Administrative Manager Associate Healthcare

Description

Responsible for providing leadership and professional expertise or services through leveraging the knowledge and skills of others; applies thorough knowledge of administrative or vocational skills to manage a single unit of similar complexity and function, and coordinates operational objectives and assignments and delegates assignments to subordinates. Decisions, work results and recommendations impact others within the department, or unit. Rarely performs duties of direct reports, except during times of resource limitations. Incumbent is guided primarily by established policies, precedents and professional knowledge and/or by projects/program objectives established by deans, directors, chairs or other management. Requires independent judgment to search out appropriate course of action within the context of policies and standards. Bachelor's degree and reasonable professional experience with some prior management, supervisory or team leader experience is normally required. The scope of the Administrative Manager Healthcare series can range from managing the daily operations of a small unit to recommending the strategic direction and providing leadership in the operational changes for large departments to contributing to the overall strategy, direction and vision for several functional areas. Incumbent is responsible (directly or indirectly) for all subordinate staff activities related to human resource management (hiring, promotion, salary changes, performance coaching, disciplinary actions, training and development, ensuring consistent application of organizational policies, etc.) Incumbent has measurable impact on operational effectiveness, attainment of department/unit objectives, service to customers and attainment of research goals. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.