EHRA Non-Faculty

Tier I SAAO

Positions qualifying for designation as Tier I SAAOs are characterized by the following job titles:  

• Chancellor
• Executive vice chancellor
• Provost
• Vice chancellor  
• Dean
• Directors of major administrative, educational, research, and public services activities of the University designated by the Board of Governors

Tier II

The remainder of senior officer positions qualifies for designation as Tier II SAAOs and includes the following job titles and/or principal functions:

• Senior associate, associate, and assistant vice chancellors.
• Vice, senior associate, associate, and assistant provosts.
• Vice, senior associate, associate, and assistant deans. This includes senior leadership positions in administrative divisions within academic units (e.g., Assistant/Associate Dean for Finance, Assistant/Associate Dean for Human Resources, etc.). Each administrative division within an academic unit is limited to one Tier II leadership position.
• Professional members of the chancellor’s staff such as assistant to the chancellor, special assistant to the chancellor, special advisor to the chancellor, chief of staff to the chancellor, and secretary of the university.
• A position that provides administrative direction of separately designated divisions or departments of institutional activity (e.g., campus-wide offices) uniquely associated with institutions of higher education or that serve as a principal deputy to such a position. These positions are characterized by active, continuing involvement in formulating, interpreting, and implementing institutional policy and exercising substantial independence of administrative authority and discretion in areas such as program planning and design and allocation of resources. In the instance of a “principal deputy,” these positions generally fall within offices with significant campus-wide responsibility and scope and there is only a single “principal deputy” designated within the defined work unit.

Refer to the EHRA Non-Faculty Position Analysis Guide for further information about the SAAO designation.

 

The ongoing job responsibilities for such positions for IRIT must address one of the following:

• Engage in or be uniquely supportive of instruction, student success, and/or the direction or coordination of education or academic-supportive activities.
• Engage in or be uniquely supportive of original scholarship, creativity, or scientific research efforts, and the dissemination of such research/scholarship results (including dissemination through extension/public service). The ongoing job responsibilities must be involved with independent research design, implementation of research procedures, analysis of data, interpretation of research results, and/or dissemination of results through publication or public service.
• Serve in an FLSA-exempt information technology position within a UNC System EHRA Non-Faculty IT Professional classification. UNC System Office EHRA Non-Faculty Classification Guide * Page 4 of 11 * Revised August 2022
• Serve as a staff physician or staff veterinarian (without primary faculty rank), providing clinical healthcare services to human or animal populations.

IRIT Subcategories include:

Academic Advising & Assessment, Academic Preparation & Enhancement,  Academic Standards, Athletics Coaching and Athletics Management, Audit, Business, and Finance, Certified Law Enforcement, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education, Counselors, Information Technology Professional, Institutional Research & Assessment Management, Instructional Consulting,  Laboratory Management, Physicians and Dentists, Public Service & Extension, Research Administration & Compliance, Research and Clinical Professionals, Student Support Services, and Technology Transfer.

Refer to the EHRA Non-Faculty Position Analysis Guide for the subcategory definitions and requirements.

Certain IRIT positions have specific classification defintions: EHRA Information Technology Classification Definitions