Senior Director of Administration (Pediatrics)

Senior Director of Administration (Pediatrics)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Director of Administration for the department of Pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Primarily responsible to develop, implement, direct and provide overall management of the administrative infrastructure for a complex and widely dispersed academic department to ensure support to the chairs' academic, research and clinical programs, whether university or hospital based. Scope of position requires administrative leadership in general administration, financial management, organizational development, labor relations, marketing, operations management, information systems management, and overall policy and procedure development and implementation. Overarching responsibility is ensuring the departments' very best selection and use of resources for maintaining and developing departments' programs.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Develops, implements and constantly renews and refreshes overall administrative program to support the program objectives of the chairs. Develops, implements and manages annual departmental budgets including clinical, academic and research components to support the objectives of the departments. Provides overall guidance for all departmental/divisional major procurement decisions and ongoing spending policies to meet budgetary objectives. Provides administrative directions and leadership for divisional staff. Encourages, fosters and requires development of standardized administrative practice throughout the departments with satellite practices. Develops and ensures implementation of overall clinical practice process standards and objectives. Works with chairs to refine practice incentive programs to best fit departmental programmatic goals. Develops and implements physician productivity monitoring systems. Develops and manages departments' administrative organization to maintain best fit of resources and environmental demands.

FLSA - Exempt

Grade - 40S

Salary Details

Minimum Salary - 164076.000

Mid Range Salary - 221117.000

Maximum Salary - 278158.000

Benefits - Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include: Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable) Life insurance coverage Employee discount programs

Position Status - Full Time

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience - Master's Degree in Hospital or Business Administration or related field plus ten (10) years of management experience with fiscal, program and personnel responsibilities, preferably in an academic environment. Experience in the formulation of health care policies. Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Certifications/Licenses

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Exceptional communication skills and excellent team building skills. Outstanding human relations and leadership skills, and the ability to function in a team environment are required. Demonstrated knowledge of how to accomplish superior performance in a unionized environment is necessary.