Salary Admin - Records Manager

State of North Carolina

4d • $55,823 - $97,689

About The Position

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters! The Salary Administration Records Manager (Agency HR Supervisor) provides strategic leadership for the Salary Administration and Records Sections, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency across the agency. Serving as a subject matter expert and liaison to DAC sections and divisions, the manager offers guidance and makes decisions on the most complex salary administration and exception requests. This role leads large-scale equity reviews and salary studies, advancing practices that align with agency goals and statewide policies. The manager also oversees a dedicated team responsible for salary administration and personnel records maintenance, while partnering with Classification & Compensation to support position management and workforce planning initiatives. The job responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: - Oversee the administration of employee salary actions, including new hires, promotions, reallocations, and salary adjustments, ensuring compliance with policy and budget guidelines. - Manage the maintenance, security, and retention of personnel records in accordance with federal, state, and agency requirements. - Consulting and reviewing work with HR staff on Salary Administration; review and analyze salary data to identify trends, ensure internal equity, and support decision making. - Foster a positive and productive team environment, providing training and support to team members. - Recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in salary administration and recordkeeping. - Ensure HRIS and other systems are updated accurately to reflect salary actions and personnel record changes. - Respond to audits, records requests, and internal/external inquiries related to pay and employee records. - Oversee special projects assigned by management, including researching and gathering data, developing recommendations for implementation of projects. - Is responsible for the day-to-day creating, coordinating and monitoring of all social media content, crafted to successfully educate, inform, and engage stakeholders about corrections issues and the NCDAC mission.

Requirements

• Considerable knowledge of salary administration and compensation, personnel records standards, and related personnel policies, practices, rules, regulations and laws; understanding of classification principles.
• Bachelor’s degree, typically in Human Resources or relevant field from an appropriately accredited institution and 3 years of experience (OR) Associate’s degree, typically in Human Resources or relevant field from an appropriately accredited institution and 5 years of experience required (OR) High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and 6 years of progressive experience in Human Resources; or equivalent combination or education and experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee the administration of employee salary actions, including new hires, promotions, reallocations, and salary adjustments, ensuring compliance with policy and budget guidelines.
• Manage the maintenance, security, and retention of personnel records in accordance with federal, state, and agency requirements.
• Consulting and reviewing work with HR staff on Salary Administration; review and analyze salary data to identify trends, ensure internal equity, and support decision making.
• Foster a positive and productive team environment, providing training and support to team members.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in salary administration and recordkeeping.
• Ensure HRIS and other systems are updated accurately to reflect salary actions and personnel record changes.
• Respond to audits, records requests, and internal/external inquiries related to pay and employee records.
• Oversee special projects assigned by management, including researching and gathering data, developing recommendations for implementation of projects.
• Is responsible for the day-to-day creating, coordinating and monitoring of all social media content, crafted to successfully educate, inform, and engage stakeholders about corrections issues and the NCDAC mission.

Benefits

• Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).
• Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
• In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees