Faculty Recruitment Guidelines
The Board of Regents has issued a new policy regarding Employee Recruitment effective January 1, 2024.
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 Qualified Internal Candidate
(QIC).
- Full-time (1.00 FTE)- Competitive recruitment (full search) is required for a minimum of 30 days (about
4 and a half weeks). Positions will be posted on the Augusta University Faculty Careers
website and 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.
- Full-time (1.00 FTE) Qualified Internal Candidate (QIC)- Position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days on the Augusta University Faculty
Careers website only. Candidate must be currently active and full-time (1.0 FTE) to
be eligible for QIC recruitment.
- Full-time (1.00 FTE) Limited Term- A 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.
- Part-time (0.50 - 0.99 FTE)- 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 the 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 is the current point of contact
for these transactions.