AVP Employee Relations and Technology

Position Summary

AVP for Employee Relations and Technology is a key campus leader who advances EOU’s people and technology strategies.

The AVP leads the HR Department to deliver comprehensive services including employee and labor relations, recruitment, employee benefits, performance management, training and professional development, and compliance advocacy across a wide array of government employment related regulations. As the chief negotiator for faculty relations, the AVP represents the university with credibility and fairness while ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreements, state and federal law, and institutional policy.

Responsibilities include receiving and investigating complaints/grievances of alleged violation of numerous federal and state statutes and regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and EOU policies. The AVP administers EOU collective bargaining contracts.

The AVP provides executive-level oversight of the Technology Department ensuring technology strategy and investments align with EOU’s mission and operations objectives that include digital transformation, cybersecurity, enterprise systems, and IT governance — all critical to enhancing teaching, learning, research, and administrative efficiency and efficacy.

Incumbent actively manages all human resources related policies and operations, and partners closely with all management personnel to provide strategic response to the demands of the hiring and managing qualified faculty, staff and adjunct employee work forces.

• Incumbent envisions broadly and strategically about University’s employee resources and the related procedures, policies, systems and activities that enable achieving mission and goals.
• Manage the Department of Human Resources necessary to satisfy constituent expectations in the full array of human resources services and systems.
• Develop and implement the HR Department’s annual plan including policy and program outcomes, fiscal obligations, employee and organizational development, employee relations, labor relations, regulatory compliance, and existing and new program development.
• Ensure the integrity of all employment related outcomes for the University’s work forces.

Incumbent oversees the effectiveness and efficiencies of the Technology Department with particular focus on project management, staff productivity, and information system technology and innovation.

Incumbent supervises the CIO as a key contributor to formulating and achieving organizational goals in the storage, transmittal, and analysis of electronic information across the university, ensuring high-quality day‑to‑day IT Help Desk operations, and managing a team of specialists, managing capital and developing investment plans, providing campus leadership for IT security, and ensuring effective delivery of IT security services.

• Positive IS Department morale, teamwork and professional competencies.
• Integrity of financial authority as approved by the VPF & A to obligate and disburse funds, negotiate and sign off on leases, contracts, and interagency agreements including participation in finalizing departmental budgets, and ongoing financial monitoring as outlined in the university’s policies.
• Competent leadership, direction, and guidance in assessing and evaluating information security risks including monitoring and ensuring compliance with security standards and appropriate policies.
• Proper establishment and implementation of standards and procedures for vulnerability assessments of campus technologies and enacting action plans to remove vulnerabilities.
• Effective disaster recovery and business continuity processes and procedures.

• Master’s in business, business administration, human resources, computer science and/or technology related disciplines

Five (5) or more years in all of the following HR competencies:

• Demonstration of the highest ethical standards, leadership ability, and excellent interpersonal and writing communication skills.
• Increasingly responsible human resources administrative and supervisory experience demonstrating administrative…