Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Staff - EVPMA

Description

Responsible for the oversight of two or more of the Health System's administrative functions. Provide leadership in the planning, direction and execution, and/or evaluation of programs, policy, support, services, and special projects that are strategic in nature and highly complex for the Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs (EVPMA). Ensures a coordinated, integrated program of appropriate, timely and effective communications to educate and inform key external constituencies, as well as staff, students and alumni of the University of Michigan Medical School. Serves as primary staff to an executive officer and represents an executive officer to University administrators, faculty, staff, students, external organizations and the public. Coordinates the administrative, financial, and operational activities of an executive officer's office to insure the effective use of time and resources. Conducts policy research, and provides advice and guidance to an executive officer on administrative and operational issues. Serves on University and external committees. Represents the executive office to deans, directors, faculty, staff, student, external organizations and the public. Coordinates the development and review of issues among executive officers, senior officials, regents and the President. Provides liaison with the University development effort. Prepares special and periodic reports for review by executive management. Supervises, hires, trains and evaluates staff. Assures compliance with affirmative action and safety programs. Direction is received from an Executive Officer. Functional and administrative supervision is exercised over professional and support staff. A Master's degree in healthcare administration or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is necessary. Considerable experience in healthcare administration is necessary. 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, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.