Associate Director, HR

Job Description

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for an Associate Director, HR.

The Associate Director serves as the department’s senior administrative leader responsible for workforce strategy, organizational planning, and HR governance oversight for a workforce of over 1,400. This position ensures effective coordination of recruitment, onboarding, performance management, compliance, and workforce planning activities, functioning as the department’s primary liaison to the School’s integrated resource teams (IR). The Associate Director is a principal liaison to the Department Chair and Vice Chair of Finance and Administration and uses critical independent judgment, decision‑making, problem‑solving, and analysis in the management of the activities of the office and in meeting departmental priorities.

• Principal liaison to the Department Chair and Vice Chair of Finance and Administration and uses critical independent judgment, decision‑making, problem‑solving, and analysis in the management of the activities of the office and in meeting departmental priorities. Provide strategic guidance regarding workforce planning, organizational design, and staffing models.
  20%
• Responsible for providing UW, Federal, and State policy level analysis to the Vice Chair of Finance and Administration, Chair, and is a member of the senior administrative leadership team and department leadership council. Interpret institutional policy and assess impact on department operations including providing advice to leadership on risk mitigation and compliance strategy.
  20%
• Responsible for administering the University's policies for hiring and managing faculty, staff, and trainees within the Department as well as administering the University's ethics policies and overseeing the compliance of outside work rules. This position is presented with a variety of complex HR problems daily by faculty and staff leadership and is expected to offer accurate and quick solutions.
  20%
• Serve as the central coordination point for faculty and staff administrative matters, integrating academic HR, staff workforce planning, research administration, and operational priorities. Ensure seamless coordination between divisions and School of Medicine Integrated Resources, Staff HR and Academic HR, and other institutional partners.
  20%
• Manage team of 7 classified and professional staff responsible for academic and staff employee lifecycle management for a complex department of over 1,400 individuals. Developing staff capability and ensuring alignment with institutional workforce strategies.
  10%
• Oversee the diverse HR related communication needs of the Department and the continual need to develop timely and accurate messaging to a complex and diverse audience. 5%
• Integral member of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion council, partnering with the Department Chair, Vice Chair of Finance and Administration, Service Chiefs and EDI Council Co‑Chairs on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives for the department. Monitor trends in turnover, leave utilization, and workforce performance indicators. 5%

This recruitment requires a cover letter. Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be forwarded to the hiring department.

Please address the following in your cover letter:

• Ability to work effectively with the Chair and Vice Chair of Finance and Administration providing them with executive and actionable advice.
• Self‑starter who works successfully from stated goals without instruction with the ability to work independently (exceptional organizational, planning, time‑management skills and initiative).
• Collaborative – proven excellence with the ability to partner with colleagues leading to successful outcomes and more efficient and effective processes.
• Successful experience with large and complex academic departments with interconnected research, teaching and clinical missions.

To be considered for this opportunity your application must demonstrate you meet both the minimum qualifications and additional qualifications…