Approving a Faculty Hiring Request

Purpose

Procedures for approving a hiring request.

Applicability

For a user that has been identified as an approver for the hiring request.

Prerequisites

A BAR role is not required to be identified as a hiring request approver.

Procedure

4.1

You will receive the email below when a hiring request has been submitted to you for approval.

4.2

View Pending Requests

To view pending approvals:

1. login to UNMJobs 
2. Recruit > Recruiting Approvals 
3. The hiring request will appear in your Pending queue under Offer Letters. Select the Offer Letters link to view the pending request.

4.3

Approve Faculty & Postdocs Offers

Offer letters are attached in the candidate’s application profile, to view it:

1. Click the candidate’s name and click the Documents tab. The offer letter is under the Attachments section, click the icon to review the letter.
2. Follow the bread crumbs at the top left of the page to go back to the approvals by clicking Recruiting Approvals.
3. To approve the offer letter, select the check-mark ( add comment if needed), then click Submit button at the bottom of the list.
4. To return it to the hiring coordinator, select the cancel icon ( add comment) and click Submit.

4.4

Approve an Adjunct LOU

To review and approve an LOU:

1. Click the search  icon next to the name of the hire.
2. To approve the LOU, click the check-mark  icon and click Submit.
3. To Deny the LOU and return to the hiring coordinator for correction, click the cancel icon and click Submit.

Questions & Support

Office of Faculty Affairs and Services: Main & Branch Campus Faculty only

• Email: faculty@unm.edu

• Phone: 505-277-4528