A final report on the study is expected before the end of the academic year.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—By the start of 2015, 1,033 members of the WMU Staff Compensation System responded to a Human Resources request by submitting a job content tool intended to provide detailed information for use in the University's ongoing Staff Compensation Project.
The project is a study of the staff compensation system for all professional, administrative, clerical and technical employees of the University and has an expected completion date of June 30, 2015. To aid in the study, employees in the system's 1,270 positions were invited in November to fill out and submit job content tools outlining their positions' major responsibilities. More than 81 percent of affected employees responded.
"The response from employees campuswide was tremendous," says Jan Van Der Kley, vice president for business and finance. "People responded quickly, fully and thoughtfully. The level of input we received will make the final study outcome more valuable and reflective of our campus environment."
In addition to the employee job content submissions, supervisors submitted comments on 772 positions. On Jan. 5, both sets of information were sent to Aon Hewitt, an external national consulting firm employed by the University to assist with the study. The deadline for supervisory comments to be submitted has been extended to Thursday, Jan. 15, and material received by that date also will be forwarded to the firm.
A complete list of positions for which a job content tool was received can be downloaded in PDF form. Positions are listed by position number, job title, department and executive area. Each listing notes whether supervisory comments were received as well. Employees who submitted a job content tool but do not see it on the list should contact the Human Resources compensation team at hr-compensation@wmich.edu.
Human resources also is maintaining a project website that outlines the project's goals and timelines and includes project updates. That site can be found at wmich.edu/hr/compensationproject. The current effort marks the first time since 2000 that the University has systematically studied compensation levels for campus positions and benchmarked them against similar positions in the job market. A final report on the study is expected before the end of the academic year.