Extract from HRIS Bulletin July 2012

Recruitment Protocol Guidance by Division

In response to the circular issued by PRAC on 29 May 2012, we have been liaising with Divisions to clarify the position on the approval of staff requests. Please find below the new guidance on divisional recruitment controls. If anything is unclear please contact your Divisional Personnel contact to clarify. Meanwhile, references to the protocol will be amended in the QRGs accordingly during the next few weeks.

ASUC
  • Where divisional approval is required, this should be processed via Core in the current manner.
Humanties
  • Recruit in accordance with Humanities Divisional protocol for the release of posts, which is handled entirely off-system.
  • For non-academic posts, that is, posts for which the Faculty issues the contracts, faculties should generate the staff request and self-approve so that it can proceed to the Reward team.
  • For all academic posts, which includes joint appointments, statutory professors, Instructors, Senior Instructors, Departmental Lecturers, and any other post for which the contract is issued by the Division, faculties should not complete a staff request, but contact the academic appointments Officer, Muriel Parsons, who will confirm whether the Faculty should complete the staff request, or whether it will be raised by the Divisional Office. Where Muriel directs faculties to raise requests for these posts, they must be sent to a Divisional approver.
Medical Sciences, MPLS, Social Sciences and UAS
  • Departments to satisfy divisional recruitment controls in accordance with local arrangements, acquiring a protocol approval reference from the division where required.
  • Where it is necessary to seek approval this should be managed off the Core system although departments should quote the protocol approval reference on their staff request prior to self-approving and sending to Personnel Services.