TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT: Visiting
Date
Name
Address
Dear name,
I am pleased to invite you to join our faculty as a Visiting ______Professor in the Department of______at FloridaInternationalUniversity. This is a temporarynine-month, non-tenure-earning appointment for the [period of employment].Your employment under this contract/letter of offer or appointment will cease on the date indicated. No further notice of cessation of employment is required. Your appointment will carry a nine-monthsalary rate of$______.The University has a very attractive benefit program which is detailed on our website at
As a faculty member of the University, your appointment will generally involve teaching, research and service. As a new faculty, you are required to complete the New Faculty Pedagogy Orientation given by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching prior to your assignment in the classroom. Your specific assignment will be determined by your supervisor/Chairperson. The location will be your principal place of employment, although it is possible that you will have assignments at other locations.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, requires that the University verify your eligibility to work in the United States. This offer of employment and your hiring are contingent upon your submitting original documents to verify your identity and your employment eligibility. If you have not completed this verification procedure within three (3) days of your employment, the University will be required by Federal law to stop your employment.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment requirements, and the University making a final determination regarding the suitability for employment, per the University pre-employment requirements policy . Pre-employment requirements should be completed prior to the effective date of the employment. In the event they are not, the employment may be terminated if negative results from any pre-employment requirement are received after the hire date.
Additionally, your employment is contingent upon our receipt of official transcripts from the awarding institution of your highest degree and your participation in our direct deposit program. The transcripts must be received on or before the effective date of the appointment, and come directly to FIU from the awarding institution. If you are unable to comply with either of these two requirements, please contact me immediately.
FIU is committed to promoting a healthy-work environment for all its employees, students, and visitors. To that end, we are pleased to make available programs such as an Organic Farmer’s Market, a recycling program, fitness programs, and health promotion services. We are especially proud to have recently joined many other institutions throughout the United States in becoming a tobacco-smoke free campus! For information regarding this initiative, please visit
University employees are required to report any outside activity which might be a conflict of interest with university employment or any outside compensated professional activity. If you are involved in compensated activity, or any other activity which may present a potential conflict of interest, please notify me in advance.
Please confirm your acceptance of this offer by returning a signed copy of this letter to my office by ______. Visit facultycareers.fiu.edu, and search for pool posting ID# ______to apply for position. Once you have completed this step, you will receive an e-mail that will direct you to complete our on-line sign on package.
Your acceptance of this offer shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to process a grievance with respect thereto in compliance with the Board of Trustees-United Faculty of Florida Agreement (BOT-UFF) or a complaint in compliance with the BOT-UFF Process for Neutral, Internal Resolution of Disputes. Upon employment, the BOT-UFF Collective Bargaining Agreement prohibits discrimination against any employee based upon race, color, sex, religious creed, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, or employee rights related to union activity as granted under Chapter 447, Florida Statutes. Claims of such discrimination by the Board or the university may be presented as grievances pursuant to the Grievance Procedure set forth in the BOT-UFF Collective Bargaining Agreement. (Use paragraph ONLY IF IN UNIT APPOINTMENT)
On behalf of the faculty of the College of ______, I wish to express our sincere hope that you will accept this offer. Should you have questions about the appointment, please do not hesitate to contact meor ______(name of Chair).
Sincerely,
Dean
ACCEPTED______DATE______
Faculty
cc: Provost
Chairperson