Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Senior Compensation Analyst to join our team.

The Senior Compensation Analyst will bring a passion for the mission of Harlem Children’s Zone: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.

HCZ is seeking a Senior Compensation Analyst who will take the opportunity to build and administer employee compensation programs in a growing and evolving organization. Successful candidates have experience administering various compensation programs for mid-size evolving organizations where strong project management capabilities are key. Major responsibilities include compensation program implementation and administration (e.g., base salary, annual and long-term incentives), job analysis, and actively supporting the mid-year and annual merit program. This role is located at the HCZ HQ offices in NYC. It is a hybrid schedule of 3 days in office.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Human Resources, Accounting, or related field
• 5 years of progressive and hands-on compensation design and implementation experience 

Who you are

• Experience collaborating with a diverse team of leadership, business partners, external vendors, and consultants
• A track record of developing and executing effective compensation programs, tools, metrics, and practices
• Strong analytical capability and comfortable preparing and presenting compensation proposals
• Strong project management skills in organizing, planning, and executing small to medium scale projects
• Experience leading or participating in a job architecture or similar project is highly desired.
• Expert-level experience utilizing HRIS and compensation management systems and mastery of Microsoft Excel
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or other compensation certification is highly desired.
• Learning Abilities/Tech Savvy – Resilient and open to learning and capability to apply the learning real time. Understands the use of technology tools to drive efficiency and scale.
• Ability to communicate at all levels in the organization including senior and executive leaders.
• Willingness and ability to build strong, productive collaborative relationships within and outside of HR.
• Confidentiality & Discretion – Treat compensation matters with strict confidentiality and a high degree of discretion.

What you'll do

• Designs, implements, and executes compensation programs including base pay and internal mobility administration, short term, and long-term incentive programs.
• Handle the day-to-day analysis and administration needs with respect to the company's compensation plans.
• Reviews job content and assists with creating job descriptions.
• Participates in compensation surveys to collect and analyze competitive salary information.
• Designs and implements dashboards and tools that drive awareness and understanding of compensation programs.
• Reviews requests for new or revised classifications to determine appropriate salary grade assignment and FLSA status.
• Assist in policy development and recommendations on the organization’s compensation programs.
• Strive to be industry-leading and progressive in our total rewards programs, regularly monitoring external trends to proactively adjust our compensation strategies to stay competitive in the market and recommend revisions to lead best-in-class rewards.
• Ensures compliance with regulations and applicable laws.
• Adhoc projects and additional assignments as needed.

Schedule

• 3/2 Hybrid Schedule 

Benefits

As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.

Our exceptional full-time benefits include: 

• Highly competitive base salaries
• Paid time off 
• Employee referral bonus 
• Career Advancement
• No-cost health insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-and long-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• Wellness discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Financial wellness perks
• Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

The annual starting salary for this position is $100,000, with a comprehensive benefits package including employer-covered health insurance. To be considered, interested applicants can also submit a resume to hczcareers@hcz.org. No telephone inquiries or recruiters, please. Replies will only be sent to qualified applicants. HCZ is an EOE.

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