Appointing a New Faculty Member in the Lecturer Title Series
The Lecturer Title Series is covered by AR 2:9. Additional information about the Lecturer Title Series is available on the following pages:
Lecturer Statements on Evidences of Activity
CAFE Guidelines for Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Provost Policy Statement on Changes to AR 2:9 (2010)
The following instructions are for appointing a new faculty member to a lecturer title series position that already exists. If a position you wish to fill does not currently exist, you must first complete the steps to create a position.
1. Locate the original approved position description. If the position description needs revision, you are creating a new position, not filling an existing position, therefore see instructions to create a position.
2. Receive concurrence from all faculty members in the department with voting privileges, by email or faculty meeting, that the position description does not need revision and that the need exists to fill the position. This concurrence should be recorded either in meeting minutes or by email.
3. Request permission from the Dean. Draft an email memorandum to the Dean noting faculty concurrence and requesting permission to fill the position. CC the Associate Dean for Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment on this email. Attach the approved position description. Example
4. Once the Dean has given email permission to fill the position, an open, competitive search must be held. Review the Faculty Position Searches page for guidelines on how searches must be conducted.
5. Complete a Request for Hiring Pause Exception form and submit it to Le Anne Herzog at leanne.herzog@uky.edu. Positions that are 100% grant-funded do not require a hiring pause exception.
6. Form a search committee and notify all unit faculty of the composition of the committee.
7. Post the position through the Human Resources Integrated Employment system (IES). Be sure to follow established advertising guidelines. HR will assist.
8. After the top candidates have been identified, arrange for the Dean and Associate Deans to interview the candidates.
9. When the search is complete and a suitable candidate is selected, the Department Chair writes an offer letter to the candidate and seeks concurrence from all faculty members in the department with voting privileges, by email or by faculty meeting. The draft letter is then sent to the dean, the Associate Dean for Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment, and the appropriate Associate Deans, for review. Review this offer letter template.
- NOTE: For 9-month lecturers' pay to be correctly distributed, they must have a payroll assignment start date of the first of a month. This may not be the same day as the beginning of the appointment period shown on the E02, which is usually August 15. This is ok.
10. After the Chair has received a signed offer letter, the Department should work with the new hire to fill out the required paperwork from the Office of Human Resources (for instance, the I-9 form) and enter the new hire’s information into IRIS/SAP.
11. Complete the New Faculty Demographic Worksheet.
12. Request the following credentials from the candidate to attach to the New Faculty Demographic Worksheet.
- Original, official transcript of highest degree. Additional transcripts are required if the candidate’s highest degree is not in the same discipline as the hiring department, or if the candidate has more than one terminal degree.
- Career CV
- Any additional information needed for the New Faculty Demographic Worksheet
13. Compile the Appointment Packet and submit it to the Associate Dean for Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment. The completed appointment packet should include:
- New Faculty Demographic Worksheet
- Dean’s approval of request to fill the position
- Approved position description
- Career CV
- Original, official transcript(s)
- Signed offer letter
Submit the appointment packet to:
CAFE Office of Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment
L-104 Ag Science Center North
14. The Office of Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment will respond with an Academic Appointment Form, a Teaching Credentials Form, and Teaching Credential Justification Form (if SACS requirements have not been met), attached to email. Obtain signatures and return to the Office of Faculty Resources, Planning and Assessment, attached to email.
Electronic signatures are acceptable on all documents.
