Full-time - Salaried positions that are eligible for certain benefits. Usually 40 hours per week.
Part-time - Some part-time positions are salaried and are less than 40 hours per week, but more than or equal to 20 hours per week. Certain benefits are available for salaried, part-time positions. Other part-time positions are considered wage positions with an hourly rate of pay and do not offer benefits. Wage positions are considered part-time even if the person works 40 hours per week for 37 weeks employed because of the 1,500 hour per fiscal year limit.
Regular funding - Positions with regular funding are usually state-funded positions and have greater stability.
Restricted funding - Positions with restricted funding normally are contract or grant-funded. They have an end date or the continuation of the position is based on the availability of funds.
Academic year - These positions usually work 9 months, 10 months, or 11 months during the academic year, from Aug. 10 through May 10, June 10, or July 10.
Calendar year - These positions work 12 months during the year.
Temporary - These positions are for a specified amount of time.
Classified Staff - A non-faculty, full-time salaried employee whose terms and conditions of employment are subject to the Virginia Personnel Act (Virginia Code § 2.2-2900). Classified positions are assigned to an Occupational Family and Career Group based on duties and responsibilities.
Teaching & Research Faculty - The members of the faculty whose responsibilities include teaching and research as the majority of their duties.
Administrative & Professional Faculty (A/P Faculty) - Administrative faculty perform work directly related to the management of activities of the institution, department, or subdivision. Incumbents in these positions exercise discretion and independent judgment and generally direct the work of others.
Qualifications for administrative faculty positions include:
Qualifications for professional faculty positions include:
Wage/Hourly - Wage employees receive pay for hours worked rather than a fixed salary. Wage employees are limited to working 1,500 hours per agency per year, which is calculated as the 365-day period beginning on the employee’s first day of employment; however, wage employees may be required to work 40 hours per week. The Manpower Control Act states wage employees are eligible to work an average of 29 hours/week from May 1 through April 30 each year. Wage employees are normally hired to meet seasonal, temporary, part-time, or casual workforce needs and are not covered by the Virginia Personnel Act. Wage employees do not receive state benefits except for worker’s compensation and leave without pay for military service while on active duty or the reserve, but do have access to certain Radford University benefits.
Adjunct Faculty - A person who teaches at the university on a limited, special, or provisional basis, but in the role of an adjunct, is not required to perform other regular duties of a faculty member (I.e. scholarly activity or service). Adjunct faculty members are qualified individuals hired for limited or special teaching assignments, such as teaching particular courses or sections. In their adjunct role, they have no duties other than teaching. Adjunct faculty members teaching undergraduate-level courses hold either a doctoral or masters' degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline OR hold a masters' degree and have completed at least 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline.
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