DRAFT of Proposed New Policy
 PS #____

DRAFT

TITLE:

 Hiring of Non-Academic Staff and Professionals

AUTHOR:

 Vice President for Finance and Administration

APPROVAL DATE:

EFFECTIVE DATE: 

PURPOSE: 

 To establish procedures for employing persons in non-academic positions at the university

REVIEWER AND

 Director of Human Resources

REVIEW DATE:

 Fall 2014 and every five years thereafter

1.    Whenever a vacancy occurs or the need for a non-academic staff addition arises, the hiring managers will follow existing procedures outlined in the Employment Handbook.
2.    Search committees will be recommended for all positions at the level of assistant director and required for at the level of unit director or higher.  However, in the event a vacancy occurs at such a date that the time required for the normal search process in precluded, the supervising President’s Cabinet member may recommend temporary appointments without the use of a search committee.
3.    Search committees for assistant directors will be nominated by the director/budget manager in consultation with the supervising President’s Cabinet member.
4.    Search committees for unit directors and higher will be appointed by the supervising President’s Cabinet member and approved by the President.
5.    No person will serve on a search committee to select his or her successor.
6.    Once the search committee has chosen its top three candidates, on-campus interviews for at least two candidates should be arranged. In cases where only one qualified candidate can be located, the preceding requirement may be waived at the discretion of the search committee and supervising President’s Cabinet member.
7.    No one may be employed if he/she has not been interviewed in person by the search committee.