Director of Total Rewards

Arizona College of Nursing is a rapidly growing, nursing school that transforms people’s lives by preparing them for careers in nursing and improving communities through the care its graduates provide.  As a leading nurse educator, Arizona College of Nursing offers students the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s in nursing in 3 years or less with qualified transfer credits. Our quality nursing curriculum prepares students for an in-demand career to help communities overcome the chronic, well-known, and increasing nursing shortage.  Through the execution of a targeted growth strategy, the college plans to meet the growing demand for nurses by launching campuses in markets where bachelor’s prepared nurses are needed.  

Putting students first, we are dedicated to providing students with an exceptional education in growing healthcare fields; teaching them relevant, required skills for today and the future. Our culture is positive, supportive, and collaborative. As a team, we continually embrace our core values:

Passion: We love helping others succeed.

Excellence: We strive to be the best.

Adaptability: We learn, in part by trying new ideas.

Accountability: We own our results.

Integrity: We do the right thing.

The Director, Total Rewards is both a strategic and operational leader of Arizona College of Nursing’s total rewards, benefits and payroll programs. Reporting to the VP of HR, you will work closely with the HR team to implement total rewards and benefit strategies to drive attraction and retention of talent across The College. You will have excellent working knowledge of HRIS systems, and how these strategies can be adapted inside of those systems. Your keen attention to detail and process will be utilized to create HR data dashboards, and provide visibility and recommendations our business partners to enable data driven decision making.

The successful candidate will have 7+ years in Human Resources, Total Rewards or HR Operations with a focus on strategic creation of job architecture and compensation structure, and benefits strategy aligned to organizational strategies. This person will also possess 3+ years of leadership within one or more of those disciplines. This person possesses excellent communication skills, stakeholder management and the ability to build and lead high performing teams.

Strategic Business Partnership:

• Serve as a champion for Arizona College of Nursing’s Total Rewards strategy ensuring alignment with values and business goals.
• Develop and implement effective communication strategies to enhance the understanding and alignment across the organization.
• Build and inspire team through regular 1:1 team meetings, development, and learning opportunities.

Compensation:

• Design comprehensive and competitive performance-based compensation program aligned to Arizona College of Nursing’s strategic goals.
• Partner with Department Leaders and HR Business Partners to support strategic compensation initiatives, rewards programs, providing customized compensation analysis to align pay programs with evolving campus structures.
• Advise and partner with HR Business Partners and Business Leadership on complex pay issues and pay equity, including the creation of pay ranges and pay bands.
• Ensure all state and federal pay laws are followed and incorporated into job descriptions and job posting to ensure alignment and consistency as The College grows.
• Partner with VP of Finance to plan and manage all compensation cycles including merit cycle, promotion, incentive payout and short-term incentive plans ensuring consistent, fair, and equitable practices in addition to timely execution across The College.

Benefits:

• Lead the strategic design, development and execution of Employee Benefits across The College ensuring alignment to Total Rewards strategy, workforce needs and meeting all financial objectives.
• Manage relationship with benefits broker and benefits vendors.
• Develop effective communication plan to educate colleagues about benefits programs at The College.

Payroll

• Manage, lead and collaborate with payroll on compensation and/or benefit projects
• Working knowledge of pay transparency, compliance and wage and hour laws
• Thorough understanding of how structure and process have downstream impacts to payroll processing

• Exceptional communication skills and stakeholder management
• Strong project management skills
• Strong analytical, qualitative and quantitative skills
• Ability to navigate a complex growth organization
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software

Education and Experience:

• 7+ years in Human Resources, Total Rewards or HR Operations with a focus on strategic creation of job architecture and compensation structure, benefits strategy and business partnerships
• Comfortable with navigating organizational change
• Working knowledge of multiple human resources disciplines with a progressive background within HR Operations or Total Rewards
• Experience working with a national decentralized organization
• Working knowledge of HRIS systems (ICIMs + Paylocity) including implementation and optimization experience
• Thorough understanding of pay practices and compliance regulations at the state and local level