HR also supports student employees with set-up in the HR system and payroll. Collective bargaining is conducted for six bargaining units at the UMS level with participation from each university, and all collective bargaining contracts apply across UMS. ![]() Common policies, practices, and procedures apply across UMS.Įach UMS university is assigned a Human Resources Partner (HRP) with dual reporting lines to the CHRO and the university President. Centralized services include benefits and payroll administration, HRIS, compensation, equal opportunity, ADA compliance, labor relations, talent acquisition, and learning and organizational development. UMS employs a centralized human resources and labor relations function (54 FTE) under the direction of a Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Chief Legal Officer (VCSI). Fair and respectful treatment of employees and compliance with employment laws are among OHR’s core values.Īs of October 2021, UMS had 4,721 FTE employees, including by headcount 1,238 regular faculty, 846 adjunct faculty, 2,006 salaried staff, 1,204 hourly staff, and 97 administrators. The University of Maine System (UMS) Office of Human Resources (OHR) provides leadership in collaboration with each UMS university to meet the changing human resource needs of faculty, staff, and students and ensures that UMS offers educational opportunities that transform students’ lives and research and outreach contributing to the people and state of Maine. Maximizing these institutional resources will continue to benefit UMS and its universities. In addition, UMS libraries have finalized a strategic plan, and UMS is engaged in facilities planning and investment with a significantly increased major capital load. While changing pedagogies and technologies present ongoing challenges, the effective shift to remote learning System-wide in March 2020 and the implementation of a new learning management system in fall 2022 were major achievements. ![]() Centralized IT continues to evolve with integrated governance and planning. ![]() For financial resources, the period under evaluation has presented extraordinary challenges due to COVID-19 however, work has moved forward on our near-term and long-term financial planning. System-wide groups representing each of the Standard Seven components are in place and have made progress toward shared systems and goals. UMS continues to be well-positioned to comply with this Standard. Standard Eight: Institutional Resources can be found on this page. Upon granting unified accreditation to the University of Maine System in July 2020, our regional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), asked us to prepare a self-study in advance of a Fall 2022 visit by a NECHE-appointed evaluation team.
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