Hiring and Internal Procedures
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Postdoctoral Visitors (PDVs)—postdocs paid through faculty research grants or other university funds
Recruitment
- Review budget requirements. Faculty members encouraged to consider the responsibilities of the position and norms in the field in establishing salary.
- The faculty member will most often conduct the selection process personally or with other faculty members if there is joint funding for the position.
- Optional job description template.
- Optional posting in Special Ads section of Academic Employment Opportunities site. Please contact the Postdoctoral Services & Professional Skills Coordinator, if you would like an ad posted.
- Faculty members should adhere to relevant legislation, such as the Human Rights Code of Ontario. Information on human rights legislation in Ontario is available at ohrc.on.ca/en. Faculty members should consider York University’s employment equity goals when recruiting PDVs.
Hiring procedures
- Appointee and position must meet the requirements of the Senate Policy on Postdoctoral Researchers and the YUFA collective agreement.
- If you wish to hire a PDV, please contact the Dean's Office in your Faculty to let them know. Your Faculty Dean will need to approve and sign off on any postdoctoral hire. Faculty Dean's Office contacts are:
- Arts, Media, Performance and Design - Aimée Mitchell - aimee19@yorku.ca
- Education - Kate Singh - singhk@edu.yorku.ca
- Environmental and Urban Change - Associate Dean for Research, Graduate and Global Affairs - eucadrgg@yorku.ca
- Glendon College - Prisca Ng - research@glendon.yorku.ca
- Health - Dean's Office - hlthrsch@yorku.ca
- Osgoode - Rebecca Paul - rpaul@osgoode.yorku.ca
- Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Sujan Arulnesan - saruln@yorku.ca
- Lassonde School of Engineering - Sosan Nasar - sosan.nasar@lassonde.yorku.ca
- Schulich School of Business – Farhana S. Islam – fsislam@schulich.yorku.ca
- Science - Joanne Sequeira - adminres@yorku.ca
- It is expected that any required workspace and resources will be accommodated through the supervisor’s assigned space, research funding and/or other existing resources, unless additional space and/or resources have been approved in writing by the Dean or delegate prior to the appointment of the PDV.
- Please work with the Dean's Office in your Faculty to complete a Letter of Offer for your PDV, to be signed by both PDV and Faculty Dean. For your reference, see PDV letter of offer template.
- The PDV will need to return the signed letter and provide information for Payroll (e.g., direct deposit information, SIN)
- You will need to sign the ETF provided by Faculty Administrator to authorize payments from your cost centre.
- Onboard your postdoc. A checklist for incoming postdocs is available to assist.
PDF funding administered at York—postdoc holds an external fellowship offered by agencies or other non-York sources with the funding administered through York (e.g., CIHR PDF, NSERC PDF, SSHRC PDF)
Recruitment
- The process for applying to externally funded fellowships is typically driven by the postdoctoral candidate themselves with the prospective postdoc contacting the faculty member directly. However, faculty members interested in supervising a postdoctoral fellow may also consider approaching prospective postdoctoral candidates.
- Each funding opportunity has specific requirements for the supervisor and the institution. General information available in the Guide for Supervisors Supporting Applications for Externally-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Internal procedures
- Appointee and position must meet the requirements of the Senate Policy on Postdoctoral Researchers.
- Contact your Dean’s Office/post-award administrator for support. You will need to follow the procedures from Research Accounting to set up the cost centre with the funding at York. A PDF letter that outlines the terms of the fellowship and includes an Intellectual Property (IP) agreement is required. The postdoc will need to sign the letter and provide information for Payroll (e.g., direct deposit information, SIN). Faculty Dean's Office contacts are:
- Arts, Media, Performance and Design - Aimée Mitchell - aimee19@yorku.ca
- Education - Kate Singh - singhk@edu.yorku.ca
- Environmental and Urban Change - Associate Dean for Research, Graduate and Global Affairs - eucadrgg@yorku.ca
- Glendon College - Prisca Ng - research@glendon.yorku.ca
- Health - Dean's Office - hlthrsch@yorku.ca
- Osgoode - Rebecca Paul - rpaul@osgoode.yorku.ca
- Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Sujan Arulnesan - saruln@yorku.ca
- Lassonde School of Engineering - Sosan Nasar - sosan.nasar@lassonde.yorku.ca
- Schulich School of Business – Farhana S. Islam – fsislam@schulich.yorku.ca
- Science - Joanne Sequeira - adminres@yorku.ca
- Sign the ETF to authorize payments from the cost centre.
- Onboard your postdoc. A checklist for incoming postdocs is available to assist.
PDF funding directly to postdoc—postdoc holds an external fellowship offered by agencies or other non-York sources and receives the funding directly
Recruitment
- The process for applying to externally funded fellowships is typically driven by the postdoctoral candidate themselves with the prospective postdoc contacting the faculty member directly. However, faculty members interested in supervising a postdoctoral fellow may also consider approaching prospective postdoctoral candidates.
- Each funding opportunity has specific requirements for the supervisor and the institution. General information available in the Guide for Supervisors Supporting Applications for Externally-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Internal procedures
- Appointee and position must meet the requirements of the Senate Policy on Postdoctoral Researchers.
- Contact the Postdoctoral Services & Professional Skills Coordinator, for more information on internal procedures for different types of fellowships, including for assistance with institutional signatures (e.g., Request for Instalment or Reinstatement of Award Paid Directly to Award Holder form).
- An Intellectual Property (IP) agreement is mandatory and it is recommended you prepare and each sign a PDF letter outlining the term of the postdoctoral fellowship.
- Onboard your postdoc. A checklist for incoming postdocs is available to assist.
International Postdocs
Immigration processes add to the timeline and it is advisable to begin the process well in advance of the proposed start date of the postdoctoral position. The Immigration & Relocation Officer requires at least four months to facilitate immigration and relocation processes if new postdocs are to have a reasonable chance of arriving in time to start their new positions.
- Appointee and position must meet the requirements of the Senate Policy on Postdoctoral Researchers and the YUFA collective agreement (if applicable).
- International postdocs will require a work permit.
- For postdocs requiring an employer-specific work permit, your Dean’s Office will prepare a letter for immigration purposes and submit an Offer of Employment to A Foreign National Exempt from a Labour Market Impact Assessment form in IRCC’s Employer Portal. As the supervisor, you will be responsible for the $230 compliance fee. Faculty Dean's Office contacts are:
- Arts, Media, Performance and Design - Aimée Mitchell - aimee19@yorku.ca
- Education - Kate Singh - singhk@edu.yorku.ca
- Environmental and Urban Change - Associate Dean for Research, Graduate and Global Affairs - eucadrgg@yorku.ca
- Glendon College - Prisca Ng - research@glendon.yorku.ca
- Health - Dean's Office - hlthrsch@yorku.ca
- Osgoode - Rebecca Paul - rpaul@osgoode.yorku.ca
- Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Sujan Arulnesan - saruln@yorku.ca
- Lassonde School of Engineering - Sosan Nasar - sosan.nasar@lassonde.yorku.ca
- Schulich School of Business – Farhana S. Islam – fsislam@schulich.yorku.ca
- Science - Joanne Sequeira - adminres@yorku.ca
- After the Offer of Employment to A Foreign National Exempt from a Labour Market Impact Assessment form has been submitted to and the compliance fee has been paid, the offer of employment ID number, a copy of the form, and a copy of the fee receipt should be provided to the postdoc. The postdoc will need to include the ID number on the work permit application form.
- For further information on immigration requirements please visit the Immigration & Relocation website.