POSITION SUMMARY:

Provides professional counsel and assistance to the President and Executive Vice Presidents in leading and facilitating institutional strategic, operational and other planning and priority setting which culminates in institutional resource allocation processes; creates and prepares institutional planning documents; conducts and maintains institutional data gathering; leads and facilitates task force and similar efforts arising from strategic planning; produces institutional studies; and provides analytical and editorial services as needed.

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Prepares the institution’s strategic plan(s) to assure that State laws and regental mandates are fulfilled and institutional needs are met.
2. Facilitates institutional operating plans to assure that institutional mandates are fulfilled, that unit priorities are considered by executive administration, and priorities are widely known and understood.
3. Participate in planning, resource allocation, institutional budgeting and institutional management effectiveness processes as required ensuring that the University Planning Goals are achieved.
4. Collects, analyzes, and reports data regarding specific topics to assist the decision making process of the UTSC Administration.
5. Participates in a variety of task forces, committees, etc. for the purposes of information development, sharing and maintenance to assure the availability of institutional effectiveness data.
6. Maintains the institution's official policy and procedure document, the Handbook of Operating Procedures, to ensure that Health Science Center Policies are comprehensive and comply with relevant regental mandates, state laws, executive orders, or other compliance requirements.
7. Manages Human Resources activities for direct reports in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning. 
8. Responsible for the design, execution and effectiveness of a system of internal controls which provides reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, assets are safeguarded, financial information is reliable and compliant with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
9. Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION:

Masters or Doctoral degree in a pertinent field 

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

10 years of experience in academic or health related planning

SECURITY SENSITIVE: 

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215.