SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST - 40010508

Senior Human Resources Analyst - 40010508

Join Durham County Government. Durham County Government is home to over 2,000 dedicated professionals working together to deliver essential services that strengthen and support our vibrant, diverse community. As the heart of a fast-growing region, we offer meaningful careers across a wide range of fieldsgiving you the opportunity to make a real impact where you live, work, grow, and play.

This position provides classification and compensation support, guidance, and consultative services to County departments and divisions.

Under general supervision, this position independently manages time-sensitive tasks related to classification and compensation.

Duties and responsibilities include :

• Serving as the lead Analyst of the Classification and Compensation division to ensure processes and procedures are followed.
• Preparing and maintaining job descriptions for positions in the organization; ensuring descriptions accurately reflect the work being performed by incumbents.
• Evaluating jobs and their respective duties to determine classification as exempt or nonexempt and appropriate salary range.
• Preparing and maintaining job classifications and salary pay bands.
• Interviewing and surveying employees and managers to gather and document job, organizational, and occupational information including duties, responsibilities, and skills required by each job.
• Managing annual review of salary surveys for key positions.
• Overseeing the benchmarking of jobs against survey data and other market intelligence to determine competitive compensation salaries.
• Managing the HRIS SAP organization management and cost center structures.
• Coordinating with and assisting Departments with reclassification and salary review requests.
• Coordinating with and assisting with critical pay related updates and changes.
• Working with payroll regarding compensation processes as needed.
• Serving as a SME and process improvement lead for compensation processes and procedures.
• Preparing and leading training on Classification processes and procedures.
• Assisting and advising department directors, supervisors, managers on compensations questions and issues.
• Assisting in overseeing the daily workflow of classification and compensation functions and may assign or review the work of other analysts or support staff.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for escalated classification and compensation matters.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior analysts and HR team members.
• Assisting the HR Manager in setting priorities and monitoring progress on division initiatives.
• Assisting the HR Manager with processing time sensitive and confidential information.
• Leading special projects related to compensation reform, internal equity, or organizational restructuring.
• Analyzing complex compensation data and presenting findings to HR leadership and County administration to support strategic decision-making.
• Developing dashboards, metrics, and reports to monitor pay equity, market competitiveness, and compliance trends.
• Reviewing and validating position control and salary budget information in coordination with Budget and Finance.
• Recommending updates and drafting policies and standard operating procedures for classification and compensation practices.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws (FLSA), EEOC guidelines, and internal pay policies.
• Leading internal audits of job classification and compensation records to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Performing related tasks as required.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include :

Minimum requirements include :

Preferred :

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance :

Durham County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Durham County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Nearest Major Market : Durham

Nearest Secondary Market : Raleigh