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R\_00043437**Job Posting Title:**Department Manager**----****Hiring Department:**Department of French and Italian**----****Position Open To:**All Applicants**----****Weekly Scheduled Hours:**40**----****FLSA Status:**Exempt**----****Earliest Start Date:**Nov 26, 2026**----****Position Duration:**Expected to Continue Until Nov 25, 2028**----****Location:**UT MAIN CAMPUS**----****Job Details:**## General NotesandFor more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit:Our college seeks to build a supportive, growth-minded community and cultivate outstanding and courageous leaders. For more information on the college staff leadership academy, please visit: .For more information on college staff professional development, please visit:.## PurposeTo provide executive level, professional support for the Chair of an academic department in the College of Liberal Arts. To assist with a large volume of highly complex administrative matters with a university wide scope. Assist with long range strategic planning and meeting goals.This is a 2-year, fixed term position.## Responsibilities* Oversee business management for HRH building. Serve as a point of contact for building issues and repairs. Submit work orders, including service, construction, moving, surplus, and event requests in collaboration with the Administrative Associate. Oversee emergency and safety procedures, including COVID-related signage. Oversee building access procedures: interface with Locks and Keys and ITS to manage physical locks and proximity access processes.* Communications: Create, manage, and update all listservs for the department and building. Track office assignments and oversee creation of departmental directory. Create, update and manage departmental website, including creating and managing all internal request forms. Manage faculty and staff lists on website. Assist in the production and submission of department newsletter. Oversee content and assist with updates on all areas of departmental website.* Department Management: Provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students o policies and procedures relevant to their positions. Review internal processes to ensure that they are in keeping with university, state, and federal procedures and laws. Set departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and to achieve maximum efficiency. Supervisor department staff: recruit, hire and train all core department staff; perform annual appraisals; oversee and assign job duties to ensure all department support needs are being met. Approve all vouchers, Workday, and UT Direct documents processed in the department. Serve as point of contact for general questions or information requests. Prepares contracts for the department and works with Office of Sponsored Projects as needed for projects. Works with faculty on course management to ensure all departmental and student needs are met.* Financial: Manage departmental accounts and budgets in coordination with department chair. Assist financial analyst with account setup requests, transfers, reconciliations, and costing allocations. Prepare and supervise the preparation of various department reports, annual operational budgets and endowment reporting. Oversee financial analyst and set priorities for reporting of grant, startup, and other research accounts. Review endowments for updated criteria, prepares departmental budget and ensure usage is in alignment. Prepares student billing for departmental study abroad program and oversees processing of undergraduate scholarships.* Manage faculty HR and faculty affairs. Coordinate faculty recruitment, including managing job postings and recruitment committee assignments in Interfolio and facilitating external advertisements for faculty positions. Process PARs and new hire tenure reviews for faculty hires. Manage faculty leave processes, including FRAs, SRAs, CRFs, buyouts, and other faculty leaves. Manage faculty summer appointments, faculty allowances, and fellow appointments to endowments. Track and process all clinical and research faculty assignments. Create annual offer letters for all non-tenure track faculty. Maintain faculty personnel records, faculty meeting agendas and notes, and governance documents. Coordinate faculty reviews, including: promotion and tenure reviews, faculty annual reports, post-tenure reviews, third year reviews, and teaching award nominations.* Provide post-hire HR support for all staff, student, and faculty. Answer questions, provide guidance, and direct employees to resources to resolve HR concerns. Serve as liaison to Central HR, Payroll, and other centralized HR services to assist with post-hire issues. Serve as timekeeper to approve time sheets for all department employees and manage all related timekeeping processes, including vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and payouts at termination. Manage merit review process for department. Process all visa requests in MyIO and provide guidance for international employees and their supervisors.* Act as liaison with the Deans Office, and other central business areas at the university to ensure adherence to policies and procedures. Provide leadership as a member Liberal Arts Senior Staff Organization (LASSO)and collaborate with COLA administration* Other related functions as assigned.## Required QualificationsBachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience performing advanced administrative functions.Experience supervising employees. Demonstrated ability to maintain fiscal management of an office or department. Experience creating and maintaining budgets. Experience with Workday. Very strong attention to detail. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple ongoing deadlines. Demonstrated problem-solving skills and be a self-starter. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and oral and written communication skills. High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office programs: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook.*Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.*## Preferred QualificationsAdditional experience beyond required qualifications, including oversight of department budgets. Experience using advanced features of UT Box, DocuSign, and extensive Workday knowledge as an HR Partner. Knowledge of or interest in business process improvement. Master’s degree in higher education or related field.## Salary Range$68,000 + depending on qualifications## Working ConditionsTypical office environmentRequired Materials* Resume/CV* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor* Letter of interest**Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:** You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.**Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:** As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your. Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application #J-18808-Ljbffr
UT MAIN CAMPUStime type:
Full timeposted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition id:
R\_00043437**Job Posting Title:**Department Manager**----****Hiring Department:**Department of French and Italian**----****Position Open To:**All Applicants**----****Weekly Scheduled Hours:**40**----****FLSA Status:**Exempt**----****Earliest Start Date:**Nov 26, 2026**----****Position Duration:**Expected to Continue Until Nov 25, 2028**----****Location:**UT MAIN CAMPUS**----****Job Details:**## General NotesandFor more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit:Our college seeks to build a supportive, growth-minded community and cultivate outstanding and courageous leaders. For more information on the college staff leadership academy, please visit: .For more information on college staff professional development, please visit:.## PurposeTo provide executive level, professional support for the Chair of an academic department in the College of Liberal Arts. To assist with a large volume of highly complex administrative matters with a university wide scope. Assist with long range strategic planning and meeting goals.This is a 2-year, fixed term position.## Responsibilities* Oversee business management for HRH building. Serve as a point of contact for building issues and repairs. Submit work orders, including service, construction, moving, surplus, and event requests in collaboration with the Administrative Associate. Oversee emergency and safety procedures, including COVID-related signage. Oversee building access procedures: interface with Locks and Keys and ITS to manage physical locks and proximity access processes.* Communications: Create, manage, and update all listservs for the department and building. Track office assignments and oversee creation of departmental directory. Create, update and manage departmental website, including creating and managing all internal request forms. Manage faculty and staff lists on website. Assist in the production and submission of department newsletter. Oversee content and assist with updates on all areas of departmental website.* Department Management: Provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students o policies and procedures relevant to their positions. Review internal processes to ensure that they are in keeping with university, state, and federal procedures and laws. Set departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and to achieve maximum efficiency. Supervisor department staff: recruit, hire and train all core department staff; perform annual appraisals; oversee and assign job duties to ensure all department support needs are being met. Approve all vouchers, Workday, and UT Direct documents processed in the department. Serve as point of contact for general questions or information requests. Prepares contracts for the department and works with Office of Sponsored Projects as needed for projects. Works with faculty on course management to ensure all departmental and student needs are met.* Financial: Manage departmental accounts and budgets in coordination with department chair. Assist financial analyst with account setup requests, transfers, reconciliations, and costing allocations. Prepare and supervise the preparation of various department reports, annual operational budgets and endowment reporting. Oversee financial analyst and set priorities for reporting of grant, startup, and other research accounts. Review endowments for updated criteria, prepares departmental budget and ensure usage is in alignment. Prepares student billing for departmental study abroad program and oversees processing of undergraduate scholarships.* Manage faculty HR and faculty affairs. Coordinate faculty recruitment, including managing job postings and recruitment committee assignments in Interfolio and facilitating external advertisements for faculty positions. Process PARs and new hire tenure reviews for faculty hires. Manage faculty leave processes, including FRAs, SRAs, CRFs, buyouts, and other faculty leaves. Manage faculty summer appointments, faculty allowances, and fellow appointments to endowments. Track and process all clinical and research faculty assignments. Create annual offer letters for all non-tenure track faculty. Maintain faculty personnel records, faculty meeting agendas and notes, and governance documents. Coordinate faculty reviews, including: promotion and tenure reviews, faculty annual reports, post-tenure reviews, third year reviews, and teaching award nominations.* Provide post-hire HR support for all staff, student, and faculty. Answer questions, provide guidance, and direct employees to resources to resolve HR concerns. Serve as liaison to Central HR, Payroll, and other centralized HR services to assist with post-hire issues. Serve as timekeeper to approve time sheets for all department employees and manage all related timekeeping processes, including vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and payouts at termination. Manage merit review process for department. Process all visa requests in MyIO and provide guidance for international employees and their supervisors.* Act as liaison with the Deans Office, and other central business areas at the university to ensure adherence to policies and procedures. Provide leadership as a member Liberal Arts Senior Staff Organization (LASSO)and collaborate with COLA administration* Other related functions as assigned.## Required QualificationsBachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience performing advanced administrative functions.Experience supervising employees. Demonstrated ability to maintain fiscal management of an office or department. Experience creating and maintaining budgets. Experience with Workday. Very strong attention to detail. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple ongoing deadlines. Demonstrated problem-solving skills and be a self-starter. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and oral and written communication skills. High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office programs: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook.*Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.*## Preferred QualificationsAdditional experience beyond required qualifications, including oversight of department budgets. Experience using advanced features of UT Box, DocuSign, and extensive Workday knowledge as an HR Partner. Knowledge of or interest in business process improvement. Master’s degree in higher education or related field.## Salary Range$68,000 + depending on qualifications## Working ConditionsTypical office environmentRequired Materials* Resume/CV* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor* Letter of interest**Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:** You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.**Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:** As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your. Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application #J-18808-Ljbffr