Human Resources
Human Resources
Introduction and Table of Contents
Under its equal employment opportunity
and affirmative action commitment, and under its responsibilities to its
employees and to the State of New York, the SUNYIT recognizes both the need
for internal career development program for its employees and the need to
provide equal opportunity for all persons to obtain employment. As a means
of balancing these competing needs, the college will give initial consideration
in promotion for all its permanent employees to vacancies in the Professional
Service Negotiating Unit at the SL-1,2 and 3 levels, with exceptions noted
herein. The requirements for a full and open affirmative action search will
continue for all vacancies at the SL-1 through SL-3 levels, except where
waived consistent with the Affirmative Action Plan or this internal promotion
procedure. The promotional opportunities provided by this plan will be consistent
with employee development, qualification, and job performance. Guidance
and criteria for professional employee consideration are provided for by
the Policies of the Board of Trustees, Article XII, Title C, "Evaluation
and Promotion of Professional Employees." This promotional opportunity
plan also supports the affirmative action requirements to provide upward
mobility for women, minorities, disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans. The following
list represents the sub-sections contained within this document:
Employee Eligibility
Employees of SUNYIT with at least
one (1) year of service on the basis of a term or permanent appointment
(as defined by the Policies and/or Civil Service Law) are eligible to apply
for promotion opportunities under this plan. Employees serving on a temporary
or part-time appointment are not eligible for consideration under this internal
promotion procedure.
Procedure
SUNYIT has established the following procedure providing initial consideration to employees for promotional opportunities.
The procedure is applicable to vacancies at the SL-1, 2, and 3 levels. At
the discretion of the appointing authority, management/confidential positions
may also be filled under this procedure.
When the requirements contained in Article 35 of the Agreement have
been met and a professional vacancy has not been filled by a retrenched
employee and the position has been cleared by the Human Resources Office,
the existing vacancy will be announced to campus employees, inviting their
applications for consideration in filling the vacancy. The announcement
will provide seven workdays for receipt of application from campus employees.
An eligible employee wishing to be considered for an announced vacancy
must file an application with the Human Resources Office within the seven-workdays
application period. A letter of transmittal/application and a resume are
considered the minimum application. Late applications or those from employees
not eligible will be returned to the applicant(s) by the Human Resources
Office.
The Human Resources Office will examine the resume(s) submitted by the
applicant(s) to determine whether the employee(s) meets the basic qualifications.
The resume(s) of employee(s) meeting the basic qualifications will be
forwarded to the initial recommending official for initial consideration.
The timely applications received from eligible employees by the Human
Resources Office will be forwarded to the appropriate initial recommending
official (hiring unit official) for consideration. All eligible SUNYIT
employees who apply for a vacancy under this program and within the seven-workdays
period will be given initial consideration before the vacant position
is posted for off-campus recruitment. The initial recommending official
will consider each application and notify the Human Resources Office as
to his/her findings as noted below.
- Find the applicant(s) highly qualified for appointment and recommend appointment(s).
- Find the applicant(s) qualified to be considered for appointment and request off-campus recruitment. Employee(s) will again be considered along with off-campus applicants(s).
- Find the applicant(s) unqualified for appointment and request off-campus recruitment to fill the vacancy.
- Upon notice by the initial recommending official that no campus employee
has applied or has been selected, the Human Resources Office will release
the position for off-campus recruitment as required by existing employment
procedures.
Updated: January 7, 2003
