Executive Director, OVCAS Human Resources

Position Summary

Reporting to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Services, the Executive Director, OVCAS Human Resources is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating all Human Resources activities for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, including facilities management, planning sustainability and project management, organizational resilience, campus police, campus parking, environmental health and safety, technology and building systems, and utilities and energy services.

Duties include managing a team charged with recruitment, staffing, workforce planning, payroll, onboarding new employees, training departmental leadership and supervisors in human resources areas, discipline and employee relations, leave coordination and reporting, and developing, distributing and enforcing standard operating procedures. May sit in for the Associate Vice Chancellor, Business Services, in matters related to human resources operations.

Duties

Responsibilities

• Oversee the HR operations of OVCAS, including recruitment, staffing, workforce planning, position control, onboarding new employees, training departmental leadership and supervisors in human resources areas, discipline and employee relations, leave coordination and reporting, and developing, distributing and enforcing standard operating procedures
• Hires, trains, develops and directs a team of human resources associates charged with meeting unit goals
• Performs college level approvals for JDX, HRFE, overcompensation requests and other HR transactions
• Serve as a key resource in workforce planning, using industry standards for technical staffing at different service levels based on university and unit policy and agreements with internal and external customers for service provision across all OVCAS service lines
• Develops training for OVCAS leadership and supervisors in all HR areas, tracks compliance, and provides reporting on improvements towards operational goals
• Manages the discipline and employee relations operations of OVCAS and provides reporting on status, level and efficacy of discipline. Conducts disciplinary and pre-disciplinary meetings as necessary and advises OVCAS leadership and supervisors on progressive disciplinary action. Approves and serves intent to discharge paperwork, position elimination requests and terminal contracts as needed.
• Works with the Associate Vice Chancellor, Business Services, on developing responses to ethics complaints and FOIA requests related to employee issues and human resources
• Works to draft, implement and socialize a library of standard operating procedures for OVCAS human resources operations and ensures that they are being followed
• Implements and administers new human resources programs, procedures, initiatives, and guidelines
• Serves on management collective bargaining teams
• Provides guidance to all levels of the OVCAS organization on human resources issues
• Serves as unit coordinator for SUCCS and other human resources audit responses
• Works with Campus HR to coordinate outreach to community organizations to recruit candidates as needed
• Monitors compliance for Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA), Statements of Economic Interests, Activity Reporting System and ethics training
• Manages payroll operations
• Performs other related duties as assigned Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.