An appointment letter for a special contract pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Board of Regents policy: Faculty Tenure must include each of the following provisions:
- Restate University job title and corresponding job code;
- Restate working job title, if different from the University job title;
- Restate Employee ID;
- Restate specific University of Minnesota college/campus and department/division for this position;
- Restate whether the appointment is tenured or tenure-track;
- Appointment type and percent time of appointment at the expiration of the special contract;
- Length of probationary period in view of special contract terms;
- Percent time of appointment;
- Appointment type;
- Appointment term (length of appointment);
- Actual beginning and ending dates of the special contract terms and conditions;
- Reference existence of electronic Notice of Appointment accessible at http://hrss.umn.edu; notice should be consistent with the terms of this appointment letter;
- Chief governing document for the position (the Board of Regents policy: Faculty Tenure, (http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyTenure.pdf) specifically referencing Section 3.6 Special Contracts;
- Salary;
- Reference to Summary of Benefits (http://www.umn.edu/ohr/benefits/summary.html);
- General position responsibilities and performance expectations;
- Indicate that employee must continue to comply with any and all licensing, certification, work eligibility, and other requirements of the position, as described in the position description.
- Signature of authorized hiring authority (if this individual is not the Dean of the college, then the Dean also must sign);
- Signature of the appropriate Senior Academic Administrator (i.e., the Senior Vice President, Academic Health Center or the Senior Vice President and Provost or their designees);
- Signature of the employee accepting the term and conditions of the position as described in the letter.