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The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder welcomes applications for a Faculty Affairs Director. The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is comprised of more than 80 departments, programs, and centers, and our unit is responsible for assessing and managing the interpersonal needs of the college. In collaboration with the college’s Assistant Dean of Administration, the Faculty Affairs Director will hold the responsibility for setting the direction for and ensuring the faculty affairs life cycle is built, maintained, and effective. Our main focus is primarily on faculty, but you may assist with the alignment of staff policies and procedures dependent on organizational needs. 

We are looking for someone who wants to build and grow a team, focus on process improvement, and build both relationships and efficiencies in a strategic and diplomatic way. The college is a complex environment with different stakeholders who have  multiple priorities. The person in this role must be an exceptional communicator who is data-driven. You'll be coordinating and directing a team, collecting and mining data to develop business process efficiencies, and communicating at a campus level with high level leaders. 

Key Responsibilities 

College Faculty Affairs Oversight 

• Develop and maintain detailed faculty data collection processes and procedures and ensure they are robust, reliable, timely and reportable. Data will be analyzed by various partners and used to align policy and procedure, inform deans and senior leadership (college and campus) to facilitate consistent high level decision-making and dedication tracking.
• Build and ensure maintenance of tools and resources- cradle to grave for all tenured, tenured track, visiting scholars, instructors, lecturers, etc. 
  • Tools and resources will ensure transparent workflow and decision-making, elevate of department partner knowledge/ownership of role, and cohesion between college divisional structure.
• Administer policy and procedures in alignment with campus faculty affairs, and the Board of Regents.
• Direct all aspects of at least 3 faculty affairs employees managing the transactional faculty affairs functions for over 1000 faculty members.

Faculty Affairs Team Supervision

• Direct training and provide mentorship to ensure, ownership, collaboration and standardization on all faculty personnel procedure.
• Provide consistent feedback and suggestions for professional development opportunities.
• Approve timesheet for faculty affairs coordinators. Ensure that there is coverage at all times. Provide back up for each as needed
• “Cross-train,” to ensure a point-of-contact is available for constituents including the dean and divisional dean team. 
• Conduct performance planning and evaluations. 
• Ensure faculty affairs actions are tracked and documentation is maintained.

Advising, Consultation and Communication

• Serve as point of information regarding campus and university policy, and federal and state law, for deans.
• Represent A&S at various college and campus-wide meetings.
• Use research and analysis to formulate a well-informed point of view concerning internal and external trends related to hiring and retention.
• Document procedures in a clear and consistent manner.
• Ensure that web presence is maintained by providing updated personnel content-procedures, procedural steps, policies, forms, templates, and resources.
• Provide trainings (scheduled and ad hoc) on faculty affairs processes.
• Liaise with campus (Provost office, Office of Faculty Affairs, HR Service Center, HR FMLA coordinator, Affirmative Action Officer, etc.). 

Process Improvement

• Improve and align college-wide processes and/or policies.
• Take ownership of process and tool clean up by participating in meetings. Identify and develop process efficiencies involving resources and tools, and assisting with the implementation and communication of updates.

Salary Range Starts at $90,000. 

What We Require

• Bachelor's or higher degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable progressive experience leading a team and providing oversight over an administrative functional area.

What You Will Need

• Ability to work successfully, independently, and as part of a team.
• Computer proficient in Microsoft applications, including Word and Excel.
• High degree of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to work effectively in a working environment with multiple interruptions.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills.

What We Would Like You To Have

• Working knowledge of complex human resources information and management systems.
• Demonstrated track record of communicating effectively and building and maintaining relationships at all levels of organization.
• Experience working within the regulatory framework, (especially previous experience within higher education)
• Supervisory experience.