Contacting HR

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Chancellor - Chief executive educational and administrative officer of the City University of New York (CUNY).

Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Staff Relations - The executive officer that oversees the development and implementation of the total employment program for CUNY's faculty and staff.

Provost - Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

ECP - Term used to refer to positions covered by the Executive Compensation Plan

HEO - Acronym used to denote the entire Higher Education Officer series, the professional administrative employees of the University, or an individual serving in the highest title in the series. The series includes the titles, in descending order, Higher Education Officer (HEO), Higher Education Associate (HEA), Higher Education Assistant (HEa), and Assistant to Higher Education Officer (aHEO).

Gittlesons - Clerical and administrative employees in the titles of CUNY Office Assistant and CUNY Administrative Assistant.

220 Titles - Skilled trades titles whose salaries and certain working conditions are governed by a determination of the New York City Comptroller.

University Director of Classification - The position in the Human Resources Management Services Office responsible for: (1) reviewing and approving the allocations of new or reclassified positions to established job titles; (2) assisting the colleges in conforming classification requests to University policy, Board Bylaws, collective bargaining agreements, and CUNY Civil Service Commission Rules; (3) conducting studies and formulating recommendations for amending the classification.

Functional Title - Specific position title required for positions in the HEO series, Business Manager series, and Administrative designations.

Payroll Title - Broad-banded title for most unclassified positions

AAO - Affirmative Action Officer

CFSA - Committee on Faculty, Staff and Administration; one of six Standing Committees of the Board of Trustees.

COPS - Council of Presidents, comprised of each collegiate unit's President, the Chancellor, and senior University staff as designated by the Chancellor. COPs serves to insure unified and cooperative leadership in the University.

COPOL - Council of Personnel Officers and Labor Designees serving to insure unified human resources and labor administration throughout the University.

(F)P & B - Faculty Personnel and Budget. The FP & B committee considers appointments, reappointments, promotion, and compensation with respect to the instructional staff and recommends actions on such matters to the president.

WVAT - Workplace Violence Advisory Team

OFSR - Office of Faculty and Staff Relations. Under the direction of the Vice Chancellor, this office is responsible for the University's human resources functions for its instructional and classified staff.

HRMS - Human Resources Management Services is responsible for the classified and unclassified personnel management systems. This unit administers civil service examinations, classifies positions, determines salary parameters, develops human resources policies, and maintains currency of the University's Personnel Rules and Regulations.

Senior College - A four-year college, upper division college, or the University graduate division.

Bernard M. Baruch, Brooklyn College, The City College of New York, College of Staten Island, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology, Queens College, York College, Graduate Center, CUNY School of Law

Community College - A two-year college offering associate degrees

Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bronx Community College, Hostos Community College, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Queensborough Community College

B & G - Buildings and Grounds

BMCC - Borough of Manhattan Community College

LGCC - LaGuardia Community College

QBCC - Queensborough Community College

KBCC - Kingsborough Community College

CCNY, "City" - City College

CSI - College of Staten Island

NYCCT - New York City College of Technology

PDLM - Professional Development and Learning Management

OLR - Office of Labor Relations

PPB - Personnel Policy Bulletin. A document issued to clarify and supplement Personnel Rules and Regulations. PPBs revise or announce specific policies and are considered to be "in force" until they are replaced.

Interpretive Memo - Document issued which provides interpretation of policy and or personnel regulations.

Interpretive Agreement - An agreement between the University and any one of its collective bargaining units representing classified staff that amends personnel policy and or regulation.

FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act. Federal legislation that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and child labor standards affecting workers in all employment sectors.

DCAS - Department of Citywide Administrative Services formerly New York City Department of Personnel

CTC - Citywide Training Center. Central source of training within New York City government and City agencies for training and staff development.

Chancellor's/University Reports (CE/UR) - Monthly reports prepared by the colleges and submitted to the Chancellor, who then forwards them to the Board of Trustees. They contain personnel, academic, fiscal and student matters that require Board approval.

SUNY - State University of New York

RF - Research Foundation . The RF is a private, not for profit, educational corporation engaged in post-award administration of private and government-sponsored programs at CUNY. The RF is governed by its own Board of Directors.

Errata - Refers to changes to the Chancellor's and University Reports, proposed by the Central Office Screening Committee, that pertains to matters that would be improper for the Board to approve in its current form.

Addendum - A separate section of the University/Chancellor's Reports containing items which were unable to be included in the Reports at the time that they were submitted but cannot wait for future Board action. All addenda items must be requested by the President and must receive the specific approval of the Deputy Chancellor.

Board of Trustees - The governing and administrative body of the City University of New York. The Chancellor is appointed by and reports to the Board.

NOE - Notice of Examination

ExamsXpress - Online examinations for selected vacancies.

PVN - Personnel Vacancy Notice is the public announcement made by a college for the recruitment to fill a position in an approved classification.

RRI - Recruitment/Retention Initiative, a limited opportunity to exceed the maximum salary to recruit or retain faculty and HEOs in hard-to-staff disciplines.

Applicant Pool - A group of eligible applicants.

Hiring Pool - An event whereby a group of qualified candidates for classified positions are brought together with HR hiring personnel, in one location, to interview for vacant positions.

PMS -Payroll Management System of New York City, used in the community colleges.

PaySR - the state payroll system that is used in the senior colleges.

CUPS - The City University Personnel System; the University's computerized personnel records system.

OTPS - Other Than Personal Services (used for accounting purposes)

GSA - General Services Administration (used for accounting purposes

UAO - University Accounting Office

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning System is a multi-module application software that provides a common, consistent system to capture data organization wide with minimum redundancy. It integrates the information across functions and monitors the various functions and processes. At CUNY, ERP will eventually replace CUPS as well as systems in the Student Administration and Finance areas.

Data Warehouse - a repository of data from several HR sources including, CUPS, payroll systems, and other sundry data files.

Tax Levy - Refers to funds raised through New York City and State taxes allocated to CUNY