What are the responsibilities and job description for the Faculty Load Compensation Analyst position at Liberty University?
The Faculty Load Compensation Analyst advances Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ by regular delivery and direction of the essential services of academic related functions in Human Resources. The Faculty Load Compensation Analyst manages and coordinates the data, processes, communication, and policies involved in delivering administrative and operational services for academic units. Regular and ongoing duties involve administering faculty load and pay processes for one or more campuses to ensure correct and timely faculty compensation in accordance with HR’s payroll processes. This position also entails advising Deans and administrators with reference to course load, faculty contract fulfillment and other stipends payments. The Faculty Load Compensation Analyst will participate in a collaborative work environment, actively contribute to the completion of team goals, and assigned tasks. This role will work under general supervision, completing assignments that are difficult in nature, and requires high levels of responsibility.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Academic Data Management:
This position does not supervise any employees or student workers.
Qualifications And Credentials
Education and Experience
Communication and Comprehension
Work Environment
The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting. It is well lighted and the noise level is moderate. Working environment also includes facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.
Driving Requirements
Use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) is required for travel in the performance of the essential functions of this position. Proof of a valid Virginia driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, and liability insurance is required.
Target Hire Date
2026-02-15
Time Type
Full time
Location
Hybrid
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Academic Data Management:
- Track faculty load and prepare compensation for contract overload, adjunct load, and other stipends.
- Prepare basic reports on contracted load, overload, and non-load academic assignments to support administrative decisions.
- Manage faculty record data and the processes for updating and validating information.
- Work with ADS to coordinate the development and maintenance of tools to manage academic processes, providing documentation and training for end-users.
- Manage the processes for issuing, renewing, and tracking the fulfillment of faculty contracts, ensuring accuracy of faculty contract records.
- Prepare (and promote adherence to) the academic operational calendar and pay schedules while coordinating with the academic calendar and Dean planning.
- Review, maintain, and suggest improvements for consistent standards and mechanisms for academic compensation. Aiming to reduce the number of exceptions and complexities across the academic units.
- Always, in all places, with all processes, drive efficiency and optimization of academic processes needed to Train Champions for Christ.
- Receive, troubleshoot, and appropriately route inquiries about academic processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Strictly adheres to Liberty University policies, representing the University in an exemplary manner. Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’s mission.
This position does not supervise any employees or student workers.
Qualifications And Credentials
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) degree from a four-year college or university preferred.
- 3 years of related experience required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proficiency in MS Excel with a demonstrated ability to create structured tables.
- Ability to attain an understanding of all technical systems that support the Faculty Load team.
Communication and Comprehension
- Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
- Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
- Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of internal stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong computer skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
- Required to travel to local and campus locations.
- May be required to sit to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
- Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
- Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the campus.
- Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
- Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.
Work Environment
The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting. It is well lighted and the noise level is moderate. Working environment also includes facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.
Driving Requirements
Use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) is required for travel in the performance of the essential functions of this position. Proof of a valid Virginia driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, and liability insurance is required.
Target Hire Date
2026-02-15
Time Type
Full time
Location
Hybrid
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.