Effective January 1, 2024
The Board of Regents has issued a new policy regarding Employee Recruitment. Please review this policy here.
Detailed process maps regarding recruitment and onboarding can be found here.
A flow chart providing an overview of the faculty hiring process can be found here.
A department guide to drafting and effective job posting can be found here.
All benefits-eligible (fiscal or academic year) faculty positions, with an FTE of 0.50 or greater, are required to go through the competitive recruitment process. Limited Term appointments may go through a modified recruitment process to allow for selected applicants to be hired through the job opening process. Limited Term positions may be posted for 3 days (if the candidate has been previously identified) or for a longer period to allow for a pool of applicants to select from. Previous faculty appointments which were considered an exception to recruitment (e.g. Postdoctoral Fellow to an Assistant Research Scientist or a Resident in their final year to an Instructor-Limited Term) will be posted internally as a QIC (Qualified Internal Candidate).
Job Opening request is required to hire an individual for a limited term appointment. Limited Term positions can be posted for a minimum of 3 days (for an identified candidate) or 30 days (about 4 and a half weeks) to allow external applicants to apply based on the need of the department. This classification will normally be used in the case where a full search is being conducted and an individual is being hired to meet the immediate need(s) of the department. Limited Term appointments are for an initial year and can be extended one additional year if necessary (not to exceed two academic/fiscal years). Positions will be posted on the Augusta University Faculty Careers website as well as externally by using Job Elephant. Departments are encouraged to post to industry-specific sites, but approval must be obtained by Faculty Support Services and Supply Management (see details at bottom of page).
Competitive recruitment is required due to benefits eligibility.
Part-time, non-benefits eligible and clinical/adjunct (non-paid) faculty appointments do not require competitive recruitment and will be processed via the SmartHR transaction. The appropriate faculty appointment checklist should be utilized.
External Posting Approval Process
Departments must send the full job ad as well as posting site to Faculty Support Services (FSS) by using this email address: HUMANRESOURCES_FACULTYSUPPORTSVCS@augusta.edu.
Once FSS has approved the ad, contact Augusta University Supply Chain Management-Purchasing to secure approval if using the P-card. Krishna Nichols (706-721-9441) is the current point of contact for these transactions, or you may refer to the Augusta University Purchasing Manual (pg. 15).