Hiring Full-Time Faculty

It takes a village to recruit a new ACC Riverbat, especially those hired to educate, shape, and broaden the Hiring Full-Time Faculty.

Human Resources partners with academic departments to recruit faculty candidates, and we are thrilled to have new and veteran ACC faculty and employees participate in hiring. The following resources will help you navigate the process.

The recruiting season varies based on when you are hiring for, and the busiest times tend to be September and then again in January/February.

It will be especially critical for hiring committees to complete the hiring of their vacant positions as early as reasonably possible for a positive experience for all. ACC uses the Workday system to manage the hiring of new faculty, adjunct, staff, hourly, and work-study students. We want to ensure new employees have a smooth onboarding process and proper access to ACC systems to begin their instructional endeavors.

Full-Time Faculty Hiring Manual
Full-Time Faculty Hiring How-Tos
Full-Time Faculty Hiring Checklist
Full-Time Faculty Transcript Policy

Faculty Hiring Schedules

Spring Start

• Post Faculty positions in August
• Hire by December for a January start

Academic Fall Start

• Post Faculty positions in September 
• Hire by April for an August start

Workforce Fall Start

• Post Faculty positions in January
• Hire by June for an August start 

For additional faculty hiring timeline information, click here.

Faculty Hiring Process Training

This training provides committee chairs with an in-depth review of the faculty hiring process. It includes amendments to the hiring processes, essential tips, and guidance to ensure consistency in the college’s hiring practices and to meet state and federal guidelines and regulations. All faculty hiring committee chairs are required to participate in Hiring Process Training for Faculty.
Dates: TBA

Advertising for Open Positions

At the beginning of each recruiting season, your Faculty Recruiter will solicit advertising requests from department chairs who have open positions. 

Your Faculty Recruiter will discuss and share a Recruitment Plan with you. 

Consider sharing the following so your Recruiter can help you find the most qualified candidate that compliments your current department demographics and skills: 

1. Share discipline specific association and job boards. 
2. Specific skills and/or certifications preferred 
3. What campus(es) they are most likely to teach at?
4. What format of classes do you intend for them to teach? DIL, HYD, Classroom
5. What times of the day do your classes usually run?
6. What specific classes will they be teaching primarily?
7. What current job titles may they have NOW that would align to your faculty needs?

Advertising costs for faculty positions are funded by HR. All costs are subject to review and approval by the Employment Manager. Ad placements will be confirmed with each requestor as ads are placed. Discipline-specific advertising requests for faculty positions may be discussed with your Faculty Recruiter Send us ad sources that are not on the list below and we will look into adding it!

Current Advertising and Recruiting Sources

All ACC Jobs are automatically shared to the following sources: 

• Chronicle of Higher Education
• HigherEdJobs.com
• LatinosinHigherEd
• Academic Keys
• Inside Higher Ed Careers
• Community College Jobs
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Work in Texas 
• Academic Careers
• LinkedIn
• Indeed

All Faculty jobs will be posted internally and externally on ACC’s jobs page.