EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / FACULTY PERSONNEL SERVICES
Position Number: S-3531
Position Summary:
The Executive Director of Faculty Personnel Services is the senior administrator assigned the day-to-day responsibility for academic employment at Central Michigan University. This position manages, provides leadership for, and otherwise directs the operations of the Office of Faculty Personnel Services (FPS ). Those operations include but are not limited to, services and programs for CMU tenure/tenure-track faculty, fixed-term faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate assistants, providing support for academic division Senior Officers and their support staff as needed, administering labor contracts, and taking a lead role in negotiating faculty and graduate assistant contracts. The Executive Director also conducts investigations and resolves grievances and serves as a representative on the Senior Leadership Team and the Emergency Management Steering Committee.
Required Qualifications:
Advanced degree preferably in the liberal arts, law, business/management, or related field.
Six, or more, years of relevant professional experience, specifically in human resources, faculty relations or other directly associated field of employee relations management.
Four, or more, years of administrative supervisory experience, preferably in higher education.
Experience bargaining and/or administering labor contracts.
Strong organizational, management, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity and the ability to work with a diverse clientele.
Demonstrated competence in utilizing personal computers and computerized information systems.
Ability and willingness to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships throughout campus.
Knowledge of labor and employee relations laws.
Demonstrated excellence at both verbal and written communication.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Legal training, JD or doctorate degree desirable.
Prior direct experience in higher education, to include administering collective bargaining contracts, and familiarity with academic policies and procedures.
Demonstrated ability to serve as a spokesperson during collective bargaining contract negotiations.
Demonstrated successful relationships with faculty (tenured, tenure- eligible, and non-tenure-eligible) and graduate assistants within a unionized environment.
Familiarity with faculty reappointment, tenure, promotion processes and other faculty personnel matters.
Familiarity with, and understanding of, laws related to the employment of non-immigrants;
Familiarity with enterprise computer systems (SAP preferably).
Duties & Responsibilities:
Designs administrative strategies for achieving, maintaining and fostering positive relationships with faculty and graduate assistants; undertakes the tactical operations for implementing those strategies.
Collaborates frequently with senior academic administrators on any/all issues related to faculty and/or graduate assistants; including, but not limited to, employment, compensation, and employee relations.
Provides active leadership during collective bargaining with faculty and graduate assistant unions and may serve as chief spokesperson; conducts regular meetings with faculty and graduate assistant union leadership.
Serves as contract administrator, as defined in the collective bargaining agreements; provides interpretation of bargaining contract terms/conditions/definitions.
Responsible for timely resolution of all formal complaints brought by faculty and graduate assistants under the bargaining agreements; intervenes and helps to moderate and/or resolve disputes on an informal basis.
Assists the Executive Vice President and Provost with recommendations for faculty reappointment, tenure and/or promotion.
Develops (authors) new policy, revises existing policies.
Represents the office and the division on various university committees.
Assists the university Freedom of Information Officer with respect to matters in the academic division.
Conducts research on projects/issues integral to academic division/university operations.
Reviews, where appropriate, the work of other staff in the office.
Performs other similar and related duties, as assigned.
Supervision Exercised:
Supervisors are expected to support the Leadership Standards of Central Michigan University and foster a culture that inspires excellence. The Leadership Standards define how we lead and treat others. As leaders, it is our responsibility to seek input from our teams to continuously improve leadership abilities and demonstration of the standards. Additionally, it is our responsibility to encourage and support the growth and development of those whom we lead. At CMU , we encourage employees to grow both personally and professionally, and thus advance CMU’s culture of excellence.
Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary
Staff Pay Level:
Pay Range: $135,000 - $155,000
Division:
Department: Faculty Personnel Services
Position Status: Regular
Position End Date:
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.00
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as required.
Location: 1200 S Franklin St, Mt Pleasant, Michigan, 48859
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes
About the Department:
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