Central Michigan University Hiring for DIRECTOR/FACULTY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Job at Mount Pleasant, MI Full Time

The duties of this position consist of directing and conducting basic employee relations activity with university faculty, to include, but not be limited to: collaborating with senior university officials regarding faculty collective bargaining issues; serving as a member of the administrative collective bargaining team; developing, researching, and maintaining data for collective bargaining; providing contract interpretation and ensuring compliance with the bargaining contract; making recommendations related to potential exceptions to bargaining contract provisions or to university policy; advising academic departments and deans regarding departmental processes and bylaws; working directly with faculty union leaders to resolve complaints/concerns; conducting grievance investigations, and making recommendations for resolution of grievances; preparing for arbitration; providing general guidance to senior university officials relating to faculty employee relations.

Bachelor’s degree in the liberal arts, business, management, information systems or related field.
Five years of professional experience, specifically with employee relations issues.
Demonstrated proficiency in both oral and written communication.
Strong organizational skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work with a diverse clientele, and within a unionized environment.
Demonstrated competence in utilizing personal computers and computerized information systems.
Ability and willingness to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships throughout campus.
Demonstrated leadership, management and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of labor and employee relations laws, including those defining disability status.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Law or other related advanced degree.
Applicable work experience in higher education, including familiarity with academic policies and procedures in higher education.
Demonstrated quantitative skills.
Familiarity with mainframe based HR and Financial computer systems (SAP preferably).

Engages daily with faculty, staff, senior administrators, and outside parties on occasion, with regard to faculty bargaining contract issues.
Provides interpretation of bargaining contract terms/conditions/definitions.
Provides the faculty union leadership with various reports, as required by the bargaining contract.
Establishes a schedule of regular meetings with faculty union leadership.
Monitors the regular meetings between faculty and their academic supervisors and provides reports of these meetings to the various academic deans.
Ensures that the personnel files for all faculty are properly maintained.
Develops, researches, and maintains data relevant to faculty issues and ensures accurate archiving of prior contractual issues.
Establishes and maintains contacts at other universities.
Reviews all academic department Bylaws; suggests revisions to language of Bylaws.
Serves as inquiry officer and/or investigator of all complaints registered against faculty members.
Moderates disputes and attempts resolution of disputes.
Helps with management of the formal grievance resolution process.
Functions as coordinator for review of disability claims/issues within the Academic Division.
Functions as administrator for faculty and graduate assistant leaves, including those arising out of a collective bargaining agreement (e.g. FMLA, Parental Leave, Sabbatical Leave).
Represents the office and the division on various university committees.
Conducts research on a variety of projects integral to departmental operations.
Originates correspondence concerning faculty employee relations and other academic matters.
Assists with review of faculty employment applications, where necessary.
Performs other similar and related duties as assigned.

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Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

Applicants are encouraged to submit a writing sample for review by the Hiring Committee.

Central Michigan University has a Flexible Worksite Policy. Some flexible worksite arrangements may be possible for this position in accordance with this policy.

Position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials before Sunday, August 21, 2022.

Professional & Administrative -Salary

$80,000 – $95,000

Academic Affairs

Faculty Personnel Services

Regular

Full-Time

1.0

12 month

M-F 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; evenings as required.

No

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.