Associate Director of Human Resources for Employment and Compensation
Location: Utica, NY
Job Type: Full-Time, 12-Month
Mohawk Valley Community College provides accessible, high-quality educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our students. We are the community’s college, committed to student success through partnerships, transfer and career pathways, and personal enrichment.
The College is looking for exceptional colleagues to join the MVCC community. We are currently seeking an Associate Director of Human Resources for Employment and Compensation in our Office of Human Resources. The
Associate Director of Human Resources for Employment and Compensation provides
leadership for the College’s employment, classification, and compensation
functions. This position oversees job description development and updates, the
recruitment and hiring process, onboarding oversight, performance evaluation
cycles, compensation placement and equity, and employment-related compliance.
The Associate Director ensures consistency with college policy, collective
bargaining agreements, and applicable federal and state laws. The role
supervises staff responsible for recruitment, employment processing, and
personnel transactions, ensures accuracy of personnel documentation, and
supports labor relations and negotiations preparation.
Key responsibilities for this position include:
- Oversees the development, review, and updating of job descriptions; ensure alignment with classification structures, FLSA compliance, and organizational needs.
- Oversees onboarding processes and reviews/approves personnel actions, onboarding documentation, and employment transactions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely HRIS/Banner entry.
- Provides guidance to supervisors throughout the hiring process, ensuring compliance with College policy, civil service rules (when applicable), and collective bargaining agreements.
- Serves as the College’s point of contact for employment classification decisions and job analysis.
Provides leadership and support for the recruitment process, including full-time, part-time, adjunct, and temporary positions. - Serves as the HR functional administrator for the applicant tracking system (ATS), including maintaining system configurations, forms, workflows, posting templates, automated communications, user permissions, and system updates; troubleshoot system issues and coordinate with the vendor as needed.
- Ensures searches are conducted equitably and consistently across the institution.
- Coordinates with the HR Generalist and HR Assistants to ensure new hire documentation, status changes, and separations are completed correctly and in compliance with college requirements.
- Manages the setup, configuration, and ongoing updates to the College’s performance evaluation system, including evaluation templates, workflows, timelines, and supervisor training; ensure consistent and compliant use across the institution.
- Manages employee probationary periods, annual performance evaluation processes, and ongoing performance feedback cycles.
- Oversees procedures for employment renewals, promotion, continuing appointment, and career appointment; ensure compliance with policy and CBA requirements.
- Serves as the back-up investigator or note-taker for employee relations matters, including workplace complaints or policy violations, in coordination with the Associate Director of Benefits & Labor Relations.
- Oversee the College’s compensation practices, salary structures, and placement guidelines; advise on salary placement and compensation-related inquiries; and ensure compensation decisions are applied consistently, fairly, and in alignment with internal equity and collective bargaining agreements.
- Prepares compensation analyses and employment-related data to support collective bargaining, including costing models, salary placement comparisons, and documentation needed for negotiations, arbitrations, mediations, and grievances.
- Reviews and approves Board of Trustees resolutions, appointment letters, and personnel documentation for accuracy prior to submission.
- Oversees unemployment claims processing and serve as HR’s representative for unemployment hearings as needed.
- Conducts exit interviews, analyzes trends, and reports findings to leadership.
Produces employment-related rep