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Employees are responsible for all aspects of employee-related activities. This includes talent acquisition, selection and promotion of employees, oversight of employee benefits and wellness programs, development of appropriate personnel policies, the fostering of a positive work environment, management of employee-employer relations, compensation and pay-for-performance initiatives, promotion of career development, and provision of job training.

Employees in this subfamily are responsible for developing strategies, infrastructure and processes that provide for the timely collection and dissemination of employee data and information, enhanced capacity for distributed reporting, and support of data-driven decision-making related to human resources.

This career stream typically includes top university executives and heads of key job families who are responsible for providing strategic vision and direction to department(s), school or division. An executive is defined as a senior administrator responsible for a major division or department and has responsibility for a discrete function or sub-function involving a high degree of complexity, enterprise-wide risk, and financial responsibility. Typically designated as a “Head of Function”, “Chief Function Officer”, or its equivalent. Executives typically report to a higher-level executive within the career stream. The most important factor is the scope of job must be enterprise-wide, i.e. the reach of the position must span across the University. Executive titles include Vice President, Dean or Provost and jobs carrying a bona fide variation of an executive title (for example, Assistant Vice President, Associate Dean, or Associate Provost). The entry job title used for this stream is Executive Director, which is typically responsible for managing an entire sub-family. Generally, executives are responsible for establishing short- and long-term strategies and budget approval and accountability for assigned areas. Executives frequently encounter complex, multi-dimensional problems and issues where information or precedents are typically difficult to obtain and frequently must draw from professional experience or knowledge of best practices in order to solve problems. Executives typically have broad control over hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority for assigned staff or work teams.

• Single incumbent position; typically reports to a higher level Executive
• Responsible for strategic and operational direction and management of a small to mid-sized department or business unit categorized as a mission essential, discrete business function within GW
• Accountable for managing and communicating long-term direction and achieving broad strategies within area that link directly to institutional goals
• Generally responsible for one sub-family

Advanced degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 10 years of relevant professional experience. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.