Our mission of making life better for others includes every person we serve, including our employees. By promoting fair, competitive and equitable pay practices, you will help to support compensation customers so that Legacy Health can most effectively work as a team with a unified goal. If this is how you view your work as a Compensation Specialist, we invite you to consider this opportunity.

The People & Culture organization at Legacy is about prioritizing our people so that we can prioritize our patients. We are transforming a traditional human resources function into a team of professionals who develop creative solutions to attract, develop and retain diverse, high performing talent. Within the People & Culture team, we are building a spirit of curiosity, experimenting with innovative approaches and challenging past practices to ensure we aren’t just responding to today’s workforce challenges, but can predict them. This is a pivotal moment in the healthcare industry, and Legacy’s People & Culture team sees this as an opportunity to reimagine what it means to work in one of the world’s most complex yet rewarding industries. For us it’s about building a legacy where our people can do their best and be their best.

This is a remote role that requires occasional meetings at a variety of Legacy locations across the Portland Metro area. All new hires are required to come to a designated Legacy Health office location in Portland, Oregon prior to their start date for a new hire health assessment and to complete new hire paperwork.

As the largest nonprofit health system serving the Portland-Southwest Washington and mid-Willamette Valley areas, Legacy Health provides a range of services - we have six hospitals, one of which includes a center solely dedicated to children’s care, Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. We run more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, employ nearly 3,000 doctors and providers and more than 13,000 employees. We also operate labs and a research center. Our major partnerships include those with PacificSource Health Plans and the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a one-of-a-kind center for people facing a mental health crisis that is collaboratively operated between four regional health systems and numerous community partners.

Provide first level consultation to Compensation customers in Legacy Health.  Manages daily support activity for Compensation including the maintenance of department databases containing employee information and/or market salary and pay practice data.

Education/Experience:

• One year applicable HR generalist experience required; three or more years in compensation and healthcare preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, business or related field or equivalent experience.
• Professional certification in specialty area preferred.

Skills:

• Requires excellent organizational, written and verbal communication, and customer service skills to be able to interact effectively with all internal and external customers.
• Requires tact and diplomacy skills to relate to a broad spectrum of personnel and members of the community.
• Knowledge of and experience with personal computers, Excel, Word, and HRIS applications.
• Working knowledge of laws, acts, and regulations relating to Human Resources.
• Collect, report, and participate in presenting data and information.
  Utilize effective and appropriate judgment and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of and experience with personal computers, word processing software, and all HR applications.

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you