Academic Affairs Specialist

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Academic Personnel Analyst serves as a member of an Academic Team within a shared-services model of the integrated AP/HR organization. This position will be the key academic personnel contact for a set of client departments and is responsible for collaborating with departments, schools, including Deans’ Offices, business units and specialty centers, including the VPAA Office, to deliver efficient and effective AP and postdoc services and ensure compliance with UCSF policy and procedures. The incumbent will be responsible for administering AP policies and procedures that span a comprehensive array of functional areas including: recruitment/search; appointment and advancement; compensation and benefits, routine leaves, and application of the client department’s Health Science Compensation Plans in these areas. The Academic Personnel Analyst will serve as a strategic partner for client departments to facilitate their business objectives, particularly in complex situations and those involving non-routine actions and solutions. The Academic Personnel Analyst will exercise independent judgment, analyze, resolve/recommend solutions to unique and challenging problems, often involving a variety of campus stakeholders, and provide policy interpretation for routine and non-routine matters. The Academic Personnel Analyst will be held accountable to high customer service standards, service level agreements and related metrics. The Academic Personnel Analyst will perform all duties with tact, discretion and according to confidentiality requirements.

Requirements

Key academic personnel contact for a set of client departments.
Collaborating with departments, schools, including Deans’ Offices, business units and specialty centers, including the VPAA Office.
Delivering efficient and effective AP and postdoc services.
Ensuring compliance with UCSF policy and procedures.
High customer service standards, service level agreements and related metrics.

Responsibilities

Administering AP policies and procedures that span a comprehensive array of functional areas including: recruitment/search; appointment and advancement; compensation and benefits, routine leaves, and application of the client department’s Health Science Compensation Plans in these areas.
Serving as a strategic partner for client departments to facilitate their business objectives, particularly in complex situations and those involving non-routine actions and solutions.
Exercising independent judgment, analyzing, resolving/recommending solutions to unique and challenging problems, often involving a variety of campus stakeholders, and providing policy interpretation for routine and non-routine matters.
Performing all duties with tact, discretion and according to confidentiality requirements.