The Associate Vice President of Total Rewards serves as senior leadership's primary interface and recognized authority on matters related to compensation, employee benefits, and employee health and well-being. This individual is expected to effectively create, translate, and implement the vision and strategy for staff and executive compensation, employee benefits, and employee health and well-being programs into a total rewards strategy that enables Rush to attract, recruit, and retain top tier talent, including executive staff. The AVP of Total Rewards will be responsible for creating and/or enhancing Total Rewards strategic initiatives in the areas of employee benefits, staff and executive, compensation, and employee health and well-being frameworks that align to Rush objectives, including the achievement of competitive, innovative, and sustainable market-driven total rewards programs and practices. This person will lead compensation discussions and strategy for executive searches in collaboration with VP, HR Operations. Overseeing total rewards for Rush, this individual will ensure that appropriate compensation pay policies and practices are established and managed while designing competitive programs linking pay, benefits, and rewards to vision, values, and performance. This position must influence in a highly-collaborative and relationship-driven environment, build credibility, and navigate a changing culture. The Associate Vice President of Total Rewards reports directly to the VP, HR Operations and oversees the following functional areas: compensation and benefits, employee service center, and employee health. This individual will introduce and drive innovative programs from concept through to delivery. This role will execute Rush’s vision while championing Rush's culture and values.

Preferred Education - Master's degree; Business Administration or Master's degree Organizational Development or Master's degree in related fields.

Preferred Certifications - Professional in Human Resources - PHR, Certified Compensation Professional- CCP (WorldatWork) HR Certification

Preferred Experience - Extensive experience designing, establishing and implementing robust total rewards programs and policies. Excellent critical thinking and organizational skills, and an exemplary attention to detail. Ability to develop analytics from multiple data streams, interpret trends, and advance persuasive recommendations. Excellent problem-solving skills, with strategic focus on change management, process mapping, task management, and deployment of scalable solutions. 15+ years of experience designing a wide array of total rewards programs in higher education and/or in HR operations at large, complex organizations. 10 years of experience leading or managing teams with evolving cultures. Three or more years of experience in a senior administrative or executive role for an organization

$76.35 - $113.76 per hour

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

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