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University of California - Riverside

Director of Academic Personnel

University of California - Riverside, Oakland, California, United States, 94616

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Overview UC Riverside's Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) is recruiting for a Director of Academic Personnel. The full salary range for the Director is $93,200 - $174,200 annually, with an expected pay scale up to $140,000 annually. Salary offers are based on education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal advisor and subject matter expert on all academic personnel matters and be a key member of the Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET).

Report to the Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for ASSET, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education.

Provide strategic leadership, policy interpretation, and operational oversight for a broad range of academic personnel functions within ASSET-supported units.

Oversee appointments and reviews for Ladder Rank Faculty, Non-Senate Faculty (including Unit 18 Lecturers), Academic Student Employees (ASEs), and academic administrators.

Support all academic personnel operations for the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), including the Undergraduate Writing Program, Academic Resource Center, and University Honors, and may support academic HR functions for academic administrators across ASSET-supported units.

Maintain expert-level knowledge of academic policies, compensation structures, collective bargaining agreements, and academic recruitment processes.

Act as the primary liaison among Undergraduate Education academic units, ASSET human resources, workforce administration, finance teams, and central academic personnel offices to ensure policy compliance, consistency, and timely execution of academic HR actions.

Lead academic personnel planning and service delivery, including recruitment, onboarding, staffing, compensation, academic reviews (for Senate and non-Senate faculty), and ASE appointments.

Collaborate with ASSET HR and DUE leadership to develop and implement internal guidelines, deliver training, and drive process improvement initiatives.

Provide support for staff HR actions as needed in collaboration with ASSET HR.

Play a critical leadership role in aligning academic personnel practices with DUE's teaching and learning mission through proactive service, strategic guidance, and cross-functional collaboration in support of faculty and academic appointees.

Application Instructions Please be advised that applicants must submit a curriculum vitae/resume for full consideration. A cover letter is highly preferred.

Qualifications and Requirements

Current work authorization to accept a UCR staff position (no visa sponsorship is available for staff positions at this time).

Expert-level knowledge of academic policies, compensation structures, collective bargaining agreements, and academic recruitment processes.

Ability to advise on and interpret academic personnel policies and to lead complex HR processes across multiple units.

Compliance As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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