Common use of Job Postings and Distribution of Job Postings Clause in Contracts

Job Postings and Distribution of Job Postings. 1. Any University of Michigan student in good standing in a graduate degree program who is eligible for a graduate student instructorship or staff assistantship shall be given the opportunity to apply for all available positions covered by this Agreement. 2. Each appointing unit will maintain up-to-date information regarding its application and selection procedures on its website. The University shall host a webpage containing information about GSI and GSSA employment. Included on the webpage will be the prior academic year’s (fall and winter) percentage of master’s students who worked as GSI or GSSA by appointing unit. This information will be updated prior to each fall semester. Additionally, appointing units shall include a link to this webpage on their department or unit websites. 3. Each appointing unit will distribute job postings for available positions. At minimum, appointing units must distribute job postings for available positions via email to all graduate students who are enrolled in the appointing unit’s graduate degree program at the time of the distribution. Job postings should not be distributed by appointing units as described in this Section under the following circumstances: a. the job is reserved for a specific student in the department as part of a funding package b. distribution would interfere with the need for timely hiring decisions made just before or after the beginning of the teaching term; GEO shall be notified of such situations. Jobs described in Sections 3.a. and 3.b. are not “available positions”, as the term is used in this Article. 4. All job postings will include: a. The course(s) for which applications are being accepted, and a general description of the duties of the position(s) (whether the position(s) involves teaching an independent section of a course, teaching a discussion section, grading assignments, holding office hours), and an estimated FTE for the position(s). Job postings should also include required availability (dates and times), for example for class sessions and additional scheduled field trips, to the extent that information is available at the time the job is posted. If dates and times for required availability cannot be finalized at the time the job is posted, the posting must include the total number of hours of required availability outside of normal working hours, if any, and, in general terms, when any required availability outside of normal working hours will be. b. The minimum and desired qualifications for employment and a description of selection and decision-making procedures. This description of qualifications shall include the role, if any, of student evaluations and past instructional experience. The decision-making procedures shall include the role of applicant preferences for course placement and procedures and criteria for late appointments. c. The person to whom the application should be submitted and information on the preferred method for submitting applications; the name(s) of the decision-making agent(s); the application due date(s). d. The estimated date by which offers will be extended, and a reminder that an applicant may request the status of their application from the appointing unit. Appointing units will make reasonable efforts to extend offers to successful applicants within six (6) weeks after the application due date. Offers will typically be extended at least twenty-one (21) calendar days prior to the start of employment. e. The following nondiscrimination statement: “The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, familial status, parental status or pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression (whether actual or perceived), sexual orientation, age, height, weight, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, HIV antibody status, political belief, membership in any social or political organization, participation in a grievance or complaint whether formal or informal, medical conditions including those related to pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, arrest record, or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified. The University of Michigan agrees to abide by the protections afforded employees with disabilities as outlined in the rules and regulations which implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.” f. Contact information for the Office of Institutional Equity and University Ombuds. g. The following statement: “Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions.” In the event that an Employee does not receive their preferred assignment, they can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agent(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.” h. The following statement: “This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550. i. The following statement: “Standard Practice Guide 601.38, Required Disclosure of Felony Charges and/or Felony Convictions, applies to all Graduate Student Assistants (GSAs). SPG 601.38 may be accessed on line at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/policy/601.38, and its relation to your employment can be found in MOU X of your employment contract.” 5. In addition to the appointing units’ distribution of job postings described in Section 3. above, appointing units will distribute job postings for available positions via the University job postings website. Job postings shall not be distributed via the University job postings website under the following circumstances: a. the job includes among its explicit qualifications that the Employee be enrolled in the appointing unit (“limited availability positions”); b. the job is reserved for a specific student in the appointing unit as part of a funding package; c. distribution would interfere with the need for timely hiring decisions made just before or after the beginning of the teaching term; GEO shall be notified of such situations Jobs described in Sections.