The Office of Faculty and Academic Life is responsible for:
- Advising and providing direction to faculty administrators’ policy related decision making
- Providing expert advice, support, and leadership in recruitment, retention, performance review and management, and professional development of faculty
- Overseeing the University’s tenure, permanence and promotion process
- Overseeing and conducting compensation negotiations with the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW)
- Overseeing and conducting bargaining with CUPE 5524-0 for Sessional Instructors
- Recruiting process for sessional instructors
- Advising decision makers in conflict resolution matters for faculty and sessional instructors
- Serving as the VPA&P’s delegate for grievance resolution matters
- Faculty lifecycle matters including recruitment and hiring, sabbatical and other leaves, administrative appointments
- Liaising with labour relations across the institution
- Establishing local Scholars at Risk Network and promote volunteer opportunities for Academics without Borders