University of California, Berkeley

UCPath Launches New Website

The University of California UCPath project has launched a new website, http://ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu. This new site will offer UC employees information about upcoming career opportunities at the UCPath Center in Riverside, as well as important announcements and progress updates concerning the UCPath project.

The UCPath Center website features:

  • Information about the UCPath Center, jobs descriptions and timelines
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Descriptions for UCPath project elements
  • Information about the IT and communications personnel throughout UC working on the UCPath project

UCPath Center Job Descriptions Available

The new UCPath website features links to 50 job descriptions for the UCPath Center. These positions will be open for recruitment beginning November 1, 2012. UC employees will have priority for these new positions and employees from any UC location may apply at any time; you do not need to wait until your location transitions to UCPath. A new UCPath Center jobs page has been created on the UC Systemwide Job Board.

Berkeley's Campus Shared Services and UCPath

At UC Berkeley, we are similarly creating a Campus Shared Services (CSS)  (PDF) organization that will include administrative support for Human Resources and Academic Personnel Office services, as well as Information Technology, Business and Financial Services, and Research Administration. A subset of the Human Resources administrative services offered through CSS will then move to UCPath sometime in 2014.

UCPath Background

As previously announced, the UCPath project will deploy a single payroll system and a single human resources system that will meet the core needs of all ten campuses and five medical centers of the UC system, while capturing the efficiencies, improved data and cost-savings associated with unified systems. Five UC locations - UCLA, UCLA Medical Center, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and UCOP - will begin transitioning to UCPath in 2013 as part of Wave 1. All other locations will transition to UCPath in two subsequent waves. By October 2014, all UC locations and all UC employees will be using the services of UCPath.

Central to the UCPath project is a systemwide shared service center, called the UCPath Center, which will open for business on July 1, 2013 to serve the Wave 1 locations. The UCPath Center will be located in Riverside, near the UC Riverside campus. When it is fully operational, the UCPath Center is expected to employ up to 500 people who will serve 190,000 UC faculty and staff systemwide.

UCPath is a large project that will affect every UC employee systemwide. This new website will serve as the primary vehicle to stay informed about this strategic initiative. More information about Berkeley's implementation of UCPath can also be found on the HR website, under Strategic Initiatives.