East
Carolina University Faculty Manual
PART
VIII.
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
IV. Division of
Administration and Finance
A. Vice
Chancellor for Administration and Finance
The
board of trustees of the university has directed that all business functions
for operation of the university be the responsibility of the chief business
officer, who has the title of vice chancellor for administration and finance
and who is responsible to and under the general supervision of the
chancellor. This officer plans,
directs, and coordinates all business affairs of the university for
organization and supervision of fiscal and budgetary operations, personnel
administration, public safety, computing and information, environmental health
and safety, and systems accounting.
The
vice chancellor for administration and finance also plans, directs, and supervises
the preparation of all budgets for review and adoption by the chancellor and
board of trustees to be submitted to the Board of Governors of The University
of North Carolina and Department of Administration and further reviewed by the
Advisory Budget Commission for recommendation to the state legislature. Budget preparation includes such factors as
present operating costs; estimated receipts; operating expenses due to
expansion of physical plant, enrollment, and costs of utilities and service
contracts; requests for new programs, expanded services, salaries and
additional faculty to reduce the student-faculty ratio, and requests for
capital improvements. Those officers
reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance are listed in Part IX, Organization Chart for East
Carolina University. Some of the
responsibilities of those officers are described below.
B. Comptroller
The
comptroller plans, directs, and supervises all accounting and budget functions
related to the fiscal operation of the university, including appropriated
funds, grants, auxiliaries, student funds, trust funds, and foundations. This office maintains internal controls to
ensure sound fiscal policy.
C. Director of
Computing and Information Systems
The
director, reporting to the vice chancellor for administration and finance,
leads planning and development of information systems and resources. This officer receives guidance from the
Information Resources Coordinating Council regarding formulation,
interpretation and implementation of university information and data management
policy. The director manages various
information resources, including the computing center staff, the computing
equipment, the broadband communications network, and the telecommunications
systems.
D. Director of
Environmental Health and Safety
The
environmental health and safety director is responsible for the overall
planning and implementation of the safety and health programs for the
university in conformity with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of
North Carolina, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other state and
federal regulations.
E. Director of
Human Resources
The
human resources director plans, directs, coordinates, and administers the
university personnel program involving recruitment, employee relations,
counseling, interviewing, selection, transfer, promotion, recommendation of
salaries,
classification
of non-faculty personnel, and training and staff development. The director also interprets applicable
policies and regulations to provide an efficient and effective work force for
operation of the university.
F. Director/Chief
of Police
The
director/Chief of Police is responsible for the university's police
department. The police functions
include the safety and protection of students, staff, and visitors as well as
the buildings and other properties on the campus.
G. Director of
Systems Coordination
Systems
accounting serves as a liaison between the automated financial system users and
the programmers of those systems. This
department also completes specialized projects on behalf of the vice chancellor
for administration and finance.