Associate Director, Unit Human Resources (School of Dentistry)

Department:

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R106321

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in a related field and six (6) years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 8 (Salaried)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry is seeking an experienced professional to direct and manage the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources department, including supervision of staff who support functions for faculty, staff, and students. The position will develop and maintain a high-performing team that delivers exceptional customer service and support in a complex organization.  The School of Dentistry has over 400 team members, including more than 150 faculty, serving a student population of 120 DMD students per class, 30 dental hygiene students per class, approximately 60 postdoctoral residents, and a Master of Science in Oral Biology program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the full cycle recruitment process for all faculty positions, including serving as ex-officio member of all faculty search committees.  Includes reviewing all requests for new positions, replacement hires and/or in-range salary adjustments, including approval through UofL’s “Authorization to Hire” process.

• Maintains oversight of the hiring and onboarding process for all new faculty and staff. 

• Serves as the primary liaison with main campus Human Resources.

• Manages the delivery of comprehensive HR support to faculty and staff. 

• Leads employee relations for School of Dentistry and serves as unit’s Subject Matter Expert for basic compensation, benefit, and payroll processes for a School with approximately 350-400 total faculty, staff and student employees (in partnership with University Human Resources). 

• Partners with HR team to design and deliver best practice HR strategies and operation with a high touch approach. 

• Serves as a trusted resource for leaders, faculty, and staff, while addressing high priority, sensitive issues as needed.

•  Provides interpretation of all Human Resource policies and procedures. 

• Consults with and advises supervisors on disciplinary and policy issues to ensure the fairness and consistency of all Human Resources actions.

• In partnership with University Human Resources, analyzes compensation practices, conducts salary reviews, and assists in analysis of market competitiveness and internal equity.  Implement annual University-awarded salary increase plan, whether merit-based, across-the-board or a combination of both.   

• As director, the position will develop and maintain high-impact relationships with internal and external clients.  

• Develops and tracks the school’s annual faculty and staff compensation budget, including the use of overtime and temporary staffing agencies.

• Completes surveys from national dental organizations, University officials, or colleague dental schools, related to faculty rosters, compensation levels of faculty, etc.

• Works with University Counsel and/or outside Counsel for situations involving such things as employment eligibility of foreign nationals, faculty or staff disciplinary matters, or other civil actions.

• Responsible for implementing University procedures for annual employee performance appraisals and maintaining library of blank templates and completed forms of job descriptions and performance appraisals.

• Serves as custodian of ULSD personnel records in all formats.

• Serves as School-wide Administrator of Interfolio, UofL’s system for processing faculty personnel actions, e.g. promotion, tenure.

• Provides for employee training, whether initial or periodic, ongoing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience

• Familiarity with immigration categories and options for employment of foreign nationals is preferred.

• Familiarity with Workday HR Software.

• Requires knowledge of software applications including Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

• Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality of personal and sensitive data.

Competencies

• Communication

• Critical Evaluation

• Ethical Practice

Target Compensation Maximum:

$98,100.00

Target Compensation Minimum:

$65,400.00

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, a