Are you someone who loves compensation, digging into why jobs are paid the way they are, and ensuring that people are paid fairly for the work they perform? We are seeking an experienced human resource professional to join the City’s total rewards team to help manage and administer job classification and compensation programs for one of the most dynamic government entities in Washington State. You will be responsible for developing and implementing Citywide HR programs related to the classification system for all city jobs and will partner with HR consultants, HR leaders, and City management on a variety of strategic HR priorities including developing job architectures, evaluating department restructures, and ensuring competitive compensation programs are in place to attract and retain a diverse, high performing workforce.
Some of the many benefits of working for Bellevue include:

• Hybrid Work Environment
• Exceptional Benefits
• Commitment to Employees
• Focus on Equity and Inclusion

The City of Bellevue’s Human Resources (HR) Department is “committed to being a strategic partner by providing outstanding customer service and stewardship of resources in attracting and retaining a high-performance, diverse, workforce in support of the changing needs of the organization.” In the HR Department, you’ll be a part of an engaged, enthusiastic team, dedicated to providing exceptional services to the city’s managers and employees, and to job seekers and external partners. Bellevue employees embrace the values of innovation, integrity, stewardship, collaboration, accountability, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and take pride in the work they do. The City Council’s vision is that Bellevue welcomes the world, our diversity is our strength, we embrace the future while respecting our past.

• Develop a deep understanding of the labor market for public sector jobs by conducting and participating in compensation surveys and presenting recommended compensation actions at the employee, position, and system level to ensure competitive pay.
• Provide compensation proposals, recommendations, and technical expertise to management, union representatives, and others regarding the rationale for and proper application of human resources procedures and policies in the areas of job classification, compensation, labor and employee relations. 
• Assist in the development of specialized tools, processes, and structures to ensure the quality and timely delivery of HR services. May serve as lead on special projects and assignments.
• Provide guidance, education and coaching on classification and compensation processes, guidelines, job descriptions, position evaluation and regulatory issues and compliance to ensure alignment of compensation policy and practice.
• Develop and maintain standardized job descriptions and job families.
• Compile, prepare, and analyze data for use in labor negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and making compensation decisions.
• Provide compensation expertise to labor negotiators and City leaders. 
• And other duties as assigned. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, psychology, business, finance, or related field.
• Four years of human resources experience, preferably specialized in classification and compensation analysis or labor relations program development, negotiation, and implementation.
• Significant public sector experience preferred.
• Or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Demonstrated knowledge of:

• Local, state, and federal compensation and labor laws.
• General principles, practices, and trends in employee compensation and labor negotiation. 
• Research, data collection, and analysis techniques used in job evaluation.
• Standard principles of collective bargaining in the public sector. 

Demonstrated Skill and Ability to:

• Read, analyze, and logically interpret and apply appropriate laws, rules, regulations, contracts, and policies.
• Plan, organize and conduct research and statistical work including the ability to accurately secure, evaluate, analyze, and record facts.
• Reason logically, analyze situations, develop and evaluate alternatives and take effective action when the outcomes are uncertain.
• Prepare clear, succinct reports, graphs, correspondence, and statistical reports using Microsoft Office, particularly MS Excel. Use of other reporting applications, such as PowerBI or JDE is preferred.
• Develop and present compensation related training and information to all levels of personnel within the organization.
• Make well-reasoned recommendations based on detailed market analysis.
• Collaborate with diverse customers to form partnerships to achieve common objectives.
• Listen and ascertain the needs of customers; respond to customers tactfully and courteously.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work involves talking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 10 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.

For further information about this position, please contact Matt Smith via email at mcsmith@bellevuewa.gov or at 425-452-7936.