Compensation Manager

Salary : $93,066.00 - $109,353.00 Annually

Location : Gwinnett County, GA

Job Type : Full-Time Appointed

Job Number : 25-02926

Department : Department of Human Resources

Opening Date : 01 / 24 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 25 / 2025 12 : 00 AM Eastern

FLSA : Exempt

Class Summary

Job Description

The Compensation Manager will assist the Compensation Division Director for managing the compensation and classification for all Gwinnett County employees. The compensation manager helps to plan, develop, and implement new and revised compensation programs, policies and procedures to align with the county's goals and competitive practices. This position is also responsible for ensuring that county compensation programs are consistently administered in compliance with internal policies and government regulations.

Essential Duties

• Assists the Division Director in managing the classification and compensation program to ensure compliance with applicable laws and County policies.
• Develops and oversees workflows (including coordination with Payroll and Finance) that ensure timely and accurate administration of the County's compensation and classification program.
• Keeps current on innovative strategies and best practices, conducts extensive research and analysis, and makes ongoing recommendations to County leadership to ensure the County maintains a competitive compensation program to support recruitment and retention.
• Manages a team of compensation professionals, including hiring, terminating, progressive discipline, training, conducting performance evaluations, and coordinating schedules.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative professional relationships with compensation leaders, particularly in benchmark counties and government organizations.
• Responsible for overseeing personnel changes, organizational studies and job classification including evaluating paperwork submitted; researching and analyzing internal and external job information; interviewing employees and supervisors regarding job duties, responsibilities, and requirements; determining FLSA status; recommending job classification; developing job descriptions and organizational charts.
• Oversees / Conducts benchmark job classification audits and internal equity analyses to maintain equitable and appropriate titles, salary ranges and pay rates.
• Oversees / Conducts and responds to comprehensive salary surveys, collects and analyzes data to determine the County's market position, prepares reports, makes recommendations, and facilitates changes to pay plans.
• Performs analysis and writes reports recommending establishment of new classes and reclassification of existing positions.
• Prepares or revises job descriptions to accurately describe duties, coordinates with County divisions to ensure minimum qualifications meet classification specifications and are consistent with similar County positions.
• Assists in maintaining a consistent salary calculation methodology, oversees the salary offer process for new hires, promotions, and position changes in accordance with approved policies and procedures.
• Analyzes internal equity impacts in the classification and compensation program and makes recommendations that ensure compliance and consistency.
• Coordinates with Finance and Payroll to maintain the County's position authorization systems.
• Monitors the effectiveness of existing compensation practices and recommends changes that are cost-effective and consistent with compensation trends and objectives.
• Conducts position classification, re-classification, and reorganization analyses which may include job audits, surveys, and producing / updating job descriptions.
• Develops and presents compensation training to HR Business Partners and management related to compensation fundamentals, global pay structures and pay for performance philosophy and application.
• Responsible for conducting and responding to salary and benefits surveys.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Other Job Requirements / Information

Grade

The grade for this position is 106. Salary will be dependent on education and experience.

Effective 4 / 11 / 2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program. Minimum Qualifications

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.

Preferred Qualifications in addition to the above minimum qualifications

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.

For information related to position-specific essential duties, knowledge and skills, and physical requirements, please Note : The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.

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Additional Information

About Gwinnett County

Welcome to Gwinnett County - one of America's fastest-growing counties for the past 20 years. Our dynamic and exciting county combines the best of big-city living with the comforts of the suburbs.

The county's population in 2000 was about 588,448 and we've only continued to grow since then, with the population expected to reach one million by the year 2022.

Gwinnett has many advantages, beginning with its location and road system. The county is just 45 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Thanks to this location, 80 percent of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Georgia Highway 316 has been extended to Athens, reducing travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes. Gwinnett's infrastructure includes more than 2,750 miles of roadways to provide excellent mobility for our residents.

The County Administrator and County Attorney are appointed by the Board of Commissioners and serve at its pleasure. To implement the Board's policy directives, the County Administrator uses a management team consisting of members of his immediate staff and 14 department directors. The 14 departments that make up the executive side are Police Services, Fire and Emergency Services, Corrections, Communications, Support Services, Financial Services, Community Services, Human Resources, Information Technology Services, Law, Planning and Development, Water Resources, Child Advocacy & Juvenile Services, and Transportation. Each department is run by a director who is charged with managing operations in a manner which stresses the County's values.

In addition to the executive side of County government, certain services are provided through Constitutional officers and independent elected officials. These external offices are created by the Georgia Constitution or through state law. In Gwinnett, they include the Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, District Attorney, Solicitor, Probate Court Judge, and Chief Magistrate.

Vision

Gwinnett is the preferred community where everyone thrives!

Mission

Gwinnett proudly supports our vibrantly connected community by delivering superior services.

Values

Integrity : We believe in being honest, building trust, and having strong moral principles.

Accountability : We believe in stewardship, transparency, and sustainability.

Equity : We believe in fairness and respect for all.

Inclusivity : We believe in engaging, embracing, and unifying our communities.

Innovation : We believe in continual adaptation of technology, process, and experience.

Hiring Process

Gwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below :

Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex), race, color, national origin (including ancestry), gender (identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status (including pregnancy), disability, military or veteran status, religion, political affiliation, immigration status, homeless status, or any other category protected by law.

Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities may be requested. If you need an accommodation during the application, interview, or testing process, contact Human Resources at 770.822.7915 or HREmployeeRelations@GwinnettCounty.com. This email is only for accommodation requests; for questions related to job postings, use jobs@gwinnettcounty.com.

Our Benefits program is designed to support every aspect of our employees' lives, from physical and emotional to social and financial.

Along with their salary, employees receive a variety of comprehensive benefits as part of their total compensation.

On average, our employees' benefits are worth 48 percent of their base salary!

In other words, employees would spend nearly half of their pay to purchase these benefits on their own. For employees' medical premium alone, the County contributes an average of 91 percent of the cost!

Health

Wellness

Family and Career

Time

Money

Protection

To learn more about the Benefits offered at Gwinnett County, click here.

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Salary : $93,066 - $109,353