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Assignment Details
Line 06
Job

New Terminology
  
 
Post Doctoral Associate
 
Employee
  ("A" - "transitional position and viewed as preparatory")

Type Post Doctoral
Family Post Doctoral
Classification Associate

  Post Doctoral Scholar
 
Certificate or Stipend, and not an Employee
  ("B" - "transitional position and viewed as preparatory")

Type Certificate
Family Post Doctoral
Classification Scholar

Research Associate
Employee
("C" - "renewable appointment, not viewed as preparation")

Type Research Associate
Family Research
Classification Associate (Visiting, Adjunct, Clinical, Senior)

Restated Terminology

  Research Associate
  (Continuation if appointment effective prior to September 1, 2003. Known as "Old" Research Associate.

 

9/1/03

Prior to 9/1/03

Type Research Associate Research Associate
Family Researcher Research Associate
Classification Researcher Research Associate
  (Visiting, Adjunct, Clinical, Senior)
 
Line 06 will automatically be updated with this revised terminology for existing Appointments.  Revised Employee Records will be distributed for departmental files, general use, or changing to a new classification or other existing classification.

Continuing Terminology

  Other Fellow Post Doc (Non Degree)
Type Academic Academic
Family Health Sciences Fellow Post Doctoral
Classification Researcher Fellow (Non Degree)

Salary Information (Wage)
Line 11 and
Line 12

Post Doctoral Associate
Employee
("A" - "transitional position and viewed as preparatory")

     Line 11
     Complete in the usual manner

Post Doctoral Scholar
Certificate or Stipend, and Not an Employee
("B" - "transitional position and viewed as preparatory")

Line 11  beginning with Earning Element Name, complete:
    
Earning Element Name - Post.Doc.Schol
     Amount
     Start Date
     End Date

Line 12 complete:
    
Earning Element Name - Post.Doc.Schol
     Amount
     Start Date
     End Date

Research Associate
Employee
("C" - "renewable appointment, not viewed as preparation")

     Line 11
     Complete in the usual manner
 

 

Transitional Issues and Questions - Contacts

Policies for Post Doctoral Fellows

  Schools of the Health Sciences
     Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
     Assistant Vice Chancellor Joan M. Lakoski
     412-648-8290
     jlakoski@hs.pitt.edu

  All Other Schools
     Office of the Provost
     Vice Provost Elizabeth U. Baranger
     412-624-0790
     eub@vms.cis.pitt.edu

Polices for Research Associates (Both "Old" and "New")

  All Schools, Including Schools of the Health Sciences
     Office of the Vice Provost
     Vice Provost Andrew R. Blair
     412-624-5749
     blair@pitt.edu

Processing of Appointment Forms/Employee Records

     Office of Faculty Records
     Carol Pitcairn
     412-624-4232
     pitcairn@pitt.edu

Information about Existing Staff Classifications

Benefits Enrollment

  Human Resources Benefits Department
     Nancy Gilkes
     412-624-8050
     paunsg@exchange.hr.pitt.edu

Issuing of Identification Cards

  Panther Central / ID Center
     Towers
     412-624-7632

     Renae Brinza
     412-383-7876
     rbrinza@bc.pitt.edu