Chair and Director

Selection of incoming Chairs and Faculty Directors should be completed during the semester prior to the current Chair/Director’s departure, to ensure the new appointments can be processed prior to the appointment start date of July 1st.

All Chair and Faculty Director appointments in the College begin on July 1st, and are paid out over 12 months on a fiscal year basis, funded by the College. 

Once the Unit has selected a new Chair/Faculty Director in conjunction with unit bylaws, the results and length of appointment are emailed to the College of Arts and Sciences' Faculty Affairs Coordinator for endorsement by the Dean. 

The stipend amount is determined and calculated according to the current base academic year salary in alignment with the current Fiscal Year Stipend Model, which is a compensation system driven by metrics including measures of unit complexity, plus a measure of research quality. 

Process for Hiring Chairs and Faculty Directors

Please note: this process is currently undergoing review, due to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (CEPEWA)

  • Unit selects a new Chair/Faculty Director.
  • Unit emails name of new Chair/Faculty Director and length of appointment to the CAS Faculty Affairs (CAS-Faculty@Colorado.edu) for endorsement by the Dean. 
  • Offer letters are drafted and processed by CAS Faculty Affairs.  
    • Offer letters will be drafted in mid-April/May 
  • Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) reviews and approves the draft offer letter. 
  • The offer letter is routed by CAS Faculty Affairs with CC to the following via DocuSign: 
    • Unit 
    • Boulder Campus Human Resources Service Center 
    • College of Arts and Sciences Budget Office 
  • CAS Faculty Affairs downloads completed letter to Personnel File. 
  • Appointment entered in HCM (Human Resources software) by the Campus Human Resources Service Center. 
  • If any changes to the offer letter are needed after approval, please email CAS Faculty Affairs (CAS-Faculty@colorado.edu). 

Process for Interim Chairs and Interim Faculty Directors

The process of hiring an Interim Chair or Interim Director is identical to the process for hiring Chairs/Directors as listed above. Any reference to the "Chair" or "Faculty Director" should be replaced with "Interim Chair" or "Interim Faculty Director" accordingly.

 

Reviewed 25 January 2024