Provost’s Office Faculty Contracts & Services Office (FCSO) Update July 2012.

Provost’s Office

Faculty Contracts & Services Office (FCSO) Update

July 2012

Provost’s OfficeOutline

1) Preliminary Comments• Jane Slaughter, Assoc. Provost for Academic Personnel

2) FCSO Assessment & Action Planning• Melissa Vargas, Interim Director of FCSO

3) Implementation• Rita Abeyta, Interim Manager of FCSO

4) Discussion/Q&A

Provost’s OfficeFCSO Mission

The Faculty Contracts and Services Office (FCSO) provides customer service and consultation regarding all aspects of faculty employment for the Main and Branch Campuses.

FCSO is responsible for reviewing and processing faculty employment transactions including recruitment, hiring, contracts, benefits orientation, leaves and separations.

Provost’s OfficeFCSO Mission• Faculty Provisioning• Faculty Contract Renewals & Revisions• Faculty and Post Doctoral Fellow Benefit Orientation• Post Doctoral Hires and Contract Renewals• Visiting & Research Faculty Hires • Temporary Part Time Faculty Hires and Rehires• Non-Credit Instructor Processing• Nonstandard Payment Processing• UNM Jobs Support and Processing• Letters of Academic Title• Separations and Retirements • Faculty Sick Leave, Leave Without Pay and Sabbaticals• Faculty Data Reporting

Provost’s OfficeBackgroundStatistics: Faculty Headcount Processed by FCSO

Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty – 802Non-Tenure Faculty – 227Research Faculty – 94Visiting Faculty – 59Temporary Part Time – 761Post-Docs – 85Affiliates – 597Non-Credit – 473 Approximate Grand Total - 3098

Note – Figures are estimates from October 2011 except for Non-Credit, which is from UNM Fact Book Fall 2010

Provost’s OfficeBackground - December 2010 Faculty Hiring Non-Compliance Issues Report to the President•Faculty Contracts & Services Office was out of compliance for 84% of its hiring actions since UNMJobs implementation in 2009

• Late paperwork/employment actions• Faculty on the job and being paid before the hire is

complete• Majority of non-compliance is related to temporary

part-time faculty

Provost’s OfficeBackground - January 2011

Internal Audit of Select Payroll Processes“The purpose of the audit was to assess the payroll processing

cycle of the University to determine opportunities to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.”

“The Administration should implement policies to end special exceptions…and processing off-cycle payroll adjustments. To help reduce exceptions, the Administration should implement initiatives to hold employees, supervisors and department heads accountable for delays and lack of attention.”

Provost’s OfficeBackground – January 2011Internal Audit of Select Payroll ProcessesRecommendations 9 – 13Ensure faculty contracts are in place prior to the start of the academic year

Ensure compliance with faculty hiring guidelines and payroll processing policies

Implement a hiring process to ensure completion prior to employee start date, and prior to commencement of payroll payments

Develop effective hiring procedures for part-time temporary faculty

Work with OEO to determine the proper data necessary for Affirmative Action Reporting

Develop Faculty Contracts internal guidelines for the data entry process

Provost’s OfficeBackground - January 2011

Employment Data Centers (EDC) task force formed• Office of Equal Opportunity

• Human Resources

• Main Campus Faculty Contracts

• HSC Faculty Contracts

• Office of Graduate Studies

• Student Employment

• Payroll

• Charged with addressing Internal Audit recommendations

Provost’s OfficeBackground

July 2011 Academic Leadership in the Provost’s office

changed

A full assessment of FCSO was initiated

Provost’s OfficeFCSO Assessment OutcomesOctober 2011Strengths, Weaknesses and Suggested Areas of Improvement

• Strengths•Dedicated staff, leadership support

• Weaknesses & Areas for Improvement•Compliance with hiring criteria & payroll deadlines (internal & external)

•Overall functioning of the Office & Staff morale

•Relationships with partner organizations

•Lack of written operating procedures

•Little depth of knowledge and cross-training of staff

Provost’s OfficeFCSO Assessment OutcomesOther problems identified:

• Lack of technological advancements

• Record keeping/faculty files

• Resources

• I-9’s not received from new employees within the required 3 working days (Federal Law)

• Faculty not receiving notice of benefits eligibility within the 60-day required period

• Retiree process unclear

• Inaccurate data entered into UNMJobs & Banner

Provost’s OfficeBackground - October 2011• Immediate Changes made based on the FCSO

assessment:• Hired a knowledgeable manager to handle day to day

operations • Hired additional staff at various levels including a planning

officer to lead strategic projects• Tasked staff with developing a mail log to track paper• Issued campus-wide memo about adherence to deadlines • Initiated a faculty file clean-up project• Tasked staff with re-vamping FCSO website

Provost’s Office

Faculty Services RepLaura Wyse

Admin Asst IIAlicia Martinez

Coord., Faculty Services

Mary Jane Lueras

Manager

Rita Abeyta(Interim)

DirectorMelissa Vargas

(Interim)

Faculty Services Asst

(Vacant)

UNM Faculty Contracts & Service Office

Coord., Faculty Services Monica Escher

StudentEli Salazar

Planning Officer

Jennifer Love

Jane SlaughterAssociate Provost for Academic Personnel

StudentDaisey Enriquez

Provost’s OfficeUnder New ManagementGoals:•Gain a better understanding of the work of the Faculty Contracts & Services Office

•Create standard operating procedures including flow charts for each action we perform

•Streamline processes and reduce inefficiencies

Provost’s OfficeUNDER REVIEW

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Provost’s OfficeUnder New ManagementGoals:• Improve/standardize communication with our customers

• Automate all FCSO forms

• Develop an internal training plan focusing on key competencies and customer service

• Develop an external training plan

• Take actions to reduce hiring non-compliance rate

• Conduct comprehensive audit and overhaul of faculty employment files

Provost’s OfficeImplementation

Addressing Internal Audit Recommendations• Enforcing Faculty Handbook policies• Enforcing Compliance Regulations, related to

hiring and collection of I-9’s• A university wide report is currently available

that shows the number of payroll adjustments done on a quarterly basis. This is being done as part of the EDC Task Force

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• Updated Website to have new look and feel

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• Updated website to reflect type of forms used by faculty type

• Areas of Responsibility Page – shows who to route ePAF’s to and who questions should be directed to.

• Provide suggestions as to what you would like to see on the website to [email protected]

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• Creating data enterable forms vs. old carbon copy typewriter forms

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• New FCSO forms must be used starting September 4, 2012. Old forms will not be accepted after this date.

• New hire documents must be submitted as a whole packet. Piecemeal documentation will be returned.

• Post-docs documentation required for processing include offer letter, PDCIF form and current CV.

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• Only processes available for current ePAF’s will be used after July 31, 2012.

• UNMJobs training sessions being conducted for departments as needed.

• Faculty topics to be discussed at future HR/Payroll forums, suggestions let us know.

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

TPT ePAF’s• The implementation of the TPT ePAF’s has been

delayed until Spring 2013 semester.• 3 Rehire TPT ePAF’s will be available

1 semester Rehire

2 semester Rehire

3 semester Rehire

• The implementation was delayed in order to give departments more time to learn how to use the ePAF’s

Provost’s OfficeImprovements

• A focus group will be established to provide feedback on training materials and other aspects of the ePAF’s

• Interested in participating in focus group, email [email protected]

• TPT Faculty will be paid for actual work dates beginning in the Spring 2013 semester

Provost’s OfficeDeadlines• Enforcing deadlines at the department level

and ensuring FCSO meets the Payroll deadlines.

Provost’s Office

Discussion/Q&A