This presentation will cover a recent and ongoing Compensation Administration initiative, title guidance. Job title guidance is a comparison of two or more titles to help campus partners distinguish between similar or confusing SJDs. The guidance is intended to assist with job analysis as it relates to title selection. At UW-Madison, job title guidance provides a “best practice” across colleges, schools, and divisions. Title Guidance is actively being worked on by the current Job Rotation Program Cohort 4 and we will share their progress as well as the materials developed so far for the HR campus community.
The presentation will include the currently identified title guidance areas as well as share expected future title guidance topics as received by our HR survey. We aim to share why title guidance is important, how the resources are being developed, and how to use the title guidance docs to aid in job analysis and title selection. Additionally, Compensation Administration will share our process for selecting a title based on a bulleted list of responsibilities as often provided to divisional HR by a supervisor/hiring manager. This includes sorting through the SJD library to narrow down the job group, subgroup, and ultimately title. Many factors are considered during job analysis, and you will find it is often more of an art, than a science
Learning Outcomes
- 1. Improved Job Analysis knowledge and skills
- Understanding of title guidance and resource docs (matrices)
- Tips for asking questions of supervisors/hiring managers during the title determination process
About the Speaker
Brock Flowers has a bachelor’s degree in organizational management and a certification in Human Resource Management. He has spent nearly 10 years working in public sector human resources including county, state, and higher education experience. He has spent the last 3.5 years with the Compensation Administration team providing compensation consultation and guidance, performing classification and titling analysis, and advancing and navigating the title and total compensation structure at UW-Madison. Brock has been involved in title guidance since the inception of the project at OHR. He has facilitated initial planning sessions and work group meetings to establish the title guidance matrix development process.
Stephen Colleton has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and is a graduate of the UW–Madison MBA program specializing in human resources. He holds a SHRM Senior Certified Professional certification and has experience in compensation consulting for a variety of organizations in Wisconsin and throughout the country as a total rewards analyst. He recently joined the Compensation Administration team in June 2023 bringing a unique perspective having worked a decade in the service industry. Stephen has experience with market analysis, job classification, and rate setting which he uses to assist our HR business partners.