Overview

Job Location:
Massey Campus (Ft. Pierce)

Job Description

Are you passionate about shaping a workplace where employees thrive and feel valued? Do you have a knack for designing innovative and competitive compensation and benefits packages? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you! 

Join our team as a Total Rewards Manager to play a key role where you'll be at the forefront of creating an exceptional workplace for our dedicated faculty and staff. 

Indian River State College is not just an educational institution; it's a community dedicated to fostering growth, learning, and excellence. As we continue to elevate our standards, we're seeking a passionate Total Rewards Manager to champion the well-being of our valuable faculty and staff. 

  • Do you love working on a blank canvas? If so, you will be designing and implementing a comprehensive total rewards strategy to attract, retain, and motivate top talent that aligns with our commitment to academic excellence. 

  • Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices to ensure our total rewards offerings remain cutting-edge. 

  • Conduct regular analysis to evaluate the effectiveness and competitiveness of our total rewards programs. 

  • Do you like bringing minds together for collective brilliance? This role collaborates with academic and administrative leaders to tailor compensation and benefits programs to meet the unique needs of our faculty and staff. 

  • Stay abreast of industry trends in higher education compensation to ensure we remain competitive in attracting top talent. 

  • Lead initiatives to enhance employee engagement and satisfaction through innovative rewards programs. 

As a Total Rewards Manager, you'll play a vital role in ensuring that our faculty and staff are recognized, supported, and motivated to contribute to the success of our institution. This is what we need you to bring to the table to be successful in this role: 

  • Proven experience in total rewards management or a related field. 

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable insights. 

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across academic and administrative departments. 

  • Strategic mindset with a passion for fostering a positive workplace culture and the ability to align total reward initiatives with overall business goals. 

 

At Indian River State College, we believe in empowering our employees to reach their full potential. As a Total Rewards Manager, you'll have the chance to shape our organization's future and contribute to our team members' success.

If this role sounds like you, then join us in creating an exceptional workplace where every team member feels valued, motivated, and inspired to excel! 

 

Working at IRSC has its perks! In addition to helping drive change and having a positive impact by supporting our students, staff, and faculty, IRSC offers a benefits package: 

  • Health Benefits and Life Insurance – Employee only coverage paid by the college 

  • Retirement- Florida State Retirement System and Voluntary Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings Plan 

  • Enjoy time with family and friends with our generous time off schedule 

 

  QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

The qualifications, knowledge, and skill requirements for this position include:

  • Bachelor's degree in human resources or a business-related discipline, as well as a professional certification from an HR organization required

  • 5 – 7 years of progressive HR experience. HR Manager experience would be advantageous.

  • Knowledge of State and Federal wage and hour laws including FLSA, ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, Workers Compensation, Medicare, HIPAA, and social security and DOL requirements.

  • Experience working with ERP/HRIS systems and developing and maintaining C&B configuration. Experience with Workday is highly preferred.

  • Proficient user of Microsoft products, e.g., Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word

  • Protects and maintains sensitive and confidential information.

  • Ability to communicate effectively to key stakeholders, both internally and externally.

  • Ability to present analysis succinctly to HR team members, managers and executives.

  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, implement and close multiple projects

  • Experience managing budgets and vendor contracts.

  • Strong people management and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop employees; and ability to work successfully as part of a team.

  • Ability to thrive in a fast paced, environment.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Manages the total rewards functions and assigned staff responsible for compensation, benefits and compliance through the development of operating and strategic plans; salary administration and rewards; planning and as assignment of workload.’

  • Manages total rewards’ design and administration, through full utilization of Workday capabilities, of IRSC’s benefits programs to ensure employee satisfaction; minimizes IRSC’s costs; negotiates with insurance carriers and other vendors to obtain cost-effective rates and quality service.

  • Develops and supports a culture of employee outreach and service, with development of proactive communication and education programs, to promote the various features of IRSC’s competitive total rewards program.

  • Designs and implements the annual employee total rewards statements; Coaches/mentors other HR staff towards fostering full understanding of IRSC’s total rewards.

  • Develops and maintains compensation and benefits policies and procedures (SOP’s); recommends new policies and/or policy changes; accountable for compliance related testing, reporting and deliverables, including preparation of internal and external required analysis and submissions.

  • Participates in continuous improvement initiatives and optimization of workday, including recommendations for process improvements to meet business needs. Interacts with external and internal technology experts to monitor system effectiveness and implement upgrades as required.

  • Provides leadership and guidance on all company compensation programs including annual salary planning, merit increases, salary structures, variable pay and other incentive programs to ensure alignment to company goals and budget.

  • Benchmarks and assesses IRSC’s competitiveness through salary and benefits survey participation, job evaluation, salary structure development and incentive plan design.

  • Effectively partners with other members of the human resources team who are front facing to internal leaders for attracting, promoting and retaining talent.

  • Partners with other members of the human resources team to ensure correlation between compensation and performance management to ensure talent is competitively compensated in line with compensation strategy and philosophy.

  • Advises leadership on applicable federal, state, and local employment regulations that impact benefits, leave, compensation policies, and ensures all plans remain compliant.

  • Responsible for overseeing all company leave of absence programs.

  • Leads Open Enrollment for the company and facilitates ease of benefits selection for employees.

  • Manages relationships between consultants, administrative vendors, and insurance carriers.

  • Knowledgeable of health and welfare plans, especially self-insured health plans,.

  • Responsible for creating and ensuring company compliance in required training and benefits administration e.g., completion of required annual training (such as Sexual Harassment), and service awards program.

  • Establish, and maintain dashboards to measure key compensation, benefits, and engagement data and identify trends and prepare reports as necessary for Board of Directors and the executive leadership.

  • Other duties as assigned

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires an ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, lift, reach up, stoop, and carry items occasionally in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds.  It also requires manual dexterity to operate standard office machines, such as, copier, fax, calculator, telephone, and other equipment as necessary. IRSC expects its employees to follow proper safety standards while employed by the College.

Classification

Staff

Supervisory

No

FLSA Exempt

Yes

Employment Type

Regular

Compensation and Application Deadline

Pay range starts at: $100,000. All salary calculations start at the minimum salary and will be based on candidate’s education and experience | Open until filled.