EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / FACULTY & STAFF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Position Number: S-3792
Position Summary:
The College of Medicine’s (CMED ) executive director for faculty and staff employment services is a highly visible executive/leadership role responsible for coordinating and facilitating faculty affairs and human resource activities for CMED in collaboration with CMU’s Human Resources and Faculty Personnel Services offices. The executive director provides leadership and guidance regarding faculty and staff human resource matters and faculty affairs within CMED to ensure adherence with evolving accrediting and licensing bodies, federal and state law where appropriate, and CMU policies and practices. The position is responsible for interpreting rules and regulations, often applying sound judgment without the benefit of specific policy or precedent. These services relate to a broad spectrum of employees including tenured, tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, volunteer faculty, external partner faculty, professional and administrative staff, union employees, student employees, graduate assistants, and post-doctoral scholars. The executive director exercises direct supervision of a team of professional and administrative and office support personnel in CMED’s Faculty and Staff Services Office. The executive director also provides oversight and implementation of policies, processes, and procedures associated with the academic appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure of medical faculty, associated professional staff members, community educators, CMU Medical Education Partners faculty, and other external partner faculty appointments.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, management, or other field directly relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the position.
Eight years of professional-level faculty or staff services experience.
Prior supervisory and management-level experience.
Demonstrated ability to deliver a broad array of employment type services in a complex organization such as a college of medicine, university, or health care system.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of a large, complex organization and to be a strong advocate and leader in process improvement as related to faculty and staff service delivery.
Outstanding verbal and written communications skills.
Demonstrated team-oriented leadership style.
Ability to perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Provides direct supervision and management of the College of Medicine Faculty and Staff Services (CMED F&SS) office. This includes coaching, mentoring, and managing the performance of direct report staff members, ensuring that the proper levels of staffing and the workflow assignments within the staff are appropriate, and that the office’s processes and procedures are effective, compliant, and responsive to client service.
Serves as a subject matter expert and consultant to managers and executive leadership in CMED regarding faculty appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure of medical faculty and appointment/reappointment of community educators and external partner faculty. This includes providing specific consultation on complex faculty and staff issues and working with the Human Resources Department/Faculty Personnel Services to ensure the successful implementation, interpretation, and application of CMU’s human resources policies and practices.
Oversees and improves CMED’s faculty and staff onboarding, orientation, and appointment/reappointment processes.
Performs other professional 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 in our teams. 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: $95,000 - $115,000 per year
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: College of Medicine
Position Status: Regular
Position End Date:
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.0
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed
Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes
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