Director of Affairs

Director Of Staff Affairs

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is encouraging applications for the Director of Staff Affairs role! The College of A&S comprises more than 60 departments, programs, and centers: over 1,000 faculty, approximately 400 research faculty, and 500 non-faculty employees. The Dean's Office personnel unit is responsible for assessing and managing the human and organizational needs of the college. This position reports to the college's Sr.

Director of Personnel and holds responsibility for the day-to-day oversight of A&S staff affairs. This position will be responsible for ensuring the staff affairs life cycle - cradle to grave - is comprehensively supported, processes and procedures are accurate and efficiently delivered, compliance is counseled and maintained, recognizing nuances that may require innovative solutions, ensuring that the appropriate and approved protocol is followed, and stakeholders are served in an accurate and timely manner.

Additionally, this position will newly support research faculty with basic personnel actions: recruitment, hiring, promotions, merit, leave administration, performance management, and separation.

This position will implement and oversee Staff Affairs processes while partnering with their supervisor(s) and campus Centers of Excellence. This position will manage day-to-day execution of Staff Affairs HR strategies and functions while supervising Unit HR staff members. This position serves as an advisor to department leaders and the HR Senior Director to support unit priorities and operations. This position will support unit employees in all Staff Affairs HR matters while being responsible for HR standard processes and ensuring compliance with HR policies and regulations.

Areas of oversight include but are not limited to: recruitment, hiring, leave administration, performance management/merit, compensation, promotion, training/engagement, separation/retirement.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The College of Arts and Sciences comprises more than 80 departments, programs, and centers: approximately 375 permanent staff, and 100 temporary employees. The Dean's Office Personnel unit is responsible for assessing and managing the human and organizational needs of the college.

Administrative Leadership and Compliance

• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and university regulations, including EEO, FLSA, ADA, and Title VII.
• Monitors risk areas related to HR practices and advises leadership on mitigating strategies.
• Serve in an oversight capacity to bridge between the Staff Affairs transactional team and the 4 college divisions.
• Ensure compliance and equitable staff affairs policies in all units.
• Collaborate with team and necessary stakeholders to develop and review operational improvements.
• Document procedures in a clear and consistent manner.
• Maintain processes and procedures and ensure they are robust, reliable, timely and reportable.
• Ensure data is accurate and complete in order for data to be analyzed by various collaborators and used to align policy and procedure, inform deans and senior leadership (college and campus) to facilitate consistent high-level decision making and commitment tracking.
• Represents A&S at various college and campus-wide meetings.
• Responsible for completing continuous improvement initiatives that support HR practices and processes within the unit and are in alignment with campus priorities.
• Policy implementation:
  Ensure adherence to college, campus, system, Regents, and governmental policies, procedures, and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Ensure compliance with college standards and support leadership in gathering materials for review.
• Understand and communicate campus and unit compensation structures and pay practices. Responsible for addressing and responding to compensation inquiries.
• Provides oversight of the staff performance evaluation cycle, including development and execution of goal-setting and manager guidance.
• Responsible for working with supervisors on compensation adjustments, promotional increases, and annual reviews.
• Conduct annual equity reviews for classified and university staff, identifying compression…