WSU
Extension Internal Transfer Guidelines
Vacant county faculty positions may be filled by internal transfer,
unless they offer special opportunities for attracting diverse
faculty. Guidelines for internal transfer include:
- Must
be "like to like" from extension
faculty to faculty.
- A
faculty member who currently has no administrative duties may
transfer to another position and then assume the county
chair responsibilities. The Extension County Director position
is considered a county-based faculty position with additional
duties, which
are compensated
by an administrative stipend. Extension County Director responsibilities
are not permanent.
- A program assistant or technician cannot be considered
for an internal transfer to a county-based faculty position.
A screening committee will be formed for the vacant position, just
as for any other county faculty position, to screen internal transfer
requests and make recommendations to the director. The screening
committee reports its recommendations to the district director. The
screening committee may include some or all of the following:
- An
Extension County Director.
- A faculty member in the county or from another
county with similar program responsibilities.
- A specialist.
- An advisory committee representative.
- A county commissioner.
- A constituency representative(s).
- An appropriate agency representative.
It is highly desirable that the committee represent the ethnic diversity
of the population.
The screening committee will write the position description and send it to
the associate director for review.
Position announcements will be made available to all extension faculty.
Application materials will include:
- A letter describing how applicants perceive their experience
and training qualifies them for the position.
- Current
résumé.
- Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of 3 references who
may be contacted.
The due date for receipt of applications will be approximately 2 weeks.
The screening committee will review all applications and recommend continuing
the internal search process through interviews or opening the search to external
applicants. The interview process will include the screening committee, other
faculty and staff in the county, and invited constituents and representatives
of county government. Internal candidates may be asked to present a seminar
to the screening committee and others involved in the interview process.
The candidate selected for the internal transfer will receive moving expenses
in accordance with WSU policy.
Approved July 1992
Revised December 1995
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