Faculty Governance Administrator

The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) at UW-Madison is a globally recognized business school, conducting cutting-edge research and delivering market-responsive degrees. WSB enrolls nearly 5,000 students annually within a comprehensive portfolio of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. WSB has approximately 100 faculty members, 370 staff, 280 graduate assistants and 220 student hourly employees.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff at WSB, this position will oversee critical activities related to faculty and academic staff governance, including the maintenance and management of official documents and policies. The role involves researching and interpreting policy issues and their implications. The individual will provide confidential, impartial, and independent support to governance bodies and committees concerning procedures, policies, and regulations for their constituents. This position serves as the primary liaison to the Social Sciences Divisional Committee and the Secretary of the Faculty. Additionally, the role involves producing, processing, and analyzing faculty data for reports to the Dean, governance committees, accrediting organizations such as AACSB, and for various rankings surveys of business schools.

• Provides information, advice, and consultation on policy, rules, and participation in the shared governance of the institution

• Directs and schedules logistics and secures resources for operational work plans of governance committees

• Reviews institutional activities and actions that may impact respective constitutes or shared governance and disseminates updates to appropriate entities

• Serves as a key administrative liaison with the faculty, academic staff or university staff committees; may serve as ex-officio member of appropriate governance bodies, as designated by policy

• Provides strategic guidance and oversees support provided to the representative governance body, executive committee, standing committees, and various ad-hoc committees and working groups; maintains agendas, minutes and other documents for university-wide dissemination and archival purposes

• Serves as the institutional resource and expert for respective constituents and related statutes, rules, procedures, and policies for employees and leadership

Wisconsin School of Business, Office of the Dean

The minimum salary for the position is $85,000. Actual starting salary will be based on experience and qualifications.

The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

• Minimum three years of professional experience in a college or university setting

• Strong service orientation

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Effective problem-solving and organizational skills

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders in an academic setting

Bachelor's Degree Required

Click the "Apply" button to start the application process.

You will be prompted to upload the following documents:

• Resume

• Letter of Qualifications

Applicants should attach a letter of qualifications and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process. The search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. References will be requested of final candidates. All applicants will be notified after the search is complete and a candidate has been selected.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Se Ann Yang

se.yang@wisc.edu

608-263-2975

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