Senior Director of Administration (Pediatrics)

Rutgers University; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 164,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Competitive retirement benefits

Educational benefits for employee/dep.

Life insurance coverage

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rutgers University is seeking a Senior Director of Administration for the Pediatrics department (RWJ) in New Jersey. The role leads administrative strategy, budgeting, and operations to support chairs’ academic, research, and clinical programs across university and hospital settings.

The position requires strong leadership, fiscal acumen, and experience navigating a unionized environment within an academic health system.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Hospital or Business Administration or related field.
• Ten years of management experience with fiscal, program and personnel responsibilities.
• Experience formulating health care policies and managing in an academic setting.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements and renews the overall administrative program to support chairs' objectives.
• Manages annual departmental budgets including clinical, academic and research components.
• Provides administrative directions for divisional staff.
• Encourages standardized administrative practices across departments.
• Develops clinical practice standards and incentives aligned with program goals.
• Implements productivity monitoring systems for physicians.
• Organizes departmental resources to meet environmental demands.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Union experience

Education

Master's degree in Hospital or Business Administration

Job description

Position Details

• Title: Senior Director of Administration (Pediatrics)
• Job Category: Staff & Executive - Project/Program Management/Planning
• Department: RWJ - Pediatrics
• FLSA: Exempt
• Grade: 40S
• Position Status: Full Time
• Standard Hours: 37.50
• Union Description: Executives and Directors
• Payroll Designation: PeopleSoft
• Terms of Appointment: Staff - 12 month
• Position Pension Eligibility: ABP
• City: New Brunswick
• State: NJ
• Home Location Campus: Downtown New Brunswick
• Regional Campus: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
• Posting Number: 26ST1726

New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University- New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state-at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Director of Administration for the department of Pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Primarily responsible to develop, implement, direct and provide overall management of the administrative infrastructure for a complex and widely dispersed academic department to ensure support to the chairs' academic, research and clinical programs, whether university or hospital based. Scope of position requires administrative leadership in general administration, financial management, organizational development, labor relations, marketing, operations management, information systems management, and overall policy and procedure development and implementation. Overarching responsibility is ensuring the departments' very best selection and use of resources for maintaining and developing departments' programs.

• Develops, implements and constantly renews and refreshes overall administrative program to support the program objectives of the chairs.
• Develops, implements and manages annual departmental budgets including clinical, academic and research components to support the objectives of the departments. Provides overall guidance for all departmental/divisional major procurement decisions and ongoing spending policies to meet budgetary objectives.
• Provides administrative directions and leadership for divisional staff.
• Encourages, fosters and requires development of standardized administrative practice throughout the departments with satellite practices.
• Develops and ensures implementation of overall clinical practice process standards and objectives.
• Works with chairs to refine practice incentive programs to best fit departmental programmatic goals.
• Develops and implements physician productivity monitoring systems.
• Develops and manages departments' administrative organization to maintain best fit of resources and environmental demands.

Compensation & Benefits

• Minimum Salary: 164076.000
• Mid Range Salary: 221117.000
• Maximum Salary: 278158.000
• Offer Information: The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university's broader compensation structure. We are committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.
• Benefits:
  • Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs
  • Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options
  • Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable)
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Employee discount programs

Qualifications

• Minimum Education and Experience:
  • Master's Degree in Hospital or Business Administration or related field plus ten (10) years of management experience with fiscal, program and personnel responsibilities, preferably in an academic environment.
  • Experience in the formulation of health care policies.
  • Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Certifications/Licenses: None
• Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Exceptional communication skills and excellent team building skills.
  • Outstanding human relations and leadership skills, and the ability to function in a team environment are required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of how to accomplish superior performance in a unionized environment is necessary.
• Physical Demands and Work Environment:
  • Physical Demands: Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. No special vision requirements. Lifting up to 25 lbs.
  • Work Environment: Office environment. Moderate noise.

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Pre-Employment Screenings

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Immunization Requirements

Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate's offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.