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 AVC provides senior leadership for critical, interconnected areas of Human Resources s 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.

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.

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.

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.

Oversee compliance frameworks related to workforce…