Compensation Consultant III
Primary Location Oakland, California
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day
Salary $112200 - $145200 / year
Job Number 1388802
Date Posted 10/17/2025
Job Summary:
This individual contributor is primarily responsible for administering compensation policies and programs, assisting in the development of compensation analysis plans, and assisting in market pricing and analysis.
This position assists with salary planning activities, consulting with business partners under the direction of a senior employee to evaluate job content and employee responsibilities, providing support on projects, and supporting the planning and development of HR compensation implementation strategies, programs, and policies.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; providing occasional mentoring to team members; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; creating plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; anticipating and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
- Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensuring all procedures and policies are followed; leveraging an understanding of data, and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating cross-functionally to solve business problems; identifying and monitoring priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying, recommending, and implementing ways to address improvement opportunities; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
- Administers compensation policies and programs by researching and analyzing compensation related issues; reviewing statutory requirements governing compensation administration; reviewing and maintaining company salary structure, FLSA exemptions, and job revision/creation; reviewing and providing support on incentive and recognition programs; analyzing reports; and conducting FLSA and equity reviews.
- Assists in the development of compensation analysis plans by researching and compiling data; obtaining input and resources to fulfill objectives; and coordinating project schedules.
- Assists in market pricing and analysis by auditing and evaluating compensation survey data; collecting competitive salary information; researching issues related to compensation surveys; assessing competitive labor market trends; informing salary structures and market positioning to support labor negotiations, talent acquisition, financial planning, and other business processes; and performing job matching and suggesting benchmarks for equitable and competitive employee compensation.
- Assists with salary planning activities by researching and recommending salary adjustments; identifying corrective or alternative actions to resolve compensation-related problems; providing costing and recommendations for salary budgets and escalations; completing payout calculations of compensation plans; and documenting compensation policies and pay practices.
- Consults with business partners under the direction of a senior employee to evaluate job content and employee responsibilities by auditing job content and their match to employee job duties; making recommendations for reclassifications; preparing or revising job descriptions to reflect job responsibilities, activities, duties, and requirements; and identifying new or revised classifications to determine appropriate salary grade assignments.
- Provides support on projects by coordinating stakeholder contacts; assisting in the analysis and coordination of project plans for compensation-specific deliverables; and coordinating project schedules based on resource forecasts.
- Supports the planning and development of HR compensation implementation strategies, programs, and policies by researching challenges during implementation of compensation strategies; implementing short- and long-range department goals, programs, and policies; and meeting compensation metrics.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business, Social or other sciences, Public Administration or related field and Minimum two (2) years experience in human resources, finance, data analytics, or business operations. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two (2) years health care experience.
- Two (2) years experience working cross-functionally across departments, functions, or business lines.
Primary Location: California,Oakland,Ordway
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Po/Ho Corp - HR National Compensation - 0308
Pay Range: $112200 - $145200 / year
Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente.
Travel: No
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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