The Chief Human Resources Officer / Vice President, Human Resources provides strategic leadership on human resources in services to the University of Delaware’s officers, faculty, and staff, acting at all times as the steward of employee resources in service to the university’s mission. The CHRO-VP will lead an HR organization that includes Benefits & Compensation, Employee Education and Development, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Employee & Labor Relations, Records Management, and Recruitment, with approximately 40 full-time employees that deliver well-conceived and well-designed services to the university’s employees.
This role will reside in the Newark, DE area. The search is being led by Erin Merker, TCG Vice President / Managing Partner and Patricia Duff, TCG Recruiting Director.
About University of Delaware
The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or UDel) is the largest university in Delaware. UD currently offers more than 135 undergraduate degrees. At the graduate level, it offers 67 doctoral, 142 master’s degree programs, 14 dual degrees, 15 interdisciplinary programs, 12 on-line programs, and 28 certificate programs across its seven colleges and more than 82 research centers and institutes. UD is one of the top 100 institutions for federal obligations in science and engineering and interdisciplinary initiatives in energy science and policy, the environment, and in human health. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes, and Georgetown. It is considered a large institution with approximately 18,500 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students. UD is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant and urban-grant state-supported research institution.
About The Christopher Group
Founded in 1998 by Tom and Paula Christopher, The Christopher Group (TCG) has become one of the nation’s largest and most respected boutique HR Executive Search Firms. Our Mission simply put: “To be the Best HR Search Firm in the World!â€Â  To this end, we have created a highly specialized boutique firm, staffed by former HR professionals and highly trained search practitioners, which utilizes proprietary, scientific, and industry leading systems, tools, and processes. As a result, we fill 92% of all searches in our first 2 Slates of candidates!
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