Non-Senate Academic Analyst (4856U) 85379

About Berkeley

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Departmental Overview

The mission of the Academic Personnel Office is to ensure the continued excellence of Berkeley's entire academic population so that our campus can fulfill its core missions: offering broad access to a superb education, pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge, and serving the public good.

We work closely with the Vice Provost for the Faculty to maintain high standards and fair processes in academic appointments, promotions, and merit increases. We help academic appointees, faculty, chairs, and deans to stay up-to-date about the University's policies and practices so that we can sustain a broadly shared understanding across our campus.

We support the Office of Faculty Equity and Welfare in their academic recruitment efforts by classifying non-senate appointments into the appropriate title series and approving appointments at non-delegated levels

We administer APBears, the Academic Personnel at Berkeley Electronic Achievements and Review System, for the campus and also collect and analyze data to assess the effectiveness of our current academic personnel practices and to identify areas in which the campus may improve. We manage OATS (Outside Activities Tracking System) for the Berkeley campus. We also manage a CalNet authenticated site, BMAP, Berkeley Manual of Academic Personnel, that focuses on policies, processes, and practices concerning the Professor and Teaching Professor Series.

Position Summary

The Academic Personnel Office is seeking to hire a Non-Senate Academic Personnel Analyst (Academic Personnel Analyst 4). The successful candidate will be a flexible and detail-oriented self-starter; have a strong work ethic and collaborative orientation; possess superior academic personnel skills; and enjoy being a critical part of a high-performing team.

This position serves as the campus expert and lead on the following non-senate title series: Postdoctoral Scholars, Professional Researchers, Project Scientists, Specialists, and Coordinators of Public Programs. The incumbent will use advanced skills and knowledge of UC systemwide and/or campus non-senate academic personnel policies, programs, and collective bargaining agreements to address strategic academic personnel issues and to resolve complex issues and situations; provide guidance, training, and direction to staff and academic leaders across the campus; and recommend changes to academic personnel processes and practices to balance the needs of the academic units with the campus objectives.

Application Review Date

The minimum posting duration for this position is 14 calendar days. The department will initiate the application review process on/after April 16, 2026. The posting will remain open for applications until the position is filled.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes academic personnel appointment and review files for the Vice Provost for the Faculty. Facilitates/manages the processing of exceptional cases. Serves as a campus expert on Non-Senate Academic Personnel title series. Counsels academic appointees (both Senate and Non-senate), other AP analysts, and academic leaders (chairs, directors, deans, the Vice Provost for the Faculty, and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost) concerning complex and/or particularly sensitive work-related or career-related issues, especially those related to the personnel review process, policy exceptions, and academic compensation.
• Serves as the campus expert and lead on the following non-senate title series: Postdoctoral Scholars, Professional Researchers, Project Scientists, Specialists, and Coordinators of Public Programs. Regularly leads and conducts complex, high-level analyses of issues related to these series. This includes researching exceptional requests, carefully considering past practices with regard to the precedent-setting, and researching relevant solutions. Consults with other campus offices, Office of the President, and other UC campuses when exceptions to policy or collective bargaining agreements are being considered. Makes recommendations employing political acumen and integrating information to determine appropriate courses of action and their implications, often where no precedent exists. Serves as backup for the lead on lecturer and librarian series.
• Serves as the campus expert and lead for several non-senate title series (both represented and non-represented) appointments and reviews. Analyzes all cases in the non-senate researcher series that require campus-level review. Serves as the campus expert for the Vice Chancellor for Research and deans' offices to consult with on a wide range of issues related to non-senate academic employment. These issues include, but are not limited to, appropriate review criteria, performance management, and classification for the various job series and ranks.
• Identifies training and information needs for a variety of campus units including Berkeley Regional Services and Deans' offices.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Requires advanced knowledge of and ability to apply/interpret systemwide, organization and college/school policies and procedures which govern academic personnel.
• Advanced knowledge of the campus goals, priorities and values, and the legal and human implications of decisions.
• Advanced knowledge of systemwide and campus policies, union contracts, procedures and practices that govern academic personnel administration, shared governance.
• Advanced knowledge of the campus's Academic Personnel related programs and systems. Ability to apply knowledge to train high-level clients and diverse audiences. Contributes to development of new programs and systems.
• Thorough knowledge of trends in academia, especially in areas of academic planning, human resource management and administration.
• Ability to analyze complex management issues, develop project scope and solutions, give professional advice to the Assistant Vice Provost, the APO Director of Academic Labor and Employee Relations, and campus leadership and make critical decisions regarding academic personnel.
• Demonstrated initiative, tact, and planning skills. Advanced political acumen.
• Ability to communicate complex matters effectively with diverse audiences both verbally and in writing.
• Bachelors degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training