Senior Director, Human Resources
University of ChicagoAbout the role
Department
About the Department
The Department of Medicine has a long and proud history of research and discovery in the basic, clinical and translational sciences. Currently, the Department of Medicine is among an elite group of medical centers who are leading in the discovery and delivery of personalized medicine. Our impressive pool of talented researchers are renowned for bridging the bench to the bedside, and clinical research evaluations of new drugs and devices. The educational mission of the Department of Medicine is to train exceptional healers and the future leaders in academic medicine. The Department is home to four top residency programs (Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Dermatology and Medicine-Pediatrics) and twelve fellowship programs, including seven federally-funded training grants. Our residents obtain their 1st choice of fellowship programs over 80% of the time with these positions usually obtained in the very best academic programs nationwide, a fact clearly reflecting the high esteem in which our program and house staff is held.
Diversity of House Staff and faculty is a key priority in our enterprise, both to cultivate leadership from underrepresented minorities and women and to reflect the ethnic and racial makeup of the patients we serve. Our trainees and faculty are recruited from top medical schools in the country. The Department of Medicine also takes great pride in providing unparalleled, comprehensive and innovative patient care. The Department’s clinical excellence is continually recognized by the highly regarded US News and World Report. Each of the Department’s subspecialty practices are recognized as programs of national, regional, and local distinction for our novel diagnostic and therapeutic patient care offerings.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
Oversees and supervises the Department of Medicine’s overall people strategy efforts within the Human Resources offices.
Partners with the Executive Administrator and Senior Director of Finance to reduce overhead and streamline work across 15 subspecialty Sections.
Serves as a key member of senior leadership team providing counsel and input on HR and people strategy for the Department.
Manages all strategic planning and operations for the Department of Medicine’s Human Resources team.
Leads a wide-range of human resources duties that includes strategic planning, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, change and performance management, leadership coaching, and department communications.
Manages annual compensation planning, tracks compensation budget, and oversees administration of payroll-related activities.
Manages all employee relations matters within the department including grievance procedures, union negotiations, investigations and management consulting.
Presents key annual topics at monthly Section Chief counsel (MSO provider compliance, annual merit process, performance management, University training requirements).
Works with Sections on space planning and space redesign to maximize hybrid needs.
Administers annual equity review for all positions as part of pre-budget planning process.
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