Authorized Recruitment

  • First approved by the Dean. The Dean:
    • Develops faculty complement
    • Allocates resources to departments
    • Authorizes recruitment of faculty
  • Final approval by the VP, Faculty Relations office

Form A: Authorization to Recruit 

Advertising

All tenure-track faculty recruitments must follow the Canadian federal government advertising guidelines for launching an international search. Contact the Office of the Vice-Provost Faculty Relations for assistance.

Advertising of Positions (Article 13.4)

College Search Committee

Departmentalized College Search Committee

  • Department Head as Chair (Article 13.5.1)
  • All employees (in scope of USFA) holding probationary, continuing status or tenure appointment in the department
  • An observer, Department Head from a cognate department (Article 13.5.1.1)
  • Minimum five members (Article 13.5.1.2)
  • A representative from the Association and HR present at the initial meeting (Article 13.5.1.3)

Non-departmentalized College Search Committee

  • Dean as Chair (Article 13.5.1)
  • All employees (in scope of USFA) holding probationary, continuing status or tenure appointment in the college
  • A representative from the Association and HR present at the initial meeting (Article 13.5.1.3)

Recommendation for Appointment

  1. Approved by Dean (Article 13.5.1.7) if departmentalized college
  2. Sent to the VP, Faculty Relations office
  3. Forwarded to Provost and Vice-President Academic
  4. Appointments Forum In the case of any conflicting views (Article 13.5.2) and a final recommendation from a Search Committee is not supported

Housing Assistance Program

Faculty interested in accessing the housing assistance program can contact the Office of the Vice-Provost Faculty Relations.

Faculty Recruitment Expenses

New faculty recruitment expenses need to be submitted for reimbursement within the same fiscal year.

Each academic unit will be provided with up to $3,500 per tenure or tenure track faculty search to cover advertising costs and expenses associated with bringing candidates to campus. In special circumstances and proper justification additional support may be granted. Please follow the hospitality guidelines while incurring expenses.

Faculty recruitment expenses are charged to the unit’s operating fund and then reimbursed from the central fund when appropriate documentation is provided including transaction or document numbers.

Please fill out the Reimbursement Summary Form and submit to vpfaculty.relations@usask.ca to ensure reimbursement of the unit’s operating fund. There is no need to provide copies of receipts and reimbursement claims unless our office asks for them.

Questions?

All questions should be directed to the Vice-Provost Office:

Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations Office
vpfaculty.relations@usask.ca