Manager, Faculty Relations, Fhs

**Manager, Faculty Relations, FHS** Faculty of Health Sciences Human Resources, McMaster University The Dean and Vice President has oversight and responsibility for the strategies, planning, development, implementation and assessment of all academic policies and programs within the Faculty. The Dean and VP is accountable to the President and the Senate for the academic administration of the Faculty and is part of several key committees related to academic governance (Senate), financial governance (Board of Governors), academic personnel, and academic planning (including programs). Specifically, the Dean and VP is responsible for the academic goals of the Faculty; ensuring the academic activities of the Faculty are sound; making key academic decisions; creating a favorable image for the University and developing and maintaining external and government relationships. The Faculty Relations office is a key piece of the administrative structure of the Faculty in that this office manages all academic administration related to faculty recruitment, retention, promotion, and tenure. **Job Overview**: The Manager, Faculty Relations is part of the administrative team in the Office of the Dean and Vice President and works closely with the other members of the administration to ensure that excellent service is provided by the Office. The Manager acts as an advisor to the Dean and VP (or delegate) and is responsible for ensuring that all academic appointments within the Faculty are done in accordance with all legislative and contractual agreements including the "Policy and Regulations with Respect to Academic Appointment, Tenure and Promotion". The Manager reports to the Director, Human Resources, FHS and is the primary contact for all departments, programs, and human resources related to Faculty Relations within the Faculty and provides information and training regarding faculty appointments and records. The Manager is responsible for orienting all new faculty to university policies and procedures and trains staff and faculty on procedures related to tenure and promotion of faculty and academic reviews. The Manager reviews all documents regarding tenure and promotion and faculty leaves for accuracy and completeness. The Manager is accountable for the creation and maintenance of the official academic files for all faculty (full and part time) within the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Manager is the first point of contact for all licensing and immigration queries related to faculty and works with counterparts at CIC, CPSO, Royal College to resolve issues, consulting with legal counsel when required. **Key Responsibilities**: Acts as a Faculty expert and advisor on faculty recruitment policies, faculty pay, contracts, licensing and other associated processes and procedures. - Provides in-depth advice related to the terms and conditions of employment governed by the "Policy and Regulations with Respect to Academic Appointment, Tenure and Promotion." - Responsible for providing in-depth advice on recruitment policies, classification, compensation, and other contract matters with respect to faculty (full time and part time) - Responsible for providing in-depth advice and assistance regarding CPSO academic licensing and Royal College academic certification. Responsible for investigating and resolving issues related to licensing/certification. - Working with the Provost's office, provides seminars for faculty members that provide information on immigration and citizenship. - Working with the Program for Faculty Development, creates, updates, maintains, and provides seminars for faculty members relating to orientation, preparing for academic review, promotion and creating and managing the academic CV. - Accountable for ensuring that faculty appointments and reappointments follow all contractual and legislative agreements. - Responsible for the production and accuracy of all FI-IS academic appointment letters for signature of the President and/or Dean and VP. The Manager, Faculty Relations is a strategic advisor to the Dean and VP (or delegate) regarding processes and procedures relating to faculty appointments. - This includes issues related to interpretation of the MUFA and CFA agreements, as well as special arrangements such as tenure and promotion appeals, grievances, retirement incentives. - Reviews and investigates issues such as grievances and appeals and provides briefing notes to the Dean and VP. - Prepares information and reports as required. Independently manages statistical human resources information on academic faculty including numbers in various appointment categories, clinical faculty, breakdowns by location, etc. - Responsible for the preparation of reports relating to faculty for internal (Faculty Executive, MDSM Council, IRA, Provost's office) and external (AFMC, CPSO, COFM) audiences - Confirm accuracy of data with IRA and other internal groups. - Ensures that all new appointments are reported monthly.