Operating Procedures - Part 6: Administrative Policies- Part 1

1. President

According to Regents’ Rules and Regulations, the Chief Administrative Officer of each University of Texas System component institution has the following responsibilities:

• Each Chief Administrative Officer reports to and is responsible to the Executive Vice Chancellor having responsibility for the institution, and serves without fixed term, subject to the pleasure of the appropriate Executive Vice Chancellor and approval by the Chancellor and the Board. The Chief Administrative Officer has access to the Chancellor and is expected to consult with the appropriate Executive Vice Chancellor and the Chancellor on significant issues on an as needed basis. (Part One, Chapter II, Section 13.2, Regents' Rules and Regulations)
  
  
• Within the policies and regulations of the Board, and under the supervision and direction of the Executive Vice Chancellor having responsibility for the institution, the Chief Administrative Officer has general authority and responsibility for the administration of that institution. (Part One, Chapter II, Section 13.3, Regents' Rules and Regulations )
  
  
• Specifically, the Chief Administrative Officer is expected, with the appropriate participation of the staff, to:
  
  
  • Develop and administer plans and policies for the program, organization, and operation of the institution.
    
    
  • Interpret the System policy to the staff, and interpret the institution's programs and needs to the System Administration and to the public.
    
    
  • Develop and administer policies relating to students, and where applicable, to the proper management of services to patients.
    
    
  • Recommend appropriate operating budgets and supervise expenditures under approved budgets.
    
    
  • Nominate all members of the faculty and staff, maintain efficient personnel programs, and recommend staff members for promotion, retention, or dismissal for cause.
    
    
  • Insure efficient management of business affairs and physical property; recommend additions and alterations to the physical plant.
    
    
  • Serve as presiding officer at official meetings of faculty and staff of the institution, and as ex-officio member of each college or school faculty (if any) within the institution.
    
    
  • Appoint, or establish procedures for the appointment of, all faculty, staff, and student committees.
    
    
  • Cause to be prepared and submitted to the appropriate Executive Vice Chancellor the rules and regulations for the governance of the institution. When such rules and regulations have been finally approved by the Chancellor or appropriate Executive Vice Chancellor, they shall thereafter constitute the Handbook of Operating Procedures for that institution. Provided, however, that whether or not finally approved by the Chancellor, any rule or regulation in any such institutional Handbook of Operating Procedures that is in conflict with any rule or regulation in the Regents' Rules and Regulations, is null and void and has no effect, and whenever any such conflict is detected, the Chancellor and the Chief Administrative Officer of the component institution shall immediately make such amendments to the institutional Handbook of Operating Procedures as may be necessary to eliminate such conflict.
    
    
  • Assume initiative in developing long-range plans for the program and physical facilities of the institution.
    
    
  • Assume active leadership in developing private fund support for the institution in accordance with policies and procedures established in the Regents' Rules and Regulations.
    
    
  • Be responsible and accountable for ensuring that appropriate internal controls are implemented and monitored within The University.
    
    
  • Develop and implement plans and policies to ensure that the institution remains in compliance with any accreditation requirements appropriate to the component or its programs, including, for the health components and those academic components with student health services, the accreditation of hospitals, clinics and patient-care facilities. (Part One, Chapter II, Section 13.31, Regents Rules and Regulations)

1.1 Assistant to the President

Assist the President to develop and administer plans and policies for the program, organization, and operation of the institution.

1.112 Assist in all functions of the Office of the President and in planning and orchestrating special projects

1.113 Specific duties include:

1.1131 Organize and maintain a professionally and efficiently run office.

1.1132 Serve as liaison to various contingencies contacted through the President's office.

1.1133 Assist in planning and organizing special events.

1.1134 Perform all other duties as deemed appropriate by the President.

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