Campus Changes Process on Requirements for Position Approval

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Jack McEnery, Director, HR Shared Services

Effective immediatelythe requirements for when a Recommendation and Authorization for HiringApproval (RAHA) form have changed.

The tablebelow outlines when the RAHA will be required going forward.  These changes are now in effect in theworkflows in HireTouch.

Summary of When a RAHAis required

Employee Group		RAHA Required
Academic Professional	Regular - Initial appointment	Yes
	Regular - Reappointment	No
	Visiting - Initial appointment	Yes
	Visiting - Reappointment	No
Civil Service	Status	Yes
	Extra Help/Outside Agency	Yes
Faculty	Tenure/Tenure Track - Initial Appointment	Yes
	Non-Tenure* - Initial Appointment	Yes
	Non-Tenure* - Reappointment	No
	Term by term appointment	No
Graduate Student	Graduate Assistant - Initial appointment	No
	Graduate Assistant - Reappointment	No
	Graduate Hourly - Initial appointment	No
	Graduate Hourly - Reappointment	No
Post Doctorial	Post Doc Research Assoc	No
Undergraduate Student		No

*Includes allmodifiers, e.g. Visiting etc. 
PleaseNote the Following Regarding Changes in the RAHA1. Changes in therequirements for when a RAHA is to be completed do not change any requirementsfor the completion of a job description in filling a position. 2. These changes are notintended to change any internal College/Unit requirements on position approval.3. For AcademicProfessional and Faculty Appointments, the RAHA is to continue to be attachedto the respective HR Front End transaction. We are examining ways to connectthe approval of the position with the respective HR Front End transaction whichmay eliminate this requirement.
Future Changes
Please notethat in the near future, the form will be updated and renamed Position Authorization. At that time,it will be integrated with the Requisition utilized for Civil Service positionsresulting in only one form required for filling a Civil Service position. Youwill be notified about this change at that time and webinars will be conductedto overview the changes with you.
If there areany questions about the requirements for the RAHA, please contact Jack McEnery(jmcenery@uic.edu)  312-996-3581. If there are any issues with the RAHA in HireTouch, please contact theUIC HR Helpdesk (uichrhelpdesk@uillinois.edu)  312-413-4848.