Human Resources & Academic Affairs Business Partner

Department

BSD SUR - Human Resources & Academic Affairs

About the Department

Operating since 1927 on a strong foundation of multidisciplinary clinical and academic excellence, the University of Chicago Department of Surgery's mission is to meet the most challenging and complex health problems on both a local and global scale.

Many of our faculty members are known for their contributions to the advancement of groundbreaking surgical procedures and techniques, including minimally invasive surgery. In addition to our department's clinical work, our scientists pursue a diverse range of basic, translational, and clinical research projects, including studies on the gut microbiome, tissue bioengineering, stem cell research, cancer, and immunotolerance.

This ongoing work and achievement would not be possible without the cohesive effort and commitment of the faculty and staff. We are looking for high energy, collaborative individuals who share our commitment to improving the health of patients in the community and beyond.

Job Summary

The job performs a broad range of operational activities to design, implement, and monitor a variety of human resource and academic affairs programs for the Department of Surgery and Neurological Surgery.

Responsibilities

• Provides HR leadership, expertise, and solutions throughout the Department in functional areas including talent management, compensation, training, operations, and strategy. Provides input, tactical and strategic guidance on business unit restructuring, workforce planning and succession planning.

• Acts as a primary liaison between the Department and Biological Sciences Division Office of Academic Affairs, University HR, Office of International Affairs, Occupational Medicine, and the Medica Staffing Office across all job types.

• Maintains in-depth knowledge of HR best practices and legal requirements.

• Manages day-to-day staff performance management and complex employee relations matters by conducting thorough and timely investigations through to resolution including coaching and counseling leadership and staff as well as implementing practice solutions that mitigate future concerns.

• Supports HR process improvements and ad hoc reporting.

• Performs staff compensation analysis for new hires, ensuring competitive and equitable pay. Identifies compensation issues/trends for staff and academics and develops recommendations to resolve them.

• Analyzes staff and faculty trends and metrics in collaboration with University of Chicago, University of Chicago Medical Center, and functional leadership to develop and implement solutions, programs and organizational practices.

• Provides guidance regarding visa materials for staff and academics, working with the University's Office of International Affairs.

• Coordinates, documents, and facilitates faculty and other academic appointee searches using the University's applicant tracking system ensuring compliant search processes.

• Responsible for comprehensive drafting, review, assembly, and submission of electronic and paper materials in support of departmental appointive actions.

• Onboards staff, faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, and academic visitors.

• Acts as a resource to faculty and faculty administrative leaders on University policy and processes and BSD's academic guidelines.

• Drafts correspondence for faculty and other academic appointee matters on behalf of the department chair and/or section chiefs.

• Coordinates the Medical Staffing Office credentialing and re-credentialing process, ensuring compliance with institutional and state regulatory requirements.

• Maintains accurate documentation and tracks expiration dates for licenses, certifications, and academic appointments to ensure continuous compliance.

• Addresses and resolves any credentialing delays or discrepancies to prevent disruptions in provider deployment to off-site locations.

• Supports staff hiring processes, including developing job descriptions, interviewing and reference checking, handling employment offers, and conducting orientation. Drafts templates and routine offer letters. Maintains appropriate human resources data and records, solving a range of straightforward problems using standard procedures.

• Counsels employees on benefits and compensation. Coordinates with managers and senior colleagues to determine employee compensation. Analyzes data and prepares charts, graphs, and trend lines for management review with a moderate level of guidance.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: