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:
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Oversees the development, review, and updating of job descriptions; ensure alignment with classification structures, FLSA compliance, and organizational needs.
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Oversees onboarding processes and reviews/approves personnel actions, onboarding documentation, and employment transactions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely HRIS/Banner entry.
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Provides guidance to supervisors throughout the hiring process, ensuring compliance with College policy, civil service rules (when applicable), and collective bargaining agreements.
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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.
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Ensures searches are conducted equitably and consistently across the institution.
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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.
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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.
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Manages employee probationary periods, annual performance evaluation processes, and ongoing performance feedback cycles.
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Oversees procedures for employment renewals, promotion, continuing appointment, and career appointment; ensure compliance with policy and CBA requirements.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reviews and approves Board of Trustees resolutions, appointment letters, and personnel documentation for accuracy prior to submission.
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Oversees unemployment claims processing and serve as HR’s representative for unemployment hearings as needed.
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Conducts exit interviews, analyzes trends, and reports findings to leadership.
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Initiates and prepares institutional, state, and federal reports utilizing human resources data, ensuring accuracy, timely submission, and effective use of available HRIS and reporting tools.
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Reviews, recommends, and implements employment and compensation procedures and related policy updates to ensure adherence to college policy, collective bargaining agreements, County and Civil Service rules, and applicable federal, state, and local laws, and to promote equity and institutional effectiveness.
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Develops and delivers training for supervisors and employees on employment practices, performance evaluation processes, job descriptions, and classification and compensation procedures.
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Supports a diverse and inclusive workforce by maintaining fair, equitable, and objective employment and compensation systems and processes.
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Supervises HR staff, providing direction, training, workload management, and performance feedback.
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Supports cross-training within the HR team and contributes to process improvement initiatives.
Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Human Resources.
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Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Hours per week: 35
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree
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At least five (5) years of human resources experience, including direct responsibility for managing employment processes, and/or classification, or compensation administration
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Experience independently advising supervisors or managers on employment practices and decisions
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Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal employment laws, FLSA, and compensation systems
Experience managing performance evaluation processes and advising supervisors on employment practices -
Experience with HRIS and reporting systems
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Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret HR data and develop recommendations
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
Preferred Qualifications:
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Master’s degree in human resources, business, public administration, or related field
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Experience supervising professional and/or support staff
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Human resources experience in higher education and/or the public sector or another highly regulated or unionized environment
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Experience preparing employment or compensation data for negotiations, budgeting, or strategic planning
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Experience interpreting and applying collective bargaining agreements
Additional Information:
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements.
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Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
We encourage applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and have transferable skills to apply. If you have related experience that may not align perfectly with the job description, we’d still like to hear from you.
To learn more about MVCC, our culture, and employee benefits, please visit: https://www.mvcc.edu/about/discover
Special Instructions to Applicants: Official academic transcripts required upon hire.
Salary: $72,000
For full consideration, apply by: 6/8/2026
Mohawk Valley Community College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and diversity. MVCC maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and global worldview. We value the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. We are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in a world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, different abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.