Compensation Advisor

**Department**:Regional Employer Services
**Employee Group**: Exempt
**Location**: 4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby

**Our Regional Employer Services Department is seeking an experienced Compensation Advisor who will be an integral member of the Compensation Services team, working together with other Compensation Advisors to provide job evaluation services of a wide variety of union positions in client municipalities and associated organizations within the Metro Vancouver Region. Our Compensation Advisor reviews, evaluates and recommends appropriate classification and value ensuring equitable compensation levels in the region. Our Compensation Advisor prepares written rationale to document analysis and recommendation and prepares new or revises existing class specifications. The role provides related support, guidance and information to client employers and associated organizations. This could include interpretation of job evaluation agreements and related collective agreement provisions, information on classifications in other municipalities, providing preliminary value estimates for new jobs, assessing possible value impacts of proposed changes in duties and responsibilities and advice on job organization and content.**

**You are: an experienced HR professional with expertise in job evaluation, compensation and organizational design strategies. You are methodological, detail-oriented and have strong analytical and critical thinking skills. You are collaborative, have a high degree of integrity and can build and maintain strong professional relationships with others. You possess strong communication skills (both oral and written) including effective listening and persuasion skills.**

**The Compensation Advisor reports to the Lead Compensation Advisor and falls within our Professional / Technical Level P2 job family.**

**This role**:

- Reviews and evaluates the work of a wide variety of union positions in client municipalities and associated organizations such as libraries, museums, and police departments. Recommends appropriate classification and value for same, ensuring equitable compensation levels in the region.
- Reviews description of job duties and responsibility provided by the client; meets with incumbents and managers to obtain, clarify and confirm information relevant to the job; and discusses concerns with the manager regarding work organization or potential impacts on other positions.
- Researches and analyzes information pertinent to the classification and valuation; evaluates job in relation to criteria specific to the client’s jurisdiction, considering both internal and broader regional impact and pertinent arbitration awards.
- Prepares written rationale to document analysis and recommendations; prepares new or revises existing class specifications defining duties and responsibilities for the allocation of the position. Ensures consistent use of terminology as established by the benchmarks, regional classes and arbitral jurisprudence. Prepares correspondence to advise of client recommendation.
- Responds to a variety of requests for information, services and advice from client employers and external organizations. Interprets job evaluation agreements and related collective agreement provisions; provides information on classifications in other municipalities; assesses possible value impacts of proposed changes in duties and responsibilities; provides preliminary value estimates for new jobs; advises clients on job organization and content; participates in the delivery of workshops and training sessions; and reviews and makes recommendations regarding pay levels for exempt positions.
- May represent client employers in classification grievances and disputes as required. Meets with the union and employer to hear grievances and present information on the classification recommendation; advises client of the merits of the union’s argument and potential internal and regional impact; prepares written response to the union argument on behalf of employer; and develops and evaluates alternative approaches for dispute resolution where viable. Represents client employers at arbitration hearings as required.
- Conducts and participates in salary surveys and miscellaneous projects such as the design and development of new job evaluation plans.
- Performs other related duties as required.

**To be successful, you have**:

- 5 years of recent, related experience supplemented by a university degree or diploma in a relevant discipline such as business administration, industrial relations, or human resources; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Designation as a Certified Human Resources Professional is an asset.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of human resources management principles with expertise in job evaluation and compensation.
- Demonstrated ability to provide sound professional advice and guide managers on job evaluation and compensation issues; displays a high degree