Recruitment of Full-Time Teaching Faculty

Z24V

Chair

Z32F

  1. Initiates position request to Dean following departmental consultation
  2. Works with Dean and department to define position and establish criteria for the evaluation of candidates
  3. Organizes and coordinates search committee
  4. The department chair and the chair of the search committee should attend one of the available search chair training sessions offered in Human Resources (HR) or use the resources provided in HR on hiring to ensure best practices in conducting a search
  5. Organizes preliminary reference calls
  6. Consults with department about final candidates
  7. Recommends to Dean candidates to visit campus
  8. Organizes candidate visits (with search committee chair)
  9. Conducts formal interview with candidates
  10. Supervises collection of supporting documents and makes them available to members of the department
  11. Confers with department regarding candidates and recommends final candidate to Dean. If Chair’s recommendation differs from the department’s, this information is shared with the department and Dean.
  12. Coordinates letters to inform candidates of status of the search
  13. Provides support to successful candidate (information about the area, housing, book orders, etc.)

Dean

Z26C

  1. Requests authorization to advertise and salary from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  2. Authorizes timetable for search and EEO strategies
  3. The dean should attend one of the available search chair training sessions offered in Human Resources or use the resources provided in HR on hiring to ensure best practices in conducting a search.
  4. Places ads within budgetary guidelines
  5. Approves candidate visits
  6. Conducts formal interview with candidates
  7. Makes reference calls for final candidates
  8. Initiates background check on final candidate through Human Resources
  9. Following consultation with Department Chair, approves final selection. This information is shared with the department.
  10. Completes negotiations and prepares contract specifications
  11. Supervises collection of documents for employee file
  12. Supervises collection of EEO-related information on applicants

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Z34P

  1. Authorizes recruitment expenditures for searches
  2. Verifies information submitted by Deans for preparation of Letters of Agreement and forwards information to Human Resources

Office of Human Resources

Z25K

  1. Provides guidance/training to Department Chairs, search committee chairs, and Deans on recruitment of full-time teaching faculty, to ensure search process compliance with equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation policies, protection of candidate privacy, and other relevant employment laws and policies
  2. Conducts background check on final candidate upon notification from Dean
  3. Receives verified information from Dean, forwarded by Provost, for preparation of Letter of Agreement