University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

HR Service Delivery Team

Charge

• Create three divisional HR units supporting the three mission critical areas of the university: academic affairs, student affairs, and business affairs.
• The plan will include a detailed description of the organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, staffing levels, competencies, tools, systems, measures, and processes necessary to build and operate each divisional HR unit.
• The plan will also include a sequenced set of activities necessary to consolidate existing HR services into the divisional HR units.
• The sub-team will also work closely with HR leadership to develop a plan and related processes necessary for staffing the new units.

Progress through January 2006

The HR Service Delivery Team is nearing the end of its work. The team:

• examined and identified various roles/functions within a new divisional HR unit model including recruiting, compensation, employee relations, and training/development
• distinguished between roles to be performed by divisional HR units and those to be performed by organizational/decanal units
• examined volume and other metrics to determine staffing levels
• created job descriptions and classifications for the positions in the divisional HR units
• began to identify space/resources needed for divisional HR units
• created a communication plan for the campus on the transition to divisional HR
• will make recommendations to the UB 2020 Executive Committee shortly to move from implementation planning to implementation.

Membership

• Jim Jarvis – Team Leader
• Judy Bain
• Sandy Drabek
• Mike Dupre
• Lucinda Finley
• Sue Gale
• Christina Hernandez
• Candie Morris
• Jim Nadbrzuch
• Susan Steck