Project Employee, Job Evaluation Analyst

WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.

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Group Summary

Global Total Rewards consists of two core teams: Global Benefits and Global Compensation. Together, they design and deliver comprehensive, competitive programs that include benefits, incentives, and pay structures aimed at attracting and retaining top talent across all NBA markets in the United States, Canada, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

These teams are responsible for managing and continuously improving compensation and benefit programs to ensure alignment between individual performance and organizational objectives. They collaborate across all regions and business lines to develop short- and long-term incentive plans that drive results while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Job Summary

The Total Rewards Department is responsible for designing and delivering innovative and market-leading plans and programs that meet current/future employees'/participants' needs, stay within budget and support the NBA's business priorities.

The Job Evaluation Analyst is a project employee position. Reporting to the Compensation Analyst, you will be responsible for the day-to-day job evaluation process at the NBA ensuring that all our job descriptions are correctly written and categorized in order to ensure we can continue to attract the best talent for the positions while maintaining pay equity across the business. For this role, you will need to possess strong attention to detail and superior organizational skills, can understand and interpret job descriptions, and make recommendations to the business around the correct classification of jobs.

Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for job evaluation process, including the documentation of proposed job level with support, in a timely, consistent and defensible manner in accordance with the NBA job architecture
• Provide a high level of customer service to HR Business Partners through prompt and effective evaluations
• Uploads and maintains finalized job descriptions in the new job description platform
• Supports the roll out of a new job architecture process, the job description platform and the ongoing maintenance
• Assist with the development of a job governance process
• Stay current on provincial, state, and federal pay‑related legislation, including minimum wage updates, EEO code changes, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) updates, and pay transparency requirements
• Support the team in conducting FLSA classifications to ensure compliance and coordinate classification recommendations with Total Rewards and HRBPs
• Regularly conducts audits to ensure our system and processes are up to date and compliant with relevant legislation
• Works with HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure consistency in practice to collect, write, review and maintain job descriptions with a view towards consistent and accurate depiction of the work being performed
• Supports the refresh of our tools/education for job descriptions and job evaluation process and to make these accessible to HR and the business managers
• Responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of job families, which includes activation/de-activation of new job codes, creating new job codes, regularly conducts audits

Required Education / Relevant Experience

• A degree in a relevant field such as Human Resources is highly desirable for this position
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience working in a similar role
• Previous working experience with writing job descriptions and providing evaluations and recommendations

Required Skills / Knowledge Attributes

• Knowledge of compensation theory and principles relating to job design, job analysis, job documentation and job evaluation
• Experience working in a complex, international organization
• Strong attention to detail, methodical approach to job evaluation process
• Excellent organizational and planning skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Must possess tact, diplomacy and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent customer service focus and team player
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel

Salary Range:

$85,000-$105,000

Job Posting Title:

Project

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; short-term disability; mental health coaching/therapy; and sick time.

Eligibility Note: Not all positions are eligible for these benefits; eligibility may vary by role.

We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.

The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

About the NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.