Advertising Copy - Required* Elements:

  1. The effective date of the position
  2. The expected length of the appontment (if not continuing in nature)
  3. Position rank/title
  4. Appropriate level of degree and field(s) in which it is required
  5. A minimum of three refences supplied by the applicant required 
  6. A statement of appropriate instructional/outreach/research/professional/clinical expectations
  7. A statement of advancing diversity and inclusive excellence. SAMPLE: The University of Vermont is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and inclusive excellence of the academic community through their teaching, service, research, scholarship, and/or creative arts. We are an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to be accountable leaders in a diverse and changing world. Members of the University of Vermont community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Openness, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Innovation, and Justice. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to the ideals of accessibility, inclusiveness, and academic excellence as reflected in the tenets of Our Common Ground.
  8. OUR COMMON GROUND:
    The University of Vermont is an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to live in a diverse and changing world. We who work, live, study, teach, do research, conduct business, or participate in the University of Vermont are members of this community. As members, we believe in the transforming power of education and agree to help create and foster an environment where we can discover and reach our true potential. We aspire to be a community that values:

    RESPECT. We respect each other. We listen to each other, encourage each other and care about each other. We are strengthened by our diverse perspectives.

    INTEGRITY. We value fairness, straightforward conduct, adherence to the facts, and sincerity. We acknowledge when things have not turned out the way we had hoped. As stewards of the University of Vermont, we are honest and ethical in all responsibilities entrusted to us.

    INNOVATION. We want to be at the forefront of change and believe that the best way to lead is to learn from our successes and mistakes and continue to grow. We are forward-looking and break new ground in addressing important community and societal needs.

    OPENNESS. We encourage the open exchange of information and ideas from all quarters of the community. We believe that through collaboration and participation, each of us has an important role in determining the direction and well-being of our community.

    JUSTICE. As a just community, we unite against all forms of injustice, including, but not limited to, racism. We reject bigotry, oppression, degradation, and harassment, and we challenge injustice toward any member of our community.

    RESPONSIBILITY. We are personally and collectively responsible for our words and deeds. We stand together to uphold our common ground.
  9. An AAEO statement. SAMPLE: The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law.
  10. The Office of the Provost may grant exceptions when there is a demonstrated need to do so, as part of a comprehensive recruitment strategy. This will most often occur when a Search Firm conducts the recruitment. Requests for exceptions should be discussed with the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. The recruiting department should note the exceptions granted in the "Notes/History" tab in PeopleAdmin.

Optional language describing UVM and the Burlington community can be found here

National Professional Journals: For positions that include teaching responsibilities, departments are advised to place at least one of the following in the event that the candidate selected requires a work visa:

  • Print advertisement in a national professional journal which states the job title, duties and requirements; or
  • Advertisement in an electronic or web-based national professional journal, provided that the ad contains the same information listed above for print advertisements, is posted for at least 30 calendar days on the journal's website, and that the documentation of the placement of the electronic ad includes evidence of the start and end dates of the ad placement and the text of the ad (e.g., the ad must be printed out from the website on the first day, and again on the last day of display).

If, by way of a competitive search, you hire a foreign national for whom UVM will pursue permanent residency, please be sure to retain copies of all advertising for this position as proof of posting to U.S. Department of Labor at the time of application. This includes a copy of the position posting on UVM's website.

Submission & Approval: Proposed advertisement language should be submitted in the "Position Details" tab in PeopleAdmin. Approval of the requisition in PeopleAdmin will indicate approval of the proposed advertisement.

 

Last updated: 12/19/2023