Special Assignment/Interim Positions
On rare occasions, departments may require short term staffing to support critical roles and responsibilities and to meet essential department needs. To ensure inclusive, fair, and consistent practice free from favoritism or biased hiring, the following definitions and steps are to be followed.
Definitions:
Special Assignment Manager (Interim manager/director)– An internal employee that takes on the majority of the essential functions and responsibilities left by a vacant manager/supervisor role. This is a limited term position, typically a minimum of 12 weeks and not to exceed 6 months; compensation is determined by internal equity within similar positions.
Limited Duration Employee – An internal employee or external hire placed into an unbudgeted position for a limited time not to exceed 6 - 12 months. The employee takes full responsibility for the role and compensation is determined by internal equity within similar positions. Approval is required from the VP of Finance/Treasurer or, for grant-funded academic positions, by the Dean of the Faculty.
Graduated Student – Follow the process outlined here.
Temporary Staff – A temporary employee that is a Reed direct hire or sourced from an external staffing agency, and whose primary responsibility is to complete a project that is limited in duration, for up to six months. Compensation is determined by internal equity within similar positions. Temporary employment is part time work (no more than 29 hours/week). These positions are not benefit eligible.
Reed does not permit hiring temporary staff as a means of creating a probationary period before making a regular hire. Reed does not use probation. Your HR partner will provide you with an estimate of the total cost of temporary employment.
Sourcing and Selection: Staff Recruitment Procedure