Lead Academic Personnel Department Analyst

University of California, Irvine•Irvine, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Serving client departments from a centralized Dean's Academic Personnel Office, the Lead Department Academic Personnel Analyst is a seasoned experienced professional with a comprehensive understanding of UC, campus, and unit academic practices, policies, and procedures. Reviews and analyzes a wide variety of academic personnel files and manages the academic personnel appointment and review cycle for department’s senate and non-senate academic employees as well as visitor appointments for departments and their associated research groups. Manages academic recruitment activities, joint faculty appointments, the processing of leave requests, summer salary, NSP, and annual outside professional activities. Provides training, high level oversight, and advice to department academic HR analysts as well as advises faculty, department chairs, and administrators on academic personnel matters. Researches and resolves moderate to complex academic HR-related issues affecting a broad range of academic titles in imaginative and practical ways.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of systemwide and organization policies, union contracts, procedures and practices that govern academic HR administration.
Familiarity with the operations of an Academic Department office.
Excellent critical and innovative thinking to address moderately complex issues and present nuanced analyses.
Ability to analyze complex management issues, develop project scope and solutions, give professional advice to senior officials, and make critical decisions regarding personnel.
Requires thorough knowledge of and ability to apply / interpret organization and college policies and procedures which govern academic HR.
Knowledge of trends in academia, especially in areas of academic planning, human resource management and administration.
Ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
Thorough knowledge of UCI campus departments and central administrative offices, organization and college goals, priorities and values and the legal and human implications of decisions.
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
A minimum of 5 years of experience
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

Responsibilities

Manages the academic personnel appointment and review cycle for department’s senate and non-senate academic employees as well as visitor appointments for departments and their associated research groups.
Manages academic recruitment activities, joint faculty appointments, the processing of leave requests, summer salary, NSP, and annual outside professional activities.
Provides training, high level oversight, and advice to department academic HR analysts.
Advises faculty, department chairs, and administrators on academic personnel matters.
Researches and resolves moderate to complex academic HR-related issues affecting a broad range of academic titles in imaginative and practical ways.