Multnomah County’s Central Human Resources (HR) Division seeks a talented, experienced candidate to join its team as a Classification and Compensation Consultant.  The Class Comp program is part of the County's Central HR Divsion and is managed together with the Labor Relations unit.

Class Comp is responsible for overseeing the County’s classification system and compensation plan to help ensure the County attracts and retains talented, skilled applicants and employees. Additionally the Class Comp team regularly conducts studies of selected job classes for pay competitiveness, and for consistent, equitable classification usage. 

This consultant position will be the team's functional lead, subject matter expert, reporting directly to the Labor Relations Manager. As the Class Comp team leader, the position will oversee and participate in conducting large studies, special projects such as executive comp, performance management/salary administration, and ongoing reclassification work. This Compensation Consultant will be also a key participant in the new bargaining process with the County’s largest union which resumes this Summer and ends next Spring.

The ideal candidate will exhibit the following attributes: 

• A resilient “can-do” attitude, high energy, and strong customer service focus.
• Expert skills to seek/build consensus but also have the leadership/courage to make tough decisions when needed.
• Cultural competence to effectively interact with a diverse employee population including labor representatives and executives.
• Thorough knowledge of/technical expertise in compensation, and classification systems including leading large, significant and difficult studies.
• Excellent communications (both written and oral) and change management skills.
• Thorough knowledge of and the ability to execute effective project management principles, procedures, and schedules.
• Solid ability to effectively utilize standard office suite applications, particularly database applications.
• Thorough knowledge of mathematical and statistical principles and their applications in compensation, and human resources operations.
• Thorough knowledge of effective HR practices, theories, and principles.
• Working knowledge of supervision, coaching principles/practices, and labor relations.
• Ability to effectively work in a union environment and in a diversified, large public sector enterprise comprised of very unique business and service entities.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:  Eight years of professional human resources experience, which includes a minimum of five years in compensation or classification and at least one year managing a major classification or compensation project, leading/working with associated teams and the impacted employees of the study or project; AND

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, social sciences with solid math/statistics coursework; Masters degree preferred and certification in compensation highly desired; AND

Other:  Organizational Development expertise and/or managing change is required. Solid math background including work with quantitative and qualitative statistics, effective presentation and writing skills are required.  World at Work certification in compensation and SPHR highly desired; AND

The ability to pass a criminal background check.

This position will remain open until a sufficient number of applications have been received.  Interested applicants are encouraged to apply in a timely manner.  First review of applications will occur on February 1, 2012.

For a complete job announcement, including application instructions, please visit www.web.multco.us/jobs.