Director / Faculty Employee Relations

university faculty, to include, but not be limited to, collaborating with senior university officials regarding faculty collective bargaining issues, serving as a member of the administrative collective bargaining team, developing, researching, and maintaining data for collective bargaining, providing contract interpretation and ensuring compliance with the bargaining contract, making recommendations related to potential exceptions to bargaining contract provisions or to university policy, advising academic departments and deans regarding departmental processes and bylaws, working directly with faculty union leaders to resolve complaints/concerns, conducting grievance investigations, and making recommendations for resolution of grievances. This position is also responsible for preparing for arbitration and providing general guidance to senior university officials relating to faculty employee relations. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in liberal arts, business, management, information systems or a related field. Five years of professional experience specifically with employee relations issues. Demonstrated proficiency in both oral and written communication. Strong organizational skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work with a diverse clientele, and within a unionized environment. Demonstrated competence in utilizing personal computers and computerized information systems. Ability and willingness to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships throughout campus. Demonstrated leadership, management and problem-solving skills. Knowledge of labor and employee relations laws, including those defining disability status. Preferred Qualifications Juris Doctor degree or other related advanced degree. Applicable work experience in higher education, including familiarity with academic policies and procedures in higher education. Demonstrated quantitative skills. Familiarity with HR and Financial computer systems (SAP preferably). Duties & Responsibilities Engages with faculty, staff, senior administrators daily, and outside parties on occasion, with regard to faculty bargaining contract issues. Provides interpretation of bargaining contract terms/conditions/definitions. Provides the faculty union leadership with various reports, as required by the bargaining contract. Establishes a schedule of regular meetings with faculty union leadership. Monitors the regular meetings between faculty and their academic supervisors and provides reports of these meetings to the various academic deans. Ensures that the personnel files for all faculty are properly maintained. Develops, researches, and maintains data relevant to faculty issues and ensures accurate archiving of prior contractual issues. Establishes and maintains contacts at other universities. Reviews all academic department Bylaws, suggesting revisions to language of Bylaws as needed. Serves as inquiry officer and/or investigator of all complaints registered against faculty members. Moderates disputes and attempts resolution of disputes. Helps with management of the formal grievance resolution process. Functions as a coordinator for reviews of disability claims/issues within the Academic Division. Functions as an administrator for faculty and graduate assistant leaves, including those arising out of a collective bargaining agreement (e.g. FMLA, Parental Leave, Sabbatical Leave). Represents the office and the division on various university committees. Conducts research on a variety of projects integral to departmental operations. Originates correspondence concerning faculty employee relations and other academic matters. Assists with the review of faculty employment applications, where necessary. Performs other similar and related duties as assigned. Supervision Exercised None. Position Details Employee Group: Professional & Administrative - Salary Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000 per year Division: Academic Affairs Department: Faculty Personnel Services Position Status: Regular 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 needed Location: Mount Pleasant, MI Open Until Filled: Yes About the Department Faculty Personnel Services is a community of dedicated and experienced Human Resource Professionals devoted to supporting the academic mission of the University by managing the employment relationships between CMU's 1400+ faculty employees and the University. FPS staff works to expertly, and humanely, serve the needs of CMU faculty in the course of their employment. We are committed to promoting a safe and equitable work environment and establishing and communicating sound policies and practices that treat employees fairly. From new hire orientation, through probation, reappointment, the complexities of fixed term faculty employment, promotion, tenure, and sabbatical, FPS partners with administrators and faculty to find solutions to the many challenging and rewarding aspects of academic employment at Central. As part of the Academic Division, FPS provides advice, support, training, and professional education to the academic community. Our core constituency includes the president, provost, deans, department chairpersons, their staffs, and most importantly, our faculty and graduate assistants. We also serve as strategic partners to Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity, General Counsel, Athletics, Student Affairs, and work with the staff Human Resources' office to establish a community of HR expertise for the university community. About CMU Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives. We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence. CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more. Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17. CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant. Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city's central location in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms. CMU Leadership Standards Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference. We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams. Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position. Message to Applicants Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU's mission, vision, and leadership standards. You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position. Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit letters of recommendation. If you wish to include recommendation letter(s) that are not required, please utilize the Recommendation Letters upload field. If there is another applicable document you wish to include that is not required, please utilize the Other Document (1) upload field. To apply, visit https://www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/45675 CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. 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