HUMAN RESOURCES - Redesign Project

Compensation and Classification Redesign Project
Job Function and Job Family
PURPOSE STATEMENTS

Academic Support Services

The academic support services function contributes to strategic educational, enrollment, persistence and graduation goals of the University by upholding academic integrity and through the creation and implementation of academic policies, procedures, programs and services that foster an excellent educational experience, promote student engagement and support student success.

Job Families and Purpose

• Academic Programs and Services, Academic Advising—
  Provides academic advising services primarily to students by interpreting and implementing college and university policies and standards.
• Academic Programs and Services, Educational Support Services—
  Enhances and supports student experiences by identifying and providing targeted programs to ensure academic success.
• Academic Programs and Services: Academic Program Management—
  Provides leadership, oversight and coordination of academic programs by designing, planning, integrating and evaluating curriculum, enrollment, academic standards and teaching resources.
• Admissions and Enrollment Services—
  Recruits, admits and enrolls students in sufficient quantity and quality to meet departmental, college and overall University enrollment goals and to ensure students make a smooth transition to University life.
• Financial Aid Services—
  Determines eligibility, type and amount of financial assistance to be awarded by evaluating and analyzing financial information submitted by applicants in accordance with established guidelines.
• Instructional Services—
  Provides instructional services support to faculty, staff and students by designing, developing, selecting, adapting or maintaining instructional/informational materials and classrooms for the purpose of teaching and learning.
• Registrar Services—
  Keeps the records of enrollment and academic standing by overseeing the student record and registration process, assessing tuition and fees, scheduling classrooms and maintaining course databases, overseeing degree progression, and conducting data analysis.

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Administration: Administrative Support, Program Administration, and Managerial Administration

Creates and fosters a culture where the vision, mission and goals of the organization can be achieved through leadership, strategic planning, program administration and operational support.

Job Families and Purpose

• Administrative Support—
  Contributes to the success of the organization by providing administrative assistance through the coordination and support of operations.
• Program Administration—
  Enhances the success of a program or service through planning, promotion and implementation.
• Organizational/Departmental Administration—
  Manages the success of an organization or department by ensuring mission and goals are met through effective direction, visionary leadership and strategic planning.

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Administration: Audit & Compliance, Legal and Risk Management

Proactively manages and minimizes organizational risk by advising, educating, and monitoring the UI community regarding legal, operational, financial, and best practice standards.

Job Families and Purpose

• Audit—
  Provides assurance that risks are being appropriately identified and mitigated through the performance of audits, consultations, follow-ups, and other special requests.
• Compliance—
  Maintains, recommends or establishes systems and practices to ensure compliance with institutional policies and procedures, laws, and other external standards through policy/procedure development, monitoring, recommending best practices, education & training, reporting, investigating, and remediation.
• Legal—
  Identifies and minimizes legal risk to the University through the provision of expert legal advice and consultation.

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Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Creates a positive public window through art, culture and sport which realizes and promotes educational and creative work that engages, informs and entertains.

Job Families and Purpose

• Administration—
  Leads, establishes, and maintains the organizational mission by planning and directing the administrative, operational and fiscal activities.
• Collections Management—
  Manages and preserves art and artifacts for the purpose of exhibition.
• Education, Outreach, and Grant Writing—
  Creates, connects and explains the cultural experience to our publics through educational and participatory activities, presentations and exhibits.
• External Relations—
  Provides service and information by coordinating public relations, marketing, and fundraising efforts.
• Facilities and Physical Resources Management—
  Plans, maintains and enhances physical resources to effectively support education and creativity.
• Production and Presentation—
  Realizes and creates cultural concepts by planning, designing, producing and presenting events.

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Athletics

Positively increases educational reputation, institutional visibility, and relationship-building with multiple constituency groups through the recruitment, development, and graduation of diverse and uniquely qualified groups of student athletes who are engaged in Big 10 athletics.

Job Families and Purpose

• Athletics Administrative Professional—
  Develops a model athletics program through the provision of leadership and vision consistent with the Athletics mission, values and commitments.
• Athletics Trainer—
  Ensures equitable safety and welfare of student athletes through a multi-faceted approach to their healthcare.
• Coaches—
  Recruits and develops uniquely qualified and diverse groups of student athletes by creating a supportive academic and athletic environment that fosters overall success.
• Equipment Manager—
  Supports the material needs of the Athletics Department through planning, acquisition, and management of equipment and apparel.

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Behavioral Health

Enhances the emotional and behavioral health and effective functioning of our constituents (Faculty, Staff, Student, Patients and Community) by creating, delivering and evaluating programs and services.

Job Families and Purpose

• Behavioral Health Professional, Clinical—
  Enhances the emotional and behavioral health and effective functioning of our constituents by creating, delivering and evaluating clinical programs, services.
• Behavioral Health Professional, Non-Clinical—
  Enhances the emotional and behavioral health and effective functioning of our constituents by creating, delivering and evaluating nonclinical programs, services.

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Business and Finance

Provides accurate financial information in a cost-effective, efficient and timely manner and ensures responsible stewardship of the University's financial resources by establishing policies and procedures in compliance with internal and external regulations.

Job Families and Purpose

• Accounting—
  Provides accurate and timely accounting information that is used to develop reports, conduct financial analysis and planning, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Business and Finance Generalist—
  Performs a broad range of business and finance functions to assure effective and compliant organizational/departmental/unit operations.
• Financial Analysis—
  Performs analyses of statistical, financial, and accounting data in support of University management and compliance with state and federal government agency rules and regulations.
• Grant Accountant—
  Manages the financial aspects of externally sponsored projects and gifts to the university by interpreting sponsor agreements, meeting reporting requirements and ensuring compliance with university, sponsor and federal regulations.
• Purchasing—
  Procures goods and services at the best value to the University while ensuring compliance with federal and state laws, regent and university policies and procedures, and operating at the highest standards of ethical conduct.

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Engineering and Architecture

Creates and manages safe, functional, sustainable, and attractive solutions for products and facilities through innovation design and operations and the efficient use of resources while meeting regulatory requirements.

Job Families and Purpose

• Clinical Engineer—
  Supports the safe application of technology to healthcare through applications of scientific/engineering principles, medical knowledge and fiscal/managerial accountability.
• Construction Project Manager—
  Manages the construction of capital projects through ensuring all projects are completed on schedule and budget and in compliance within a contractually defined scope and quality standards.
• Controls Engineer—
  Utilizes technical knowledge of building control systems to optimize supply side and demand side performance through design, installation, commissioning and operational strategies.
• Design Project Manager—
  Manages the design process of capital projects through ensuring projects are designed in compliance with UI, state and federal standards and programmatic requirements.
• Energy Engineer—
  Reduces energy consumption and optimizing systems performance through management of energy programs, internal partnerships, energy audits that yield energy conservation projects and operational improvements.
• Engineering Assistant—
  Assists with engineering support tasks such as surveying, technical document preparation, material needs assessment, computer assisted design, product fabrication, and/or instrumentation installation.
• Engineer—
  Translates technical knowledge into engineering system components through analysis, design, implementation and verification.
• Engineering Project Manager—
  Provides project management services through gathering, organizing, and analyzing project information throughout the bidding, negotiating, constructing, testing, to ensure that the final product is within specified project scope, quality, time, and cost constraints.
• Engineering Services Specialist—
  Provides specialized research and development support services through proposing, designing, fabricating, installing, and/or managing systems of data collection/processing instrumentation and equipment.
• Facilities Project Manager—
  Manages the design and construction projects and takes the leads in actively pursuing the project scope, schedule and budget; while on a team composed of the client and architectural engineering resources, both internally and externally.
• Utility Systems Engineer—
  Delivers safe, reliable and efficient utility services using innovation engineering principles applied to the  operation, maintenance, modification, design, research and management of utility systems.

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Facilities Operations

Manages facility/physical assets, resources, and services through stewardship of facilities assets and resources to sustain a clean, safe and aesthetically pleasing environment; part of this function also manages energy procurement, conversion and distribution systems for safe, reliable, and efficient operation of utility systems and adequate utilities systems capacity.

Job Families and Purpose

• Managerial Services (Maintenance, Grounds, Custodial, Parking & Transportation, Utility Distribution)—
  Provides facilities and services that meet the mission and goals of the institution by supervising, managing or directing the resources (staff, budget, equipment, tools, supplies) assigned to the care of the facilities/physical assets and operation of services.
• Managerial, Utilities Operation—
  Manages and controls the University's energy procurement, conversion, distribution, and building use through safe, reliable, and efficient operation.

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Health Care

Improves the health and well being of our patients by providing patient care and education, teaching students and staff in various health care disciplines, preventing disease, promoting health and conducting research.

Job Families and Purpose

• Clinical/Technical Specialty—
  Provides clinical or technical services to assure the effective and efficient delivery of health care.
• Health Care Executive Leadership—
  Provides leadership in the management of resources to assure that health care is delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Health Care Management—
  Leads and manages functions to assure that healthcare is delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Revenue Cycle—
  Assures proper reimbursement for care and generates revenue for UI Healthcare.
• Support Services—
  Provides hospital and/or clinical operational support to assure effective and efficient delivery of health care.

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Hospitality

Enhances the positive image and reputation of the University by building relationships with internal and external constituents, providing exemplary services and support for interdisciplinary activities and functions.

Job Families and Purpose

• Banquets, Catering and Food Management—
  Provides exceptional experiences at social, educational and residential events via professional banquet and catering services.
• Food Preparation—
  Provides great quality food through outstanding preparation, presentation and service.

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Human Resources

Collaborates with leadership to assure an engaged, competent and diverse workforce through developing and administering policies and programs for recruitment, compensation, development, support, and retention.

Job Families and Purpose

• HR Administrative Support/Administrator—
  Enhances the operations of a department/unit by providing advice and guidance to the unit leadership and employees, and performing transactions within all subject matters of Human Resources.
• HR Specialist—
  Enhances the functioning of the University by providing specialized services and expertise within a defined subject matter of HR to departmental/unit HR representatives and departmental/unit leadership.

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Information Technology

Produces information assets and creative solutions that strategically advances teaching, research and service through robust infrastructure, information tools, systems and stewardship of information assets.

Job Families and Purpose

• Application Development and Support—
  Analyzes, designs, implements and supports applications that are both developed internally or are vended/commercial solutions.
• Communications Infrastructure Engineer—
  Designs, analyzes, implements, and administers the voice, data, and video physical infrastructures required to meet established service delivery standards and customer/user needs.
• Database Administration—
  Develops, administers and controls institutional data resources to ensure the availability, performance, integrity and security.
• Information Technology Management—
  Provides leadership, strategic planning, operational support and decision making in an information technology rich environment.
• Information Technology Security Analyst—
  Protects institutional assets involving various aspects of information security including customer and service support, diagnosis and troubleshooting of problems; interpretation of risk; architecture design, planning, and strategic thinking; and leadership.
• Information Technology Support Services—
  Provides assistance and consultation to technology users.  Provides direct user support and guidance and assists with technology planning in an effort to maximize user and organizational effectiveness.  May perform help desk functions and training to resolve user problems and concerns.
• Network Engineer—
  Designs, analyzes, administers and maintains the data network communications on campus required to meet established service delivery standards and customer/user needs.
• Systems Administration/Systems Programming—
  Designs, installs, configures, administers and secures the operational integrity, and support of stand-alone and networked computer systems, including installation and maintenance of software.

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Law Enforcement/Public Safety (function and family)

Facilitates the creation and maintenance of a safe and secure environment for faculty, staff, students, and the general public by establishing policies, procedures, and programs related to comprehensive public safety and emergency preparedness and response.

Job Families and Purpose

• Law Enforcement/Public Safety—Facilitates the creation and maintenance of a safe and secure environment for faculty, staff, students, and the general public by establishing policies, procedures, and programs related to comprehensive public safety and emergency preparedness and response.

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Libraries

Provides access to and facilitates the understanding of information, scholarship, and creative works.

Job Families and Purpose

• Law Librarians—
  Select, acquire, organize, preserve, and provide information resources about law and related subjects, and provide supporting services including instruction in research skills and help in using such resources, to the College of Law, the University at large, the state, and the nation.
• University Librarians—
  Provide access to and facilitates the understanding of information, scholarship, and creative works in accordance with standards mandated by professional library-related organizations (e.g., the Association of College and Research Libraries). This is accomplished through: the selection, acquisition, organization, creation, promotion, and preservation of information and resources (generally excluding legal information); instruction and consultation; advocacy for and development of sustainable models of scholarly communication and information policy that meet the needs of higher education and the public interest; contribution to the scholarly discourse in library and information science and related fields and to the bibliographic dimension of all academic fields; awareness of issues and trends that help shape collections and services in the future; and recruitment and retention of qualified staff.

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Marketing, Communication and Outreach

Enhances the positive image and reputation of the University by building relationships with key audiences through strategic communications.

Job Families and Purpose

• Creative Media Productions and Support—
  Conveys the appropriate message through the use of media tools.
• Marketing—
  Enhances the achievement of organizational business objectives by use of effective marketing techniques (mix).
• Media Relations—
  Enhances University image by efficiently and effectively fulfilling media requests and sending external messages according to the strategic plan.
• Public and Collegiate Relations—
  Provides quality experiences and opportunities by engaging external and internal constituents through relationship building, education and outreach.
• Strategic Communications—
  Transparently develops, coordinates, and implements strategic communications, and or programs to strengthen and maintain positive relationships and the advancement of activities.
• Writer/Editor—
  Reaches intended audience by producing editorial content.

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Research & Scientific

Supports the achievement of the University's research mission by encouraging open discovery and dissemination of new knowledge, through scientific inquiry, in an environment that fosters intellectual freedom while acknowledging and adhering to appropriate regulatory guidelines.                                                                                                                       And/Or                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Promotes the University's research mission and supports scientific, scholarly and creative activities through programs, procedures and policies that advance research, technology commercialization, and compliance to achieve sustainability and economic development.       

Job Families and Purpose

• Clinical Research Staff—
  Provides support for clinical research enterprise by subject recruitment and enrollment, development of protocol, data collection, and study management.
• Institutional Review Board Education and Compliance—
  Designs, plans, promotes, and conducts in-depth, on-site reviews of selected human subjects research projects conducted by University of Iowa investigators for the purpose of assessing compliance with federal regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements, and University of Iowa and Veteran's Administration Medical Center (VAMC) policies and procedures for the conduct of research involving human subjects.  To develop, administer, and oversee a comprehensive educational program for students, faculty, and staff involved in human subjects research.
• Institutional Review Board Operations—
  Supervises, designs, plans, promotes, and conducts activities for the human subject protection programs and services administered by the Human Subjects Office (HSO).  To serve as technical expert regarding federal and University regulations for the  protection of human subjects who participate in research.  To develop and coordinate procedures and programs to enhance investigator compliance with the IRB application process.
• Intellectual Property Licensing and Protection—
  Commercializes University of Iowa developed technologies and inventions through licensing and new venture information, and manages the subsequent revenue stream.
• Pharmaceutical Production—
  Manufactures products for internal, external and governmental clients through compliance of cGMP/cGLP, ICH, and DEA regulations and guidelines.
• Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Development—
  Develops formulations, conducts analytical analyses for internal, external and government clients through compliance of cGMP/cGLP, ICH, and DEA regulations and guidelines.
• Research Administration—
  Supports research and scholarly activity by reviewing, negotiating and accepting grants and contracts and oversees ethical and regulatory compliance on internally and externally funded projects.
• Research Assistants—
  Provides support for research enterprise by being familiar with literature, running experiments and analyzing results.
• Research Data Collection and Management—
  Supports research by collecting, analyzing, maintaining and disseminating administrative, billing, statistical and other health information and recruiting subjects for research studies, if applicable.
• Research Engineer—
  Provides leadership, technical expertise and scientific assistance in the proposal, design, management and conduct of major engineering research projects in support of major engineering research projects.
• Research Scientist—
  
• Provides leadership, technical expertise and scientific assistance in the proposal, design, acquisition and conduct of grant funded research projects.  Furthers scientific research by data collection and analysis and dissemination of findings.
• Research Support—
  Provides administrative support for the conduct of research, scholarship, creative and entrepreneurial activity and oversee ethical and regulatory compliance.
• Statisticians/Biostatisticians—
  Applies mathematical and statistical knowledge in support of research.

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Scientific Services and Environmental Health and Safety

Promotes and provides for the health and safety of the University community and/or citizens of the State of Iowa by establishing, implementing and maintaining policies, procedures, and services for occupational, environmental, clinical, research, regulatory, compliance and education programs.

Job Families and Purpose

• Biological Safety Specialist—
  Assures the proper and safe use of biological materials for the university community, by conducting workplace hazard and risk assessments, and developing and administering programs that promote safe use and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Chemical Safety Specialist—
  Assures proper and safe use of chemicals by the university community by conducting workplace hazard and risk assessments and developing and administering programs that promote safe use and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Clinical Laboratory Specialist—
  Provides information as a part of achieving overall health for the general public by performing clinical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, research, surveillance or prevention of disease.
• Environmental Laboratory Specialist—
  Provides information as a part of achieving overall health for the general public and quality of the environment by performing quantitative tests for diagnosis, treatment, research, surveillance or prevention of disease and the monitoring and prevention of environmental pollution.
• Environmental Specialist—
  Conducts, monitors, researches, inspects , or investigates for the purpose of identifying, abating or eliminating sources of hazards or pollutants that affect either the environment or health of the population by utilizing knowledge of various scientific disciplines to collect, synthesize, study, report and take action based on data derived from measurements or observations of/in air, water, food, soil or other matrices. Provides information as a part of achieving overall health for the general public and quality of the environment by performing quantitative and qualitative tests for diagnosis, treatment, research, surveillance or prevention of disease and the monitoring and prevention of environmental pollution.
• Environmental Safety Specialist—
  Manages a comprehensive environmental program relevant to the generation, collection, transport, processing and disposal of hazardous chemical, radioactive and other regulated waste, in compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.
• Occupational Safety Specialist—
  Assures occupational health and safety and reduction of risks for the university community, by developing and administering programs for regulatory compliance, and conducting workplace hazards and risk assessments.
• Radiation Safety Specialist—
  Assures the proper and safe use of radioactive materials by the university community by conducting workplace hazard and risk assessments and developing and administering programs that ensure regulatory compliance.

Student Services

Provides students with the opportunity for a well-rounded experience in non-curriculum related areas through the successful development and oversight of programs, services and facilities.

Job Families and Purpose

• Resident Life Management—
  Manages the operations of all or part of the residence life mission within campus housing.
• Student Programming—
  Facilitates the holistic development of the student and their engagement with the UI community.
• University Community Recreation Programming and Operations—
  Supports the overall well-being of the campus community by managing the daily operations of the recreation programs and facilities.