Job Description

Summary
Reporting to the Provost/Senior Vice President, provides administrative oversight and coordination of the recruitment and onboarding of all tenure and non-tenure track full-time faculty. Serves as Academic Affairs functional lead for systems related to faculty hiring and employment records (NeoEd, OnBase, PeopleSoft-HCM). Troubleshoots and serves on committees to improve processes. Serves as the Provost’s Office liaison to the Deans, Chairs, Director of Budgets, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and Payroll in matters involving the faculty hiring process, employment documents, and related systems. Prepares and/or provides coordination, analysis, data collection, reports and other communication for the Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs. Performs a variety of budgetary functions for the Office and reporting departments.

Essential Functions
Serves as functional lead for the University’s faculty hiring process/administrative system. Oversees and manages the faculty search process and the online applicant tracking system for searches each year. Assists hiring managers with completing and submitting position requests and faculty vacancy announcements for approval by the Dean and Provost. Facilitates and tracks the job progression from position approval to hire search approval, requisition, job ad, job posting on BGSU’s Careers Page, offer approval form, eOffer, closing and archiving the search, and rejection notices. Updates and writes procedures and provides one-on-one training with search chairs, department chairs, and support staff. Answers questions from prospective applicants and partners with HR to troubleshoot issues with the online application system. Facilitates faculty hires by collecting employment forms/documents. Maintains the official credential files for active faculty as well as files of all former faculty. Facilitates and provides administrative oversight and coordination of the recruitment and onboarding of all tenure and non-tenure track full-time faculty.
Responsible for coordinating the adjunct contracting process for adjunct faculty each semester. Provides oversight and instruction on creating contracts in OnBase to campus users. Responsible for setting up new term dates on the contract for fall and spring semester. Creates and updates procedures, provides instruction, and troubleshoots issues. Responds to data requests from the University Director of Budgets. Serves as Academic Affairs functional lead for systems related to faculty hiring and employment records. Troubleshoots and serves on committees to improve processes. Serves as the Provost’s Office liaison to the Deans, Chairs, Director of Budgets, VP for Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and Payroll in matters involving the faculty hiring process, employment documents, and related systems. Prepares and/or provides coordination, analysis, data collection, reports and other communication for the Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs. Monitors and performs a variety of budgetary functions for the Office and reporting departments. Oversees the eChecklist process for adjunct faculty hires – creation of checklist, collection of onboarding forms, credentials, and signed contracts. Creates procedures, provides one-on-training, and troubleshoots issues.
Researches, analyzes, prepares and processes personnel actions maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Responds to inquiries and provides guidance in the completion of personnel workflow and paperwork; explains personnel policies and procedures. Maintains faculty credential files for full-time and adjunct faculty following the university’s established retention policy. Prepares files for archiving and keeps record of all files archived. Researches and responds to inquiries from faculty on matters ranging from leaving the University, retirement, benefits, payroll, sick leave reimbursement, and vacation payouts.
Responsible for faculty personnel records for processes such as employment, promotion and tenure, records retention, and reporting. Responsible for maintaining the Tenure Page for each full-time faculty member. Enters rank and tenure data for new faculty. Updates tenure and promotion in HCM each year after approval by the Board of Trustees. Performs a variety of administrative functions ensuring data integrity and compliance with University policies, regulations, and protocols. Actively participates in processes including testing of system changes and workflow implementation as related to faculty. Updates annually and on an ad hoc basis to ensure data is correct. Serves as liaison/point of contact for improvement initiatives. Responds to faculty data requests from the Provost and the President. Produces the annual faculty profile for main campus and Firelands. Reviews data for more than full-time faculty members to ensure accuracy. Provides reports to Institutional Research to use for IPEDS reporting.
Makes recommendations for improving efficiency and functionality of systems and systems support. Participates in the design, development and/or customization of systems developed internally; gathers and analyzes data; assembles data and materials for testing and investigation of programs and multi-level databases and their relationship with designated systems in development, testing, and implementation stages. Designs and updates training, documents, and communication materials related to the student employment. Develops job aids for units and department users.
Performs day-to-day operational duties including P-Card transactions, Chrome River entries, Falcons Purch transactions, FMS budget and expense transfers, ordering supplies and submitting work orders as needed for the Provost’s Office. Answers phone and greats visitors as needed; serves on University committees, completes other projects as assigned by the Provost and designees.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
The following Degree is required:

Bachelors degree. Degree must be conferred at time of application.

The following Experience is required:
1 year of experience creating job aids and instructional materials.

1 year of experience managing confidential personnel documents.

The following Experience is preferred:

Experience evaluating forms and procedures to identify missing or incomplete information/processes.

Experience working directly with record systems, managing data, and running/preparing reports/queries.


Additional Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of higher education structure/administration preferred

Excellent written and verbal communication skills that include a variety of different audiences/backgrounds

Ability to create/maintain accurate and detailed records, notes, and transactions

Ability to work independently under the pressures of multiple projects and very tight deadlines

Experience working with confidential files, records, and information (spoken and written)

Ability to use sound judgment, tact and discretion especially when working with confidential files/information