centre to develop new reports or refine existing reports.
- Classifies job descriptions and conducts position reviews in accordance with UBC’s classification systems.
- Facilitates training for administrators and HR professionals on job evaluation and salary management topics.
- Advises employees and departments on the classification processes and engages in reviews of positions for reclassification.
- Advises employees and client departments on the interpretation of collective agreements and handbooks on salary administration matters.
Consequence of Error/Judgement
Recommendations on costings may have significant financial, contractual and operational implications. Exercises considerable judgement in advising management on compensation and salary administration trends and practices. Information gathered and analyzed, and reports produced by this position are used by senior management in making decisions relating to request for funding, equity, and compensation matters that may impact the University.
Supervision Received
Works under the general direction of the Senior Manager, Compensation. Accountable for the effective execution of all job functions and the effectiveness of the services provided. Work is reviewed for quality of analytical methods, professional judgement and for comprehensiveness.
Supervision Given
Does not manage staff. Provides training to colleagues in areas of expertise. Acts as subject matter expert and quality control oversight on a range of sensitive reports. May manage external consultants.
Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of four to five years of related work experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Advanced Excel skills and demonstrated experience with data analysis and presentation.
- Knowledge and experience with compensation functions an asset (e.g. job evaluation, salary plan administration, market matching, salary surveys). Experience in the classification and point factor job evaluation systems an asset.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to creatively identify alternative resolutions for unclear or unique situations.
- Ability to build and foster strong working relationships with all organizational levels. Ability to communicate and relay complex information clearly and tactfully.
- Experience working in a university or public sector environment with labour relations knowledge desirable.
About University of British Columbia
CEO: Arvind Gupta
Revenue: $2 to $5 billion (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: College / University
Website: www.ubc.ca
Year Founded: 1915