Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Search committee members (Board of Curators and Student Representative)
- Be an active recruiter
- Consistently and fairly evaluate all applicants
- Share responsibility with search firm to attract diverse pool and ensure fair and equitable treatment of all applicants
- Maintain confidentiality of appropriate applicant information
- Chair serves as liaison to UM staff and search consultant
Search committee staff
Board secretary
- Provides logistical and staff support to committee
- Works with UM Communications to ensure website is maintained, and appropriate communications are sent
Vice President for Human Resources
- Serves as liaison to search consultant, providing information as appropriate, and involving chair as necessary
- Informs the committee of best practices designed to assure compliance with applicable regulations
Search firm/consultant
- Provides expertise and advice on search process
- Develops quality diverse pool of applicants
- Conducts appropriate reviews of applicant information
- Responds to questions from potential and actual applicants
Reviewed 2011-03-04.