ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

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POSITION PURPOSE
Reporting to the Vice Chair for Finance & Administration (VCFA)  the Associate Director (AD) provides expert HR guidance and direction on complex processes and compliance issues associated with recruitment, hiring, onboarding, performance evaluations, performance management, employee relations, compensation, benefits, leave management, and separation. The AD will be responsible for direction of a well-trained, efficient, and customer service-oriented team dedicated to HR & Faculty Affairs. The AD will develop, implement and direct results-oriented initiatives and systems that are sensitive to the cultures of the University of Washington broadly, School of Medicine (SoM), UW Medicine, University of Washington Physicians (UWP), and the Veterans’ Administration Puget Sound Health Care System (SVAH). The AD will use an advanced level understanding of the federal, state, university and SoM policies in these areas to define and evaluate best practices to be initiated and implemented across the department to serve faculty, trainees, staff, and students. Further, this position will work with related partners for any necessary review, development and upkeep of department practice in accordance with changing laws, statutes and policies.

Position Complexities
The Department of Family Medicine is a large and complex department of 200+ faculty who are also physicians, advanced practice providers, and scientists; 100 staff, and over 1700 volunteer faculty who support the teaching and patient care missions of the UW in the five state WWAMI region. The Department is spread over multiple campuses, serving patients at most UW Medicine sites and across the WWAMI region. Having personnel spread across so many entities, each with their own policies and practices; and states, each with their on laws, exacerbates the complexities of managing HR for this group.

Position Dimensions and Impact to the University
Family Medicine is the second largest SoM department based on paid and volunteer faculty with personnel spread across the WWAMI region. The AD manages the team responsible for the faculty and staff HR support for these individuals and the inherent complexities of having personnel in so many different locations, each with their rules and regulations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
40% - Operations, Process Improvement, HR/Academic Affairs Policy Review and Development