Reporting to the Executive Administrator for the Department of Medicine (DOM) with matrix reporting to others, the Director of Faculty Growth will facilitate and improve the faculty recruitment activities throughout the Department of Medicine, with other Departments and Institutes in the Biological Sciences Division, and across the UC Medicine enterprise including both employed faculty and joint venture practices.
Assumes ownership for the execution of the entire lifecycle of a faculty recruit from conceptualization of need through business case development and position control, posting, recruitment, appointment/reappointment, credentialing, provisioning, and start.
Acts independently to evaluate current activities, identifying and implementing opportunities to improve and streamline throughout the entire faculty recruitment lifecycle.
Serves as a liaison between UChicago Medicine, UChicago Medical Center, UChicago Medical Group, UCM Care Network, the Biological Sciences Division, and leaders within the Department of Medicine such as Vice Chairs, Section Chiefs, Section Administrators.
Proactively and independently communicates with stakeholders, managing expectations and improving process.
Evaluates and ensures consistent alignment with departmental, divisional, and university processes and procedures by proactively addressing concerns before they result in process delays.
Supports Section Administrators, Section Chiefs, and Medical Directors by developing resources that improve understanding, transparency, and communication.
Creates support and harmony for a team of professionals independently focused on portions of a large, disjoined, and evolving process within a matrix organization with an ambitious growth strategy.
Independently acts to create and implement a growth strategy that simultaneously forecasts turnover and integrates the organizationâ™s future capacity needs, resulting in net growth of research and clinical faculty.
Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases.
Manages program operations and administrative functions which may include planning and scheduling, program evaluation, policy implementation, personnel administration, budget, marketing, fundraising and proposal development.
Manages the dissemination, interpretation and application of program policies and recommends or makes exceptions.
Contributes to design of program content, policies and strategic planning efforts.
Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Advanced degree.
Experience:
Prior experience in academic medicine.
Prior experience at the University of Chicago.
Prior experience in academic affairs, medical staff credentialing, or faculty recruitment.
Prior process improvement experience.
Prior experience developing and evaluating recruitment proformas for both clinical and research faculty.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
Workday or similar HRIS system experience.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Working knowledge of employment regulations and typical human resources procedures.
Preferred Competencies
Computing skills sufficient to effectively use many diverse managerial and administrative computer applications.
Strategic leadership skills.
Project management skills.
Supervisory skills.
Analytical skills.
Problem-solving skills.
Decision-making skills.
Attention to detail.
Organizational skills.
Quantitative skills.
Oral and written communication skills.
Interpersonal skills.
Negotiation skills.
Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Working Conditions
Position location is primarily at the University of Chicagoâ™s Hyde Park campus.
The ability to work remotely more than 20% of time is not anticipated.
Application Documents
Resume/CV (required)
Cover Letter (required)
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