Director of Employee Support, Success & Engagement

The University of Virginia is a highly competitive Division I program committed to academic and athletic excellence. The Department of Athletics at the University of Virginia is now accepting applications for the position of Director of Employee Support, Success & Engagement. The Director of Employee Support, Success & Engagement will be responsible for supporting the Department of Athletics with a variety of HR, payroll, and business operations tasks. This position acts as a liaison between hiring managers and the HR department, ensuring smooth onboarding, offboarding, and employee lifecycle changes. Additionally, the role supports Workday processes, compensation changes, and various employee recognition activities.

This position will report directly to the Associate Athletics Director of Business Operations and be a part of the Business Office team within the Athletics department to drive synergies between business, finance and HR. This role will also work closely with the Senior Human Resources Business Partner and Recruiter who support the Athletics department as a part of the central University HR team.

Responsibilities:

Employee Support, Success & Engagement

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with colleagues to ensure collaboration and alignment.
• Act as the Athletic department resource for general human resources inquiries, providing assistance with timesheets, absence management, benefits information, and referring to Central HR as needed.
• Assist hiring managers as liaison with HR Recruiter and Business Partner for recruiting activities, including training managers on the hiring process, Workday processes, drafting job announcements, posting external advertisements, student-worker hires, and arranging lodging for candidate interviews.
• Coordinate new hire visa (H1B, J1) process.
• Write employment contracts/addendums for new hires.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding process for full-time, part-time, student workers, volunteers and contingent workers; Serve on the Athletics Onboarding Committee as a lead.
• Maintain employee contracts and compensation databases.
• Ensure job descriptions are revised and updated as needed.
• Serve on employee recognition committee to plan and coordinate activities and events.

Workday Delegation Support

• Act as Workday delegate for all athletics department managers, initiating HR-related tasks on their behalf.
• Process all employee lifecycle changes, including hiring, promotions, terminations, title changes, and compensation changes.
• Process annual merit increases.
• Maintain data integrity in Workday.
• Run various scheduled and ad-hoc reports in Workday and UBI.

Employment Contracts

• Collaborate with Deputy AD, COO/CFO and Associate Athletics Director for Business Operations to draft initial employment contracts and facilitate the execution of signatures.
• Track, update and disseminate renewal employment contracts/retention agreements for signatures.
• Track and process contractually obligated payments.

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage budget for Employee Support, Success & Engagement cost center.
• Opportunity to engage in other business office tasks as delegated.
• Act as the Athletic Department Clery Act Coordinator.

Salary range is $55,000-65,000 dependent upon experience and qualifications. The selected candidate will pass a background check . This is a exempt-level, full-time position with UVa benefits . Employees benefits package highlights include:

• Moving and relocation reimbursement assistance
• 22 days of paid time off, increasing with service; 13+ paid holidays each year, in addition to paid time off
• Parental and Community Service Leave
• Health plan with options to meet healthcare and financial needs available immediately
• Retirement benefits
• Tuition and professional development benefits after the first six months
• Employee wellness program featuring activities to earn up to $500/year.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelors Degree.
Experience: At least three years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

To Apply

Please do not submit application materials directly to staff of the Department of Athletics, as only applications received through this system will be accepted. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs.' Complete an application online with the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Contact information for three references

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration. For questions about the application process, please contact Michele Jarman , Academic Recruiter.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.