Visiting Search and Screen Procedures

The need to hire in a visiting position often arises quickly.  Therefore, the procedures for a visiting are often different from normal faculty hiring procedures.

It is important to note two things:  1) Approval for a visiting position does NOT mean that approval for a similar tenure-track position is automatic; and 2) the faculty member who fills the visiting position may be eligible to apply for a tenure-track position, but is not guaranteed the tenure-track position.  If and when the visiting position becomes a tenure-track position, the faculty member serving in the visiting position is welcome to apply. 

1. Unit requesting position develops job description. Unit will use the academic affairs job description template (on the back of this form). Unit must also complete the position authorization form.

2. Review and approve job description and position authorization form in the Office of Academic Affairs

3. Appoint search committee- Given the need for quick turn-around, the search committee may be quite small

4. Advertising plan developed. This may include calls to nearby institutions, letters to current adjuncts, advertising in local papers, etc. Efforts will continue to be made to continue to hire affirmative action candidates for a visiting position.    Recruitment plan must be approved by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the Affirmative Action Officer

5. Advertise position

6. Search committee meets. If the chair of the search committee has been through the Search Procedure Training, then he/she will be able to review the search procedures with the search committee at this first meeting. If the chair has not completed the Training, then he/she will need to invite the Affirmative Action Officer to the first meeting of the search committee so the committee can be trained on.

7. Review applications

8. Schedule phone interviews of top candidates. The search committee can phone interview more than the number that the committee is authorized to bring to campus. References can be checked, if the committee so desires, at this point.  Candidates can be asked to provide the names of two or more references that will be available within the next few days for a reference check.  If the references are checked at this point, the candidate’s direct supervisor must be called.

9. Decide on candidates to bring to campus

10. Interview candidates on campus

11. Reference checks on the finalists. Finalists will be told that they must provide the name and contact information of a direct supervisor and those supervisors will be contacted.

12.  Evaluate candidates on acceptable/unacceptable and strengths/weaknesses and provide rank order to the chair/dean

13. Dean should recommend candidates in rank order to the office of Academic Affairs. Ranking should include a discussion of the rationale behind the rankings, and any additional information the search committee believes is important to the offer.  Committees should note, as per federal law, that an American citizen/permanent resident has priority over a non-citizen in terms of the job offer.

14. Office of Academic Affairs makes the job offer(s).

 

The (INSERT UNIT NAME HERE) invites applications for a full time, tenure-track, 10-month, (INSERT TYPE OF POSITION HERE) position at the assistant professor level beginning ____. Information about the department and our facilities can be found at (INSERT UNIT WEB PAGE URL HERE).  Candidates must be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of (INSERT TEACHING AREA(S) HERE). Course load will be 72% FTE per semester.  (OTHER UNIT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AS APPROPRIATE)

Candidates should have an earned doctorate in ___ or related field (IN SPECIAL CASES, UNITS MAY BE SEARCHING FOR A MASTERS QUALIFIED PERSON – SUBSTITUTE THAT LANGUAGE APPROPRIATELY).   

Candidates are expected to be effective teachers and active researchers.  Appropriate university/professional/community service is also required including committee work, assessment of the major, and engaging in campus initiatives to increase retention and enrollment. 

Applicants should submit a cover letter which addresses the qualifications as listed above, a curriculum vita (CV), university transcripts of undergraduate and graduate degrees, copies of any professional licenses or certifications held, and a teaching statement or philosophy. 

One of eight campuses of Indiana University, Indiana University Kokomo is a comprehensive non-residential campus located 50 miles north of Indianapolis in Kokomo, Indiana, a city with a population of about 47,000.  Committed to student success, the campus serves approximately 2,800 students from an 11-county area in north central Indiana.  An additional 250 pursue degrees in technology in cooperation with Purdue University.  IU Kokomo has approximately 100 full-time faculty, 140 full-time staff and 125 part-time employees.  Associate, baccalaureate, and masters are offered.  Additional information about Indiana University Kokomo can be accessed at http://www.iuk.edu.  Persons with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this application process should contact the Office of Affirmative Action at 765-455-9529.

Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

*Specific text about the position, the unit, the facilities, the research interests of the faculty, etc. should be on the unit’s web page, not in the advertisement.  In essence, units can include a variety of information on their web site that due to space considerations cannot fit into the advertisements.