Plan II Staff Director and COLA Honors Program Liaison

Job Posting Title:

Plan II Staff Director and COLA Honors Program Liaison

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Hiring Department:

Plan II Honors Program

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Feb 06, 2025

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

What benefits do I receive with UT?  The university offers an impressive benefits package. For more details on benefits, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.

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https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/larc/Staff+Professional+Development+Fund.

Purpose

To provide executive level, professional support for the Faculty Director of the Plan II Program in the College of Liberal Arts. To provide daily and strategic leadership to Plan II staff and assist with a large volume of highly complex administrative matters with a university wide scope. Assist Faculty Director with long range strategic planning and meeting goals.

Responsibilities

• Plan II Program Management: Provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students on policies and procedures relevant to their positions. Review internal processes to ensure that they are in keeping with university, state, and federal procedures and laws. Set policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and to achieve maximum efficiency. Approve all vouchers, Workday, and UT Direct documents processed in the department. Serve as point of contact for general questions or information requests. Prepares contracts for the department and works with Office of Sponsored Projects as needed for projects. Work with faculty on course management to ensure all program and student needs are met.
• Act as liaison with the Dean’s Office, and other central business areas at the university to ensure adherence to policies and procedures. Act as liaison and coordinator between Plan II and the Liberal Arts Honors Program.  Support Plan II Faculty director in maintaining connection and communication with Liberal Arts Honors.  Work with Liberal Arts Honors Faculty Director as needed.
• Personnel Management: Supervise all Plan II staff: recruit, hire and train all core department staff; perform annual appraisals; oversee and assign job duties to ensure all department support needs are being met and communicate decisions and outcomes to faculty director. Provide post-hire HR support for all staff, student workers, and faculty. Answer questions, provide guidance, and direct employees to resources to resolve HR concerns. Serve as liaison to Central HR, Payroll, and other centralized HR services to assist with post-hire issues. Serve as timekeeper to approve time sheets for all department employees and manage all related timekeeping processes, including vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and payouts at termination. Manage merit review process for department. Process all visa requests in MyIO and provide guidance for international employees and their supervisors.
• Financial Management: Oversee management of Plan II program accounts and budgets in coordination with faulty director and other staff. Assist financial analyst with account setup requests, transfers, reconciliations, and costing allocations. Prepare and supervise the preparation of various department reports, annual operational budgets and endowment reporting.  Over