Sr. Administrators Retreat August 18, 2008 Elyne G. Cole Associate Provost for Human Resources University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana Campus Human Resources

We Serve Campus Administration –Chancellor –Provost Colleges and Departments –Deans, Directors and Heads –Supervisors Individual employees Individual applicants The community at large

Employee Populations Campus Headcount Fall 2007 Total 17,794 –Academic 7,304 Tenure System Faculty 2,101 Non-Tenureable Academics 1,328 Academic Professionals 3,875 –Civil Service 4,649 –Graduate Assistants 5,841 Academic –Faculty –Other Academics –Academic Professionals –Graduate Assistants –Academic & Grad Hourly* Civil Service –Permanent –Extra Help* * These categories are not included in the total headcount. Source: 4/3/2008http://

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SHR – Services We Provide Interpretation and Administration of Civil Service Statute and Rules Pre-employment and hiring processes Qualifying Testing Register maintenance Extra Help Services

SHR – Services We Provide Position classification and salary administration Job description review Position audits Establishment of salary ranges and grades Labor/Employee Relations Contract negotiation for 17 bargaining units Grievances Discipline FMLA/disability leaves Employee transaction processing, records management, contract processing, etc.

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AHR – Services We Provide Consultation –Policy –General HR law/practices –Organizational change –Labor & Employee Relations –Retirees –Approving Academic Professional exemptions Administrative Processing –Appointments into Banner system for pay –Board of Trustees’ notifications & submissions –Sabbatical and other Leave of Absences

Issues, Trends and Challenges for Human Resources Maintaining and enhancing our workforce –Provost’s Committee on Retention –Task Force on Academic Professionals –Expansion of Performance Partnership Program to open range and AFSCME 3700 employees –Increasing diversity within all employee groups –Increasing attention to use of Academic Professional and Academic Hourly employees Crisis response/special situations