Employment
FACULTY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST
Job Family: Administrative
Job Code:11957
Pay Grade:60
FLSA: E
SUMMARY

Responsible for coordination of the collection, maintenance, and processing of faculty appointments and other faculty actions for the University of Georgia Provost and President, and the Board of Regents. Work collaboratively with various UGA administrative units including Offices of the Sr VP for Academic Affairs & Provost, Institutional Effectiveness, Institutional Research, Budget Review, Budget Office, Payroll, Human Resources, and Board of Regents. Work is performed with considerable independence under the supervision and direction of the Director and Assistant Director of the Office of Faculty Affairs.

  

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Faculty Appointment Processing: Collect and integrate data pertaining to faculty appointments and reappointments. Review faculty appointment packages, retire/rehire requests and emeritus appointment requests to assure the documentation is complete and accurate, and that the appropriate approvals/signatures are acquired. Communicate and correspond with faculty affairs contacts at colleges/schools and departmental units to verify accuracy and ensure completeness of documentation and status for faculty appointment processing. Electronic processing of faculty appointments and entering data in FIRST, the electronic faculty appointment system. Provide support to FIRST users.

Electronic Personnel Processing: Review and approve electronic personnels in WebDFS for faculty actions. Ensure accuracy of faculty data on personnel documents.

Faculty Data Management: Maintain paper and electronic files for current and past faculty including review of files and correction of faculty data. Includes work with staff of the Office of Institutional Research to ensure consistency and accuracy of data in FIRST and the UGA Faculty Database.

Other duties as assigned

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

 

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of University of Georgia administrative and academic systems and related business principles and practices.

Proficiency with WebDFS and UGA IMS systems, as well as email, word processing and spreadsheets.

Exceptional organizational, communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to prioritize and multi-task to meet ongoing processing deadlines

Ability to work efficiently under deadline pressure

Attention to Detail

Strong Critical/Analytical Thinking Skills 

 

Revised: 08/26/14

This description is intended to be generic in nature, and is not intended to determine all of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.



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