Title and Standard Job Description Library

• Job Summary: The job summary is a brief statement explaining the primary functions of the job, including its main purpose and overall goal.
  Leads critical university activities pertaining to faculty, academic staff or university staff governance at the institutional level. Maintains and stewards official university documents and policies associated with these employee groups. Researches and interprets policy issues and implications. Provides confidential, neutral and autonomous support to governance bodies and committees regarding procedures, policies, and regulations for their constituents.
• Job Responsibilities: Job responsibilities are the core job duties that people in this job usually perform.
  • Serves as the institutional resource and expert for respective constituents and related statutes, rules, procedures, and policies for employees and leadership
  • Provides information, advice, and consultation on policy, rules, and participation in the shared governance of the institution
  • Reviews institutional activities and actions that may impact respective constituents or shared governance and disseminates updates to appropriate entities
  • Directs and schedules logistics and secures resources for operational (strategic) work plans on behalf of shared governance
  • Recommends and participates in the development and establishment of university policies and procedures; researches and analyzes policy concepts, complex policy issues, and legal implications of proposed university policies; establishes and chairs policy making committees and may serve on various university planning and policy-making committees
  • Serves as a key administrative liaison with the faculty, academic staff or university staff committees; may serve as ex-officio member of appropriate governance bodies, as designated by policy
  • Provides strategic guidance and oversees support provided to the representative governance body, executive committee, standing committees, and various ad-hoc committees and working groups; maintains agendas, minutes and other documents for university-wide dissemination and archival purposes
  • May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
• Education: Education describes the minimum level of education that people in this job usually have. Education that is a preferred minimum is recommended for this job but not required. Relevant work experience can satisfy preferred minimum education. A hiring manager may include additional education requirements when recruiting for a position.
  Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
• FLSA Status: Federal regulations determine Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) status. Employees who are non-exempt receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Employees who are exempt do not receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week.
  Exempt
• Institution Job: A job that has primary responsibilities that impact the majority or the entirety of the institution, or has significantly larger scope than the school/college/division in which it resides, and typically contains “(Inst)” in the job title or mentions “institution” or “enterprise” in a standard job description.
  No
• Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees: The supervisor directly oversees the equivalent of at least 2.0 FTE employees or indirectly oversees one or more supervisors. The supervisor has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, promote, manage conduct and performance, discharge, assign, reward, and discipline employees. The supervisor typically reviews the work of employees and may approve employee timesheets.
  No
• Employee Category: Each employee category is unique in type of work performed, job security, benefits package, and/or ability to organize unions. Assignment to an employee category is based upon job title. Refer to the UW–Madison Employment Categories policy for more information.
  Limited
• Scaled Job: Jobs with the same title may have a different scope of work based on the school, college, or division where the work is performed. Scaling recognizes these differences based on the scope, impact, and complexity of the work performed. A scaled job title has multiple salary grades to align with market data. Learn more about job scaling.
  No
• Salary Range (Annual): Jobs in the same salary grade have similar pay in the market. Each salary grade has a salary range that includes a minimum and a maximum. A job is paid between the minimum and maximum of its salary grade. Learn more about UW's salary structure.
  24: $71,994-133,908
• Job Code: A job code identifies jobs in the university’s human resources system.
  AD012: Governance Secretary (Inst)

Knowledges and Skills Learning Resources

Each standard job description is linked to a list of knowledges and skills. Knowledges and skills are optional resources to support employee learning and development. Visit the Knowledges and Skills Learning Resources website to learn more.

• Knowledges: Understanding of concepts.
  Learn more about knowledges and skills.
  • Administration and Management
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Law and Government
  • Public Safety and Security
• Skills: Capabilities and proficiencies developed through training and experience. Learn more about knowledges and skills.
  • Active Listening
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing