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 the planning and design for the university's built environment, including development and implementation of the campus master plan. Oversees facility planning and design activities, including design development of new buildings as well as additions and modifications to existing buildings. Provides direction, technical expertise, and assistance to building programs and establishes and evaluates appropriate standards for facility planning, design, construction, and related services. Supervises staff and coordinates the long-range planning, programming, cost estimation, and technical assistance required to develop and implement the budget.
• Job Responsibilities: Job responsibilities are the core job duties that people in this job usually perform.
  • Serves as campus steward of architectural, environmental, archeological, and land resources in support of the institution's academic and strategic objectives
  • Represents the institution's diverse interests to internal and external stakeholders while seeking the most appropriate solutions to physical environment problems
  • Ensures that all campus development plans recognize, preserve, and maintain the character and viability of heritage buildings and historical cultural landscapes
  • Maintains and improves environmental quality through the development and use of sustainable design practices
  • Advances campus development in a manner consistent with institutional plans, goals, and objectives
  • Evaluates projects for adherence to planning principles, design criteria and standards, and technical design standards
  • Exercises 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 full-time equivalent (FTE) 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.
  Fulfills all requirements as an Architect as outlined by the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services: https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Architect/Default.aspx Required
• 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.
  Yes
• 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.
  Yes
• 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.
  30: $145,736-271,069
• Job Code: A job code identifies jobs in the university’s human resources system.
  FP087: University Architect (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
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mathematics
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Production and Processing
• Skills: Capabilities and proficiencies developed through training and experience. Learn more about knowledges and skills.
  • Active Listening
  • Coordination
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking