"Director of Academic Personnel"

Director of Academic Personnel

Job ID:

Location: Main Campus - UCR

Schedule: 8AM - 5PM

Category: Campus Administration and Operations

Salary: $93,200 - $174,200

Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)

Organization: Planning Budget & Administration

Department: Veronica Ruiz

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Position Information:

UC Riverside's Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) is recruiting for a Director of Academic Personnel. The full salary range for the Director is $93,200 - $174,200 annually. The expected pay scale of this position is up to $140,000 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

The Director of Academic Personnel (AP) serves as the principal advisor and subject matter expert on all academic personnel matters and is a key member of the Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET). This position reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for ASSET, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education. The Director provides strategic leadership, policy interpretation, and operational oversight for a broad range of academic personnel functions within the units supported by ASSET. This includes appointments and reviews for Ladder Rank Faculty, Non-Senate Faculty (including Unit 18 Lecturers), Academic Student Employees (ASEs), and academic administrators. The role supports all academic personnel operations for the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), which encompasses the Undergraduate Writing Program, Academic Resource Center, and University Honors. Additionally, the Director may support academic HR functions for academic administrators across ASSET-supported units. This position requires expert-level knowledge of academic policies, compensation structures, collective bargaining agreements, and academic recruitment processes. As the primary liaison among Undergraduate Education academic units, ASSET's human resources, workforce administration, and finance teams, and central academic personnel offices, the Director ensures policy compliance, consistency, and timely execution of academic HR actions. The Director leads academic personnel planning and service delivery, including recruitment, onboarding, staffing, compensation, academic reviews (for both Senate and non-Senate faculty), and ASE appointments. In collaboration with ASSET HR and DUE leadership, the Director also contributes to the development and implementation of internal guidelines, delivers training, and drives process improvement initiatives. In addition to academic HR responsibilities, and in collaboration with ASSET HR, this position may provide support for staff HR actions as needed. The Director plays a critical leadership role in aligning academic personnel practices with DUE's teaching and learning mission by providing proactive service, strategic guidance, and cross-functional collaboration in support of faculty and academic appointees.

Please be advised that applicants must submit a curriculum vitae/resume for full consideration. A cover letter is highly preferred.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Requirements:

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required
• Master's degree in related field Preferred

Experience Requirements

• 6 - 10 years of related experience. Required

Special Conditions

• Must successfully pass a background check prior to employment. Required

Minimum Requirements

• Requires advanced knowledge of and ability to apply/ interpret systemwide, organization and college policies and procedures which govern academic HR.
• Advanced knowledge of organization and college goals, priorities and values and the legal and human implications of decisions.
• Ability to analyze complex management issues, develop project scope and solutions, give professional advice to senior officials and make critical decisions regarding personnel.
• Thorough knowledge of trends in academia, especially in areas of academic planning, human resource management and administration.
• Demonstrated initiative, tact and planning skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
• Advanced political acumen.
• Advanced knowledge of systemwide and organization policies, union contracts, procedures and practices that govern academic HR administration.
• Excellent critical and innovative thinking to address complex issues and present nuanced analyses.

Job Description Details:

Generic Scope

Technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the overall field and recognized expertise in specific areas; problem-solving frequently requires analysis of unique issues/problems without precedent and/or structure. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy.

Custom Scope

Uses advanced skills and knowledge of UC system wide and/or organization academic HR policies and programs to address strategic academic personnel issues and to resolve complex issues and situations. Provides guidance, training, and direction to other academic HR or affiliated unit staff members.

Department Custom Scope

[Repeated position description similar to above]

Key Responsibilities:

• Makes recommendations to deans that affect the strategic direction of the organization.