Corporate Compensation Consultant
About The Position
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is government’s human resources organization supporting departments, agencies, and employees to deliver programs and services to Nova Scotians. We are committed to building a collaborative and inclusive public service grounded in respect, integrity, diversity, accountability, and the public good. The PSC establishes human resource policies, programs, standards, and procedures, and provides direction, advice, and support to departments to ensure consistent, effective application across government. We are focused on the current and future needs of the provincial workforce to ensure the public service is equipped to meet the demands of a growing and changing province. Reporting to the Managing Director of Compensation, or Compensation Lead, the Corporate Compensation Consultant provides expert compensation advice and develops practical, evidence-based compensation solutions for the Province of Nova Scotia. This role contributes technical expertise to compensation strategy and decision-making across a broad public-sector client base, including the civil service, Crown corporations, health, and education sectors. Working in partnership with HR colleagues, client departments, agencies, and sector stakeholders, you will provide technical leadership on assigned compensation reviews including pay plan design, job evaluation, market analysis, costing, and implementation.
Requirements
- A university degree in a related discipline and at least three years’ experience in compensation, including direct experience with compensation plan design, renewal, management, or implementation.
- Advanced ability to gather, validate, interpret, and analyze complex compensation, workforce, market, job evaluation, policy, and costing information from multiple sources; identify trends, risks, relativities, and anomalies; and develop evidence-based options and recommendations for senior decision-making. Requires proficiency with MS Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to apply compensation principles, job evaluation methodologies, market analysis, pay structure design, costing, and implementation considerations to design, renew, and manage compensation plans, policies, and practices.
- Ability to provide expert advice to client departments, agencies, employers, and HR partners; clarify needs; influence decision-making; and guide clients through compensation reviews and implementation issues.
- Ability to communicate complex compensation analysis clearly and persuasively through written briefings, presentations, recommendations, rationales, and client discussions.
- Ability to lead compensation projects from issue definition through analysis, costing, approval, documentation, and implementation while coordinating clients and stakeholders.
- Ability to independently manage complex assignments and competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, documentation, and follow-through.
- Ability to assess complex and sensitive compensation issues, balance market competitiveness, internal equity, fiscal responsibility, operational needs, and policy requirements, and recommend practical, defensible solutions.
Nice To Haves
- A certification in the field of compensation, such as CCP, and experience with SAP HR are considered assets.
- Willingness to complete the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation is required.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop compensation solutions by consulting with clients to clarify needs, gathering and assessing relevant jobs, organizational, and market information, applying accepted compensation principles, and developing approaches related to work measurement, pay and banding structures, market competitiveness, and compensation plan design.
- Lead compensation projects that may range from targeted market competitiveness reviews for individual jobs to the design or renewal of compensation plans affecting employee groups, including pay structures, costing, approvals, policy documentation, and implementation planning.
- Develop and present analysis, options, and recommendations on compensation matters for review and decision-making by senior staff and Government, including issues related to pay relativity, bargaining unit structures, employers, sectors, agency proposals, and corporate compensation plans.
- Lead pay adjustment reviews by evaluating market competitiveness, developing options, preparing costing, developing approval requests, monitoring alignment with approved budgets, and partnering with HR and sector stakeholders on implementation.
- Lead and apply market research by designing custom surveys, obtaining external survey data, maintaining compensation data-sharing networks, analyzing results using appropriate statistical methods, and translating findings into sound recommendations.
- Analyze and leverage HR information, job evaluation data, and workforce data to identify trends, conduct audits, assess compensation plan performance, cost pay adjustments, develop metrics, and recommend improvements to compensation plans, policies, and practices.
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Health
- Dental
- Life Insurance
- General illness
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Vacation
- Employee and Family Assistance Programs
- Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
- Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
- Countless career paths
- A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
