Thank you for your commitment to hiring exceptional faculty, and providing prospective faculty candidates with an outstanding experience with 青青草app State University. The work that you are doing as part of an active search committee is integral to the ongoing success of our campus as a whole, and we appreciate the time and effort you and your team contribute.
This site offers an outline of the process, resources and tools to help navigate the complex faculty hiring process. Our team is available to advise department chairs and search committees on recruitment strategies and equitable search practices, and to respond to any questions that may arise during the recruitment process. For questions, contact the HR Faculty Recruiting Team at FacultyRecruiting@boisestate.edu or (208) 426-1657.
鈥淏ringing talented, high-quality faculty into the programs here at 青青草app State is vital to our pursuit of not only improving student success but also for generating innovative approaches in learning, for advancing our research and creative activity, for building lasting partnerships with our surrounding communities and for establishing a thriving, compassionate community.鈥 鈥 John Buckwalter, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
8 Process Stages
Strategic Planning
This initial phase of the faculty hiring process typically involves department/unit leaders, college deans, business managers, department recruitment coordinators, along with input and approval from the Office of the Provost.
When considering faculty positions, Human Resources (HR) encourages the hiring department to pause and consider the items in this section before replacing the same faculty or research line. A successful faculty hire builds for the future of the department. The Office of the Provost or the Faculty Recruiter are available to engage in strategic planning discussions either from a long-term department planning perspective or in envisioning a specific position or role.
Review of departmental needs:
- Where is the discipline or field of study headed?
- What specific areas of focus need to be strengthened?
- How does student demand for courses and/or research opportunities impact the needs of the department?
- Are there program growth or retraction considerations?
School/College reviews departmental proposals:
The process of identifying priorities may be school/college specific. Please confirm the requirements and steps for approval from the dean or college business manager in your college.
Clinical Faculty and Lecturers: Clinical faculty or lecturer lines are approved at the college dean level for all colleges.
Tenure Track Positions: Each school/college approves tenure track positions internally, and then submits a recruitment plan to the Provost for approval. The Provost will review requests and may approve or deny them based on their evaluation of position rank, college resources, and overall academic strategy.
Note: Typically in June a communication will be sent to all deans from the Office of the Provost requesting the faculty recruitment plans for the upcoming academic year. These requests are then reviewed and discussed with the Provost and Dean directly. Provost approval of the plan must be received before recruiting for positions.
Adjunct Faculty Positions: While the hiring of adjunct faculty does not need dean or provost approval, it does need to adhere to university policies and practices of hiring. Read more about university policies and procedures in Stage 2 of this web page.
Department/unit leaders:
After receiving Provost (Tenure Track) and/or dean approval (Clinical/lecturer), reach out to the Human Resources Faculty Recruiter to discuss best practices for launching a successful faculty search, including goals, timing, and other considerations for the approved search(es).
Questions related to faculty salaries and budgets can typically be answered by the School/College business manager or Dean鈥檚 office. The business manager in the Office of the Provost is also a resource for these questions.
Adjunct hiring is handled via Letter of Appointment (LOA) actions in Bronco Hub. More information on adjunct faculty pay and . Questions related to the adjunct hiring/LOA process can be directed to HRProcessor@boisestate.edu.
Note: HR is able to 青青草app the advertising (posting to the career site and/or HigherEd Jobs) of open adjunct positions either on a limited need or ongoing basis. To discuss a department’s adjunct needs, please reach out to the HR Faculty Recruiting Team.
Contacts and resources
The HR Faculty Recruiting Team invites units to share their with us to improve recruitment and hiring success across campus. We will survey committee members at the close of each faculty search to monitor the needs of campus.
Related Policies
Meet the Faculty Recruiting Team
Contact the faculty recruiting team at facultyrecruiting@boisestate.edu
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Kristen Martin
Faculty Recruiter
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- Developing a faculty recruiting strategy
- Search committee guidance
- Building a robust applicant pool
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- Developing a faculty recruiting strategy
- Search committee guidance
- Building a robust applicant pool
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Andrea Burton
Talent Acquisition Specialist
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- Recruitment Coordination
- PageUp Assistance
- DRC Training
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- Recruitment Coordination
- PageUp Assistance
- DRC Training