Weinberg College
of Arts & Sciences

Search Procedures for Full-time Temporary Faculty Positions

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As department chairs make plans for the following academic year, requests for a full-time temporary faculty position may be submitted to the Dean's Office as part of your teaching plan. The College prefers to hire full-time when possible because it creates greater stability for the faculty members and better teaching for students. 

A full-time appointment in Weinberg College consists of 6 content courses or 9 language courses (or their equivalents). The goal is to address the ways in which contingent faculty are hired, providing greater opportunities for scholars to apply for such positions.

• Any full-time hire of a year or more typically requires a search (single year or shorter appointments should be submitted via Short-Term Appointments webform)
• Upon approval of six content courses or nine language courses (or their equivalent), the department will propose an ad for the position
• A full-national search may be the best strategy, and may be required for faculty and post-doctoral positions of two years or longer. For national searches for full-time faculty with appointments longer than one year:
  1. Submit search information, including your advertisement, via this webform.
  2. Dean's Office contacts department/program with approval of search committee, search number (Job Opening ID), and advertisement text and budget.  
  3. Search administrator oversees search system administration, including configuration of application page in the Faculty Recruitment System (FRS), collection of applications, and the assignment of disposition codes. 
  4. Search administrator contacts Dean’s Office to activate application page. 
  5. Department places advertisement in agreed-upon outlets. 
  6. A successful search will include a robust applicant pool. Search Committee chooses finalists and sends short list (which includes finalist names, CVs and number of applicants that applied) to Quinn Leach. The Dean's Office will notify the department once the short list has been reviewed and approved.

SUBMITTING FINALIST REQUESTS

Finalists are identified within the Faculty Recruitment System (FRS). 

To submit finalist requests to the Dean’s Office, the department administrator works with the search committee to assign a disposition code to each applicant and identifies any candidates who advance to the finalist stage.  

At the conclusion of the successful search, the department administrator sends electronic file of materials to Quinn Leach, including a departmental recommendation letter, finalist CV, and letters of reference. 

For any searches not run through the Faculty Recruitment System, please also include documentation of search approval (from the Dean or Associate Deans) and CVs of all other finalists.  

Faculty Recruitment System (FRS) RESOURCES

• Login
• Guide for Search Administrators 
• Quick-start Guide: Configuring a Search  
• Guide for Search Committee Members
• Guide to Disposition Codes
• Selecting a Finalist in FRS