Employment

This Section coordinates employment and recruitment, employee selection, employment verification and the employee appointment process of all employees for the University.  The Section is also responsible for the proper allocation and classification of all positions utilized by the University.

Employment is available in the following categories:

Executive Service – These positions are assigned to the Administrative and Professional Classification Plan and ordinarily report directly to the President.  They include the classifications of provost, vice president, general counsel, and athletic director.  These positions are responsible for or are significantly involved in policy making at the University and do not have tenure and do not have any expectation of appointment beyond a 60 days’ notice period.

Faculty – These positions are assigned the principal responsibility of teaching, research, or public service activities or administrative responsibility for functions directly related to the academic mission.

Administrative and Professional (A&P) – These positions perform administrative and management responsibilities or professional duties at the department/unit level or above.

University Support Personnel System (USPS) – These positions perform professional, paraprofessional, administrative, clerical, secretarial, technical, skilled crafts, service or maintenance duties.

Other Personal Service (OPS) – These are at-will, temporary employment positions.

Employment Eligibility

Federal Immigration and Naturalization laws require that employers hire only citizens and nationals of the United States and lawfully authorized alien workers.  Compliance with the law requires completion of Form I-9, which is used to verify identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired at the University.

Vacancies

Job announcements for Faculty and A&P and USPS vacancies are distributed on Thursday of each week.  Vacancy information for Faculty positions may also be obtained from the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (850) 599-3076 and/or the Division of Academic Affairs (850) 599-3276.Position vacancies can also be viewed by clicking on "HigherEdJobs" in the left menu.