Temporary job postings are used to advertise most temporary positions including staff (merit and P&S) positions, Faculty, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, non-UI student positions, and Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern positions.

Applicants send their information directly to the advertising departments and do not apply through jobs.uiowa.edu. Departments are responsible for retaining all application materials received and documentation about their search process per the university’s Personnel, Human Resources and Recruitment Official Records Retention Schedule. 

A Temporary/Other Job Posting is required if a standard search is not being conducted and if the vacancy does not meet one of the three exceptions (i.e., executive/senior management positions, internal hires, and positions lasting three days or less). See definition of exceptions below:

1) Executive and senior management positions: This exception correlates with the FLSA’s white collar exemption. For UI’s purposes, such positions will likely include: 

• P&S positions at pay level 6A or higher 
• Faculty administrative positions at the level of dean/director/departmental executive officer or higher, including assistant and associate deans, assistant and associate provosts, department chairs, division heads, and institutional officers (i.e., positions with a rank code beginning with FI).

2) Positions that will be filled from within UI’s workforce (i.e., internal hires), meaning openings for which no consideration will be given to applicants from outside UI, including those that UI proposes to fill from regularly established recall lists. Internal hires will likely include: 

• Current paid UI employees 
• Former paid UI employees who left in good standing within the prior 24 months 
• Student positions that require candidates to be current UI students (e.g., undergraduate/graduate research assistants, undergraduate or graduate teaching assistants, work-study positions) 
• UI retirees returning to the same department and/or in a similar role to that which they held within the prior 24 months 
• UI employees/former employees participating in UI’s P&S furlough program 
• UI employees/former employees eligible for recall/transfer/promotion as part of a collective bargaining agreement

3) Positions lasting 3 days or less. Temporary positions lasting more than three (3) days must be listed.

If a search is being conducted and the department wishes to have candidates apply through Jobs@UIOWA, a Requisition will need to be submitted.  

See the Recruitment Manual on EOD’s website for further details on the criteria for exceptions and search waivers.

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