Professional Teaching Fellow and Senior Tutor Promotion Procedures

All academic staff members.

To set out the procedures specific to the Professional Teaching Fellow and Senior Tutor Promotion process. The Academic Promotions Policy and Procedures covers the generic procedural steps for all academic promotions at the University.

Nothing in this document shall override any collective agreement (CA) or any individual employment agreement (IEA); where there is conflict in the wording, the CA and/or IEA is to prevail.

Academic head advisor

1. The applicant is to nominate one academic head advisor.

2. The academic head advisor must be:

• capable of analysing the applicant’s teaching
• able to offer rigorous, expert and impartial advice
• not an applicant for promotion in the same round (unless other advisors are unavailable)
• not be a member of the FSC

3. The academic head advisor is to analyse and evaluate the applicant’s teaching and service on the basis of the application and their own observations and knowledge, and is to report to the FSC on the Academic Head Advisor Report HR form through the academic head

4. The report is to be available to the applicant (refer to Disclosure of Reports to Applicant below).

Note – the academic head advisor must also be able to comment on research in the case of a senior tutor who has research as part of their workload.

The following definitions apply to this document:

Academic head means heads of departments, schools and other teaching and research units at Level 3 in the University Organisational Structure.

Staff member refers to an individual employed by the University on a full time or part time basis.

University means the University of Auckland and includes all subsidiaries.

Include the following:

• Academic Staff Collective Agreement
• Academic Standards for Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, Associate Professors, Professors, Professional Teaching Fellows, and Senior Tutors
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Faculty Staffing Committee Policy
• Impartial Decision Making Policy
• PBRF and the Use of Information Policy
• Equity Policy and Procedures
• Merit Relative to Opportunity Policy and Procedures
• Academic Head Report
• Academic Head Advisor Report
• Employment Relations Act 2000
• Human Rights Act 1993
• Privacy Act 1993
• State Sector Act 1988

Content manager: Associate Director, HR Advisory
Owner: Human Resources Director
Approved by: Vice-Chancellor
Approval date: 16 February 2024
Review date: 16 February 2029