Teaching Professor-Rank and Clinical Faculty

Please note: These policies are currently under review.  

Recruitment Authorization 

  • Once the dean of division approves a request to recruit, the unit contacts CAS Faculty Affairs (CAS-Faculty@colorado.edu) 
  • CAS faculty provides units with the Non Tenure-Track Draft RAF and CAS Faculty Affairs Advertisement Template
    • Position numbers are created by CAS Faculty Affairs. 
    • CAS Faculty Affairs routes final RAF and submits to all necessary approvers with copy to: 
      • Dean of division 
      • Budget Office 
      • Unit 
      • Assistant dean of infrastructure 

Search Committee 

  • Unit forms a search committee. 
    • This should occur contemporaneously with the routing of the RAF, before all signatures have been finalized. 
  • All search committee members and unit program coordinator to take/refresh the following trainings: 
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Job Posting / Advertisement 

  • While the RAF is in progress, the unit should be creating the draft job ad (Advertisement Template).  
  • Unit submits draft CAS Faculty Affairs Advertisement Template to CAS Faculty Affairs. Ad template will be reviewed by CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator, and sent to respective divisional or associate dean for review.  
    • CAS Faculty Affairs sends ad template to College of Arts and Sciences Office of Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) for review.  
    • Faculty Affairs coordinator sends ad template to International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) (ISSS@colorado.edu), if expecting international candidates in a permanent position. 
    • Faculty Affairs coordinator shares ISSS- and JEDI-approved ad with the appropriate approvers for review.  
  • Once approved, the CAS Faculty Affairs notifies unit of approval status, and proceeds with posting ad template to the applicant tracking system (Avature). 
    • Once posted to Avature, the job ad will go through an approval process by our recruitment coordinator team, College of Arts and Sciences director of faculty affairs, faculty liaison, the search committee chair and any others as requested by the unit. 
    • Once approved, the job ad will be active on the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ jobs board. At this time, the unit will be assigned a recruitment coordinator to assist them with the search process and any changes they wish to make to their job ad. 

Search and Selection of Finalists 

  • Search committee conducts the search and selects finalists (generally the top three candidates from the pool of applicants) and submits the following to the dean of division for approval of on-campus interview for each finalist: 
    • CV 
    • One letter of recommendation 
  • Top finalist identified by search committee and terms of offer discussed between dean of division or associate dean and chair/director. 

Offer Letter 

  • The unit will populate the A&S Recruitment/Reappointment variant of the HRSC spreadsheet and return it to the CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator
    • Before entering any other data, please select "Hire" in Column D, and then fill out all cells highlighted in yellow.
    • All columns in the section AN through BD are required for the mail merge process, and no yellow cells should be skipped in this section. 
    • Please notify your coordinator about any non-standard situations (e.g. moving expenses offered to a candidate) in the text of your email to CAS-Faculty@...
    • Please include the candidate's mailing address in the text of your email to CAS-Faculty@...
  • CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator will use the spreadsheet to generate the draft offer letter via mail merge.  
  • The CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator will submit the draft offer letter for final review and approval by the campus Office of Faculty Affairs. 
  • Upon receipt of approval, CAS Faculty Affairs coordinator will route the reappointment packet for signatures.  
    • CC 
      • A&S Budget Office 
      • Unit 
      • Assistant dean for infrastructure  
      • Campus HR Service Center 
  • If any changes to the offer letter are needed after approval, fill out an addendum form 

Dispositioning of Candidates and Posting Closing in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Jobs (Avature) 

  • In compliance with the , it is critical that all candidates are dispositioned correctly in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Jobs (Avature). 
    • Unit will be sent a pre-populated spreadsheet with the names of candidates requiring disposition, along with instructions from the recruitment coordinator. 
    • Unit works with assigned recruitment coordinator to close the posting in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Jobs (Avature) 
      • Note: It is important for the unit to inform the recruitment coordinator of the final candidate to ensure that a background check is conduced, and personal information is collected. 

 

Updated 04 June 2024