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HR Director

How to Apply

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume.  The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and highlight your career achievements coaching and advising leaders related to HR strategy. In addition, please speak to how you have led DEI efforts and created an inclusive and diverse environment.

Summary

The Director of Human Resources (HR) is responsible for HR strategy, leading and managing HR services, policies and programs for the School of Dentistry. This position includes HR functions for faculty and staff. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Community-Based Collaborative Care and Education, the director consults with and advises leadership and management on faculty and staff HR matters from employee/union relations and performance management to salary administration and workforce planning. The school’s Human Resources Service Center (HRSC) reports to the HR Director and is responsible for administering and/or facilitating faculty and staff employment, appointments, compensation, on-boarding, visa and immigration, and other personnel actions initiated by department managers. The HR Director develops and leads HR practices, objectives and initiatives that foster the school’s mission and core values, and the recruitment and retention of diverse and talented faculty and staff.

Who We Are

School of Dentistry - Human Resources Mission Statement and Vision Statement

Partnering talent with resources to support the advancement of the Dental School’s mission, vision, and strategic plan through our L.E.A.D guiding principles: Leading by example with respect and reliability, Exemplary customer service, Accuracy and attention to detail with transactions, and Delivering strategic guidance in the access of information, training, implementation of policies, procedures, practices, regulations, compensation, recruiting, and employment of our faculty, staff, and student employees. Our vision is to support and influence the strategic direction by providing managers and employees with innovative solutions to organizational and human resource issues of the #1 Dental School in the world.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic HR leadership for the School of Dentistry and the HR Service Center. Lead a team of high performing human resources generalists; manage the HRSC budget and oversee staff’s performance. Plan and ensure alignment of HR Strategy with the school’s strategic plan as it relates to attracting, recruiting, and retaining a diverse and talented faculty and staff.
• Serve as the internal senior HR advisor to the Dean, Associate Deans and other members of the school’s leadership team regarding sensitive and confidential matters involving faculty, appointments, contracts, and salary recommendations. Partner with units in the school and university to ensure that faculty and staff appointments and other transactions occur accurately and in a timely manner.
• Advise, coach and partner with managers and supervisors regarding faculty and staff recruitment and appointment changes. Provide broad oversight of compensation and reclassification requests, and employee/labor relations issues.
• Develop and implement staff engagement initiatives that support the School of Dentistry as a great place to work and learn, and provide oversight of the school’s Staff Forum committee.
• Approve and manage staff compensation changes and assist Finance with complex faculty salary structures and salary restructuring. Co-facilitate and administer the annual salary increase program for faculty and staff.
• Oversee HR recruitment of foreign nationals and complex visa immigration issues ensuring compliance with university guidelines and federal law.
• Review and resolve reclassification and equity requests; establish and revise salary ranges for posting positions and review salary market data for benchmarking.
• Recommend, interpret and administer university personnel policies and advise unit management to ensure uniform compliance. Develop and update school HR policies and procedures.
• Lead investigations and resolutions of employee complaints and grievances. Serve as the school’s Affirmative Action Coordinator facilitating a fair, inclusive and equitable faculty and staff search process and adherence to U-M guidelines and federal employment laws.
• Analyze human resources data, generate options and recommendations, and prepare and oversee reports for internal and external constituents.
• Provide services consistent with central human resource policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with affirmative action and environmental and safety programs.
   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, business administration or other relevant degree, or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience. 
• Seven or more years of diverse experience in all areas of human resources.
• Five or more years of high level HR experience performing at a strategic level.
• Three to five years supervising or serving as a team lead in an HR unit in a dynamic and complex environment.
• Strong knowledge of human resources strategy, administration, HR emerging trends, organizational development, employee relations, and federal and state employment laws.
• Demonstrated success in advancing services and policies which support, value and enhance diversity.
• Considerable experience in the administration of human resource programs including employment, compensation, training, employee relations, labor relations, and organizational effectiveness.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills. Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and viewpoints to develop creative solutions to problems.
• Excellent communications skills including written, verbal and presentation skills, diplomacy and discretion.
• Excellent client relationship management skills and ability to resolve issues with diplomacy and tact while building positive relationships at multiple levels and with diverse groups internal and external to the school. Comfort with mediating and adjudicating concerns.
• Demonstrated experience developing training programs and leading major change and HR initiatives.
• Proficient with MS Office or comparable software, email, and HR databases and information systems such as PeopleSoft.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• HR Certification (SPHR/SHRM-SCP).
• Knowledge of university policies, practices and procedures.
• Supervisory experience in an HR unit leading a team in a higher education environment preferably serving both faculty and staff.
• Advanced consulting and negotiation skills to advise and counsel management and staff on human resources matters and to facilitate conflict resolution.

Work Locations

The work location is 1011 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

U-M COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters when eligible, are required for all University of Michigan students, faculty and staff across all campuses, including Michigan Medicine.  This includes those working remotely.   More information on this new policy is available on the Campus Blueprint website or the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint websites.