Associate Vice Chancellor, Rewards Administration & HR Operations

Are you someone who strives for excellence, values accountability, provides the best service, all while reflecting unwavering integrity? Our talented team members across the state follow the behaviors, beliefs and outcomes of these core values to ensure that our vision is met. If you're ready to join the TSTC family and make great memories please complete our application process.

Texas State Technical College is expanding statewide, and our HR organization is growing with it. We are seeking an Associate Vice Chancellor of HR to join an exceptional leadership team and help steward the next chapter of our people strategy.

This is a rare opportunity to serve at the intersection of higher education, workforce development, and public service-supporting a mission that places Texans in high-skill, high-wage careers while remaining accountable to industry, students, and the public trust.

You will provide direct leadership and partnership to our Vice Chancellor & Chief Human Resources Officer and work alongside an accomplished team of senior HR leaders across:

• Total Rewards (compensation, benefits, executive pay)
• Performance Management and HR Business Partners
• Compliance, investigations, special leaves, and Title IX integration
• HR Operations and systems governance

Typical starting salary: ~$165,000 (commensurate with experience).

Work location is flexible. Candidates must reside within the great state of Texas and live within commuting distance of one of our 11 campuses.

The Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) of Rewards Administration & HR Operations provides senior leadership for critical, interconnected areas of Human Resources at Texas State Technical College (TSTC). This role ensures the integrity, quality, and credibility of compensation, benefits, performance administration, compliance, and workforce operations across a growing, multi-campus institution.

This position is intentionally designed as a leader of leaders, not a taker of authority-working alongside Senior Directors and Directors to strengthen integration, execution discipline, and institutional trust while fully respecting functional ownership within assigned domains.

Serving as HR's execution steward, the AVC embeds internal controls, validation checkpoints, and disciplined planning across HR operations to prevent errors, rework, and downstream impacts-supporting TSTC's ability to be Compellingly Different, Responsive & Accountable to Industry, Best in Class, and Stronger Over Time.

The employee will demonstrate TSTC's Core Values of Excellence, Accountability, Service, and Integrity with internal and external stakeholders, customers, students, and community members.

Enterprise Leadership: Total Rewards, Performance, Compliance, and Operations
Provide senior leadership oversight across Total Rewards (compensation, benefits, executive pay), Performance Management/HR Business Partners/campus HR relations, and Compliance & Workforce Administration (special leaves, investigations, Title IX coordination). Serve as the bridge across these domains through HR Operations, ensuring documentation discipline, audit readiness, consistent records management, and reliable service delivery.

Compensation, Benefits & Executive Pay
Lead the design, governance, and execution of compensation and benefits programs, including market benchmarking, job architecture, pay structures, and executive compensation. Ensure programs are compliant, financially responsible, and aligned with institutional priorities and workforce strategies. Partner with Finance and Payroll to ensure accurate implementation and strong internal controls.

Performance Management & Workforce Governance
Provide enterprise oversight for annual (and cyclical) performance evaluation processes, calibration, documentation standards, and administrative governance in partnership with HR Business Partners and leadership. Ensure performance documentation is complete, defensible, and consistently managed to support merit processes, development, and institutional credibility.

Compliance, Special Leaves & Investigations
Oversee compliance frameworks related to workforce administration, including leave programs, accommodations, investigations, and Title IX coordination. Ensure employment eligibility and safety-sensitive screening practices, record retention, and audit readiness meet state, federal, and institutional requirements.

HR Operations, Workday & Case Management
Serve as functional steward for Workday modules related to compensation, benefits, job architecture, and position management. Establish and oversee HR operations standards for employee lifecycle actions (e.g., employment verifications, salary confirmations, MVRs, documentation of PIPs/coaching/complaints/investigations, leave records). Implement and govern an HR case-management/CRM capability to track inquiries across channels, providing visibility into volume, trends, response times, and service quality.

Leadership, Partnership & Institutional Stewardship
Provide senior leadership and oversight to Senior Directors and Directors aligned to this role's scope, strengthening clarity, alignment, accountability, and disciplined execution while respecting functional ownership. Work collaboratively with HR leaders to ensure systems, practices, documentation, and execution standards operate cohesively. Serve as a key HR operational partner to senior leaders and stakeholders; partner closely with the Vice Chancellor & CHRO to strengthen HR's operational credibility and institutional trust. Support resolution of escalated, high-impact workforce matters in partnership with functional leaders. Prepare executive-ready analyses, workforce summaries, evaluations, and presentations.

Continuous Improvement
Continuously evaluate and improve processes to enhance clarity, ease, quality, and service value across HR.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field is beneficial but not required.

Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in compensation, total rewards, and workforce structures, including people leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

SHRM-SCP and/or compensation/benefits designations (e.g., CCP, CBP, CEBS).

Demonstrated evidence-based expertise in job architecture, executive compensation, performance governance, and HR systems (Workday preferred).

TSTC considers relevant certifications, industry credentials, and substantial professional experience in lieu of formal education when competencies align with role requirements.

Communication
Leads enterprise-level communication related to compensation, benefits, and workforce programs with clarity and credibility. Prepares executive-ready presentations, dashboards, and decision briefs using Workday data as the source of truth. Uses communication preventively to reduce errors and protect trust-supporting TSTC's ability to be Compellingly Different.

Job Knowledge / Job Performance
Demonstrates deep applied expertise in compensation, benefits, job architecture, and workforce structures; understands regulatory requirements for public-sector and higher-education environments; applies strong business and institutional acumen.

Ownership & Accountability
Owns outcomes, execution quality, and data integrity; addresses issues promptly and ensures corrective action prevents recurrence.

Teamwork & Service
Builds trusted partnerships across HR, Finance, Payroll, and campus leadership; balances empathy with policy adherence and institutional accountability.

Planning & Execution
Leads disciplined planning; ensures consistent statewide execution; establishes validation steps and controls; uses metrics and operating rhythms to strengthen reliability.

Critical Thinking & Judgment
Applies sound judgment to complex, sensitive matters; weighs equity, cost, precedent, compliance, and institutional impact.

Leadership
Leads with credibility and steadiness; coaches and develops leaders; builds accountability through inspection, feedback, and performance management.

Fiscal Stewardship
Ensures responsible use of institutional resources through strong controls, error prevention, and quality assurance.

Innovation
Champions continuous improvement while maintaining rigor, compliance, and service quality.

This job description outlines the general responsibilities and expectations of the role. It is not intended to include every task or responsibility. Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

This position may be considered for telework options based on eligibility under TSTC's Telework policy aligned with State of Texas requirements.

Must be reachable during business hours through standard communication channels as required by the role.

Some duties may require work outside standard business hours during peak compensation or benefits cycles.

Full-time, FLSA-exempt position.

Periodic in-state travel to campuses or meetings beyond the employee's designated or nearest base campus may be required based on business needs and will comply with TSTC and State of Texas requirements.

Position requires sustained attention to confidential, sensitive, and high-impact matters.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Texas State Technical College (TSTC), as an equal opportunity employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. TSTC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at TSTC.

Background Checks

A criminal history background check will be required for the finalist(s) under consideration for this position.