"Associate Director"

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an Associate Director for the School of Arts and Sciences. Working independently within broadly defined objectives the Associate Director provides overall leadership and direction for the SAS Office of Human Resources Academic team and the SAS Office of Human Resources Operations team.

The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) is the largest academic unit at Rutgers University and the center of the undergraduate experience on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus and is comprised of 41 academic departments spanning the liberal arts.

SAS offers more than 100 majors and minors across the life sciences, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and mathematical and physical sciences with research centers and institutes across the school. With a diverse student body of more than 20,000 students, SAS has a membership of over 1,700 faculty members, more than 500 administrative staff, and 200,000 living alumni. SAS delivers a wide array of services in support of teaching, research, and the mission and goals of Rutgers University. The School of Arts and Sciences promotes anti-racist, inclusive, equity-enhancing ideas and practices both inside and outside the classroom for our community of educations, staff, and students.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Handles recruiting, compensation, appointment, reappointment, promotion, leave administration, salary and compensation programs, faculty retention, visa processing, department chair elections, post-tenure review, prior service, sabbaticals, Competitive Fellowship Leaves, Winter/Summer Session, processing grievances, policy compliance, discipline, and collective negotiation agreement interpretation for all tenure/tenure track faculty, non tenure track faculty, lecturers, teaching assistants/graduate assistants, post doctoral associates and fellows, fellows, coadjutants, and visiting faculty and scholars.
• Supports of SAS Dean's Office, SAS academic departments, centers, bureaus and institutes in fulfillment of the academic related functions of the School of Arts and Sciences.
• Handles recruiting, orientations, performance management, training and professional development compensation, appointment, reappointment, reclassification, in grade/range salary adjustment, promotion, leave administration, salary and compensation programs, visa compliance, progressive discipline, grievance and problem solving processes and support, policy compliance, termination, and collective negotiation agreement interpretation for all full-time and parttime staff, and student hourly employees.
• Recommends, implements, and manages the school's procedures and systems that support timely, accurate, and compliant Human Resources, Payroll, Absence, Leave, Training and Development, and Discipline activities for all academic personnel in SAS as well as academic personnel temporarily assigned to units outside RU-NB School of Arts and Sciences.
• Supervises and is responsible for the training and ongoing management of the SAS Human Resources Academic team.
• Recommends, implements, and manages the school's procedures and systems that support timely, accurate, and compliant Human Resources, Payroll, Absence, Leave, Training and Development, and Discipline activities for all staff and hourly personnel in SAS as well as staff and/or hourly personnel temporarily assigned to units outside RU-NB School of Arts and Sciences.
• Supervises and is responsible for the training and ongoing management of the SAS Human Resources Operations team.
• Develops. implements and manages staff orientation, development and recognition programs for the school.
• Serves as an advisor to SAS Senior Leadership and regularly is called upon report to/brief SAS Senior Leadership during various meetings including but not limited to Senior Staff, Chair Meetings, etc.
• Conducts analysis and interpretation of SAS data related to faculty/student ratios, salary/budget impacts of CNAs, sabbatical and leave utilization, etc,. that are used for budget/workforce planning, as well as strategic planning.
• Serves on Chancellor and University committees and task forces providing critical insight into academic personnel related activities and processes.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Master's degree is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of faculty/staff human resources methodologies, and current practices in higher education, or related field.
• A minimum of seven years of directly related experience of increasing responsibility in a leadership or managerial role that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of management, team-building, leadership skills, fiscal management, and best practices research.

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Regular use, and in many cases, development of, complex databases to capture and track important human resources actions and activities as required.
• This includes frequent deep dives into the architecture of University-wide data-gathering processes and database system designs to understand the source and storage of information; competence in the language and methodologies of data mining and information analysis; and facility with statistical methods and financial data. HCM/HRIS systems, RU Financial Management Systems, SAS systems and portals, MS Excel, Tableau, Statistical modeling.

Posting Number: 26ST0010