Assistant Director, Operations #605653

Job Description

CHHS is looking for someone who can help manage strong teams to provide administrative support across the entire college and ensure projects, initiatives or other work functions are performed successfully. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal communication skills, leadership abilities in efforts to increase employee engagement, and support a positive proactive environment that identifies solutions for college success.

Administrator Roles:

• Provides in-person administrative support for the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) through directing and assisting with personnel management, reporting, workforce planning, and other confidential matters.
• Directly Supervises, trains, and mentors department Administrators within the college.
• Sets standards and expectations for the selection, training, and evaluation of unit level Administrators within the college.
• Assists with student employee supervision in the college.
• Assists the Dean and Associate Dean with coordination of faculty processes such as promotion and tenure, annual review, sabbaticals, oversight of the classified/appointed staff performance appraisal process, strategic hiring decisions, coordinate with CHHS Operations Manager to support hiring process, etc.
• Serves as the NAU FAAR liaison for the college, coordinating all annual reviews, promotion, tenure, sabbaticals, and Statement of Expectations processes through Faculty 180.
• Conducts classification studies for classified and professional staff positions within the college; makes recommendations, works with college schools and departments on effective workforce planning submissions as directed and approved by the Dean.
• Designs and implements training for staff (and faculty) as requested or needed.
• Maintain partnerships and ensure coordination of administrative work within CHHS including but not limited to the Departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Dental Hygiene, Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Physical Therapy/ Athletic Training, the School of Nursing, the Center for Health Equity Research.

Operational Roles:

• Conducts internal review and/or investigation into concerns and conflicts; recommends course of action and documents outcome.
• Primary resource at the Dean's Office level for classified and professional staff and academic administrators for assistance in staff employee-supervisor conflict resolution. Assists in conflict resolution when requested by the Dean or Associate Dean.
• Provide supervision and leadership of college policy and procedures related to the administrative operations of CHHS.
• Serves as liaison for Human Resources, the Equity and Access Office, and appropriate VP areas as related to the processing of personnel matters and actions ensuring that procedural guidelines are followed.
• Advises the Dean and Associate Dean on matters pertaining to state and federal employment law and NAU policy to insure compliance within the college.
• Serve as liaison for the Center for International Education in discussions and documentation preparation for visa applications and fee payments. Coordinate with CHHS operations manager to assist college departments and schools withforeign national employee visa sponsorship processing.
• Serve as the college's facilities coordinator. Work with Facilities Services and represent CHHS on major capital projects, serve as liaison and provide assistance to CHHS building managers as needed.
• Meet 1:1 with chairs to conduct needs assessments and provide guidance on workflow management, expectations, and administrator’s performance.
• Other duties as assigned by the Dean.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work in person on the Flagstaff Mountain Campus
• Bachelor’s degree in related field AND;
• 2 - 4 years of management or supervisory experience OR;
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience.

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