Director of Employee Engagement, Development, and Wellbeing

• BA/BS degree in human resources or related field plus four years of relevant professional human resources experience OR an MA/MBA in Human Resources or a related field plus two years of experience, or a combination of related education and work experience to equal eight years.
• A proven record of successful human relations experience including the ability to serve as a catalyst for initiatives that increase employee diversity, development, and wellbeing.
• Demonstrated commitment to using data to inform practice.
• Superior interpersonal and intercultural communication competence to provide leadership and to model habits of interaction that ensure a campus culture of collaboration, inclusivity and wellbeing, including adaptability and humility.
• Passion for our vision and demonstrated evidence of commitment to our grounding values of respect, human potential, diversity and inclusion, evidence-based decision-making, and community.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clarity in ambiguous situations.
• Desire to learn and grow.

Preferred qualifications and expertise:

• Graduate degree in a relevant field (eg MA/MBA in Human Resources or Human Resources Management.
• Experience in the assessment of professional development programs.

About the Job

We seek a dynamic and resourceful human resource leader to provide strategic vision, tactical design, and operational direction of human resource programs within a campus culture of innovation, collaboration, and equity during a period of extended growth. This campus leader will serve as a consultant to the chancellor and vice chancellors to reimagine human resources on this vibrant campus. This leader is expected to anticipate needs and provide evidence-informed recommendations regarding human resource strategies tailored to a distinctive environment that includes:

• a diverse student body pursuing health care careers in an internationally remarkable medical context;
• a collaborative, multidisciplinary faculty;
• and other unique attributes for which novel solutions must be generated, adapted, implemented, and assessed.

This human resources leader will model UMR values of respect, diversity and inclusivity, community, evidenced-based decision making, and human potential. The position reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Campus Resources, and serves as consultant to the chancellor and vice chancellors, as well as an important resource to supervisors and employees. This position also represents the campus with University System human resources colleagues, leveraging resources and ensuring campus awareness and compliance with System policies.