High-Level Overview:

FACULTY RECRUITMENT

• All jobs must be posted, at a minimum, on https://www.interfolio.com/. (COLA Faculty Posting Process)

FACULTY CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS

• All T/TT candidates meet with one of the deans (meetings may be conducted via Zoom). Information on faculty candidate meetings with the Deans was sent via separate email and is posted on the List of Deans section of the COLA website.

CAMPUS VISITS

• Departments may invite finalists to campus for in-person visits or conduct interviews virtually. Faculty candidates who visit campus must adhere to all University Travel Guidelines and are  asked to follow guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Departments may request funding support from the Dean’s Office for faculty candidate visits. Submit a Special Funding Request (SFR) for reasonable expenses* in advance of the visits:

  • Submit via the SFR system

  • Use commitment type ADMN – Administrative Commitments

  • In the description field input Faculty Recruitment

  • Attach a detailed budget (*reasonable expenses may include: airfare/transportation, hotel costs, limited meals/entertainment expenses adhering to UT and COLA entertainment policy)

HIRING PROCEDURES OVERVIEW

• NOTE: For full step-by-step details of this process and its requirements, please see the TTT PAR wiki.

• Once all interviews are complete and a final candidate has been selected:

  • Departments should submit preliminary materials via COLA HR to Associate Dean Daniel M. Brinks for the tenured and tenure-track Pre-Review process. Please see our Pre-Review wiki page for details.

  • Departments may also begin negotiating terms of the offer with Associate Dean Daniel M. Brinks and begin preparing materials for the PAR.

  • Sr. Staff will input approved offer terms into the Faculty Offers Database.

  • Once negotiations are complete and offer terms are finalized, submit the Offers DB record, APP the PAR in DEFINE, and upload the PAR packet and draft offer letter to COLA HR for review and approval.

• When hiring faculty with tenure:

  • NOTE: Full details of this process and its requirements can be found on our Hiring Faculty with Tenure wiki.

  • Once pre-review is approved from the Provost’s Office, COLA HR will notify the department and provide instructions to upload materials for the New Hire Tenure Review file. When all of the materials are assembled, COLA HR will arrange the ad hoc tenure review and will notify the department of the result.

• Upon final approval of the PAR, the official job offer can be extended to the candidate.

CONTACTS

• General questions:  COLA HR

• Meetings to discuss recruitment/hiring terms: Daniel M. Brinks; schedule via Kacie Vanecek

Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty Search and Job Posting Process

Purpose

To provide policies and procedures for posting faculty search advertisements on Interfolio. 

Relevant Definitions: 

Interfolio: https://www.interfolio.com. The approved university platform for advertising open faculty searches. 

• For new users: To request access to Interfolio, please send name, EID, department, and reason needing access to cola_hr@austin.utexas.edu.

Job ID: 5-digit number tied to every posting created through Interfolio 

Process: 

1. Dean determines faculty lines for which departments have permission to recruit and notifies chairs; specifies materials to be submitted for each search:

   1. Hiring Summary - the department's plan for the recruitment

   2. Draft job advertisement (ad)

2. Department chair submits requested materials to the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs.

3. Deans review submitted materials and inform department chair the search is authorized to proceed, or request more information. 

4. Upon dean’s approval, COLA HR reviews draft job ad. 

5. COLA HR returns draft advertisement to department with any recommended revisions, repeating until all parties agree on language. Minimum job posting expectations include: 

   1. Brief but descriptive title capturing the essence of the search 

   2. Precise contours of the search relevant to rank and title 

   3. Clear statement delimiting areas of expertise under consideration 

   4. Clear statement of position expectations and duties to be performed 

   5. Clear statement of degree requirement 

   6. Statement of criteria on which the hire will be made 

   7. Clear statement of materials required for a complete application. If additional materials might be requested of finalists or a short-list, this must be stated. 

   8. Clear statement as to whether there is a firm application deadline or whether applications will be accepted until the position is filled and, if so, when review of applications will begin. 

   9. Statement that salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. 

   10. Statement that position funding is subject to budget availability 

6. Department submits job posting for review in Interfolio.

   1. For Interfolio help, go to their site:

      1. The Help Center will require you to log in.

      2. Choose “Sign in with your institution” and use the search to find “The University of Texas at Austin” – this will take you through UT’s authentication and on to their help center and/or your Interfolio account home page.

7. COLA HR double-checks job ad and approves Interfolio posting, which then routes to the Provost's Office for final approval.

8. Upon final approval, department sets status to “accepting publications.” The department will also need to Publish the position. To do that:

   1. Choose “Edit Position” under the “Position Actions” menu (see screenshot).

      

   2. Then, find the “Position Advertising” section of the position, where you will see a blue “Publish” button to click (see screenshot). This will also generate the URL for the ad.

      

Other Related Links: 

COLA HR Faculty Recruitment Training Materials

Interfolio Faculty Search Guide