Strategic Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 125 000 - 145 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition waivers for employees and/or

Résumé du poste

UIC’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs seeks an Associate Vice Provost to lead faculty HR operations, policy development, and data‑informed initiatives. You will partner with university stakeholders to support faculty excellence and ensure compliant, equitable processes across colleges.

Reporting to the Vice Provost, the role focuses on hiring, retention, HR policy, and programmatic coordination, requiring a Master’s degree and 7+ years in university administration.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in human resources, higher education, public administration or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of increasingly responsible experience in university administrative role(s), including faculty matters.
• Familiarity with statutes, governance structures, policies and procedures, and Federal and State employment laws as applied in higher education settings.
• Familiarity with Enterprise-wide systems and the understanding of faculty employment practices and structures.
• Strong interpersonal skills, experience in building collaborative teams, and supervision of employees.
• Ability to develop policies and procedures that are in the best long-term interest of the university.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and oral communication skills, and the ability to manage frequent interaction with constituents from across and between the university system.
• Ability to manage confidential information with a strong sense of integrity, and to use good judgement in making decisions.

Responsabilités

• Advise vice provost on faculty employment matters; serve as a member of the vice provost’s leadership team.
• Work collaboratively with the chiefs of staff to the provost and the vice chancellor for health affairs on faculty and/or administrative appointment matters on college related issues as needed.
• Provide consultation to college leadership teams and other university offices on faculty related employment, appointments, and faculty affairs policy items.
• Oversee and manage the execution of all faculty HR related processes and assigned staff; provide supervision and guidance to staff on statutory interpretations, university, and faculty affairs policies and procedures and other operational matters.
• Assist the vice provost for faculty affairs with faculty hiring, retention, and HR policies and procedures related to faculty affairs, including managing HR matters involving faculty in consultation with UIC HR as appropriate.
• Review and collaborate with the leadership team on developing policies and guidelines related to faculty and research best practices across higher education as requested by the vice provost; establish guidelines to ensure consistency when required across unit, college, university-level and/or statutory policies related to faculty.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret data as well as trends or patterns in data sets and provide comprehensive reports for the vice provost to meet compliance requirements and drive strategic initiatives.
• Work with the vice provost, assistant vice provost for faculty relations, and the UIC HR Labor and Employee Relations team on matters involving the faculty union.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and work collaboratively with assistant vice provosts on a variety of initiatives including but not limited to HR process improvement, workflow automation, and faculty programming to provide a holistic approach to topic areas involving HR.
• Recommend and implement resolutions of administrative matters and assist in directing initiatives and projects for the Vice Provost’s office.
• May serve as the Vice Provost’s delegate in review of requests that require the vice provost, provost, and/or vice chancellor for health affairs approval.
• May represent the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs on task forces and committees focused on HR policy initiatives that impact faculty.
• Other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Policy analysis

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Formation

Master’s degree in HR or related field

Outils

HRIS systems

Description du poste

UIC’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs seeks an Associate Vice Provost to lead faculty HR operations, policy development, and data‑informed initiatives. You will partner with university stakeholders to support faculty excellence and ensure compliant, equitable processes across colleges.

Reporting to the Vice Provost, the role focuses on hiring, retention, HR policy, and programmatic coordination, requiring a Master’s degree and 7+ years in university administration.