Employment Contracts

Academic Staff

Academic Staff Contract	Approval required before commencing hiring process	Signing Officer
Dean / Associate Deans / Deputy Provosts / Vice Provosts / University Librarian / Associate University Librarian / University Archivist	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic
Any visiting faculty appointment	Dean or Associate Dean of Faculty	Dean or Associate Dean of Faculty
Faculty, Librarian / Archivist appointments as outlined in Article 25 of the QUFA Collective Agreement (excluding Term Adjunct)	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic or designate
Term or Continuing Adjunct Faculty appointment as outlined in Article 25 of the QUFA Collective Agreement	Dean or Associate Dean of Faculty	Dean or Associate Dean of Faculty
Academic and Teaching Assistants/Fellows (not including academic assistants who hold staff appointments)	Head of Department	Head of Department or designate
Post-Doctoral, Research, and Clinical Fellows	Head of Department	Department Head and PI or designate
Physicians (Clinical appointments)	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic or designate
Any other academic appointments	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic	Provost and Vice-Principal Academic or designate

Non-Academic Staff Contract	Approval required before commencing hiring process	Signing Officer
Principal	Note 1	Chair of the Board of Trustees
Vice-Principal	Note 1	Principal and any one Officer of the Board of Trustees
Secretary	Note 1	Principal
Associate Vice-Principal or other Executive Appointment	Principal or designate	Principal or Vice-Principal of Area
Management Positions (Grades 10-14) up to AVP	Associate-Vice-Principal of area or Vice Provost of area or Dean or Associate Dean or designate	Department Head or designate
Non-Management Staff Appointments	Dean or designate or Vice-Provost or designate or Director of area	Hiring Manager
Casual Staff and / or Student Employees	Department Head or designate	Hiring Manager
Research Grant & Contract (RG&C) Appointments	Department Head	Department Head and PI or designate

Contract	Approval required before Contract execution	Signing Officer
Collective Agreements and/or other agreements related to Collective Bargaining (MOU, MOA, LOU, and LOA)	Human Resources Committee of the Board of Trustees	Associate Vice-Principal Human Resources (Non-Academic); Associate Vice-Principal Faculty Relations (Academic)
Termination	Human Resources + Dean or designate or Vice-Principal of area or designate	Dean or designate or Vice-Principal of area or designate
Settlement Agreements	Human Resources + Dean or designate or Vice-Principal of area or designate	Dean or Vice-Principal of area or designate + PI or designate if applicable