About
Dual Career Program and Support
The Provost's Office Dual Career Program is intended to support the recruitment of tenured and tenure-track faculty by assisting their partners in finding meaningful employment. This program is run through both the Provost's Office and Texas Career Services, depending on whether or not the partner is looking for academic (i.e., faculty or postdoctoral researcher) or non-academic employment.
Requests for Partners Seeking Academic Positions
Dual Career Program Funding for Partner Hires
If the partner is seeking an academic position at UT Austin, the Dean and Department Chair for the primary hire are responsible for finding the appropriate academic home for the partner. The partner must interview in the proposed home and satisfy all academic criteria for the proposed position. If this home is in a different CSU than the primary hire, the deans of both CSUs must agree to the placement of the partner before requesting assistance from the Dual Career Program. For a summary of funding that is available to support the partner's academic position, please see the Provost's Office appendix.
Requesting Dual Career Funds
Once the Dean(s) approve of the partner hire's placement, CNS Faculty Affairs will reach out to the relevant Department Chairs to collect the following materials required for the dual career funding request. The College of Natural Sciences will submit the request if the primary hire is in CNS; if the primary hire is in another college, CNS will help collect materials for the partner hire so that the primary hire's college can submit the request.
CNS Faculty Affairs will inform the relevant departments if the dual career funding request is approved by the Provost's Office, at which point the partner hire's CSU can begin negotiations for the offer letter.
Required materials
Both Hires are in CNS
- Draft letter for the primary hire prepared for Dean Vanden Bout's signature. This letter should include the name of the hiring department, title, and rank of the primary hire, a summary of the primary hire's research, teaching, and service excellence and impact of their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It should also include the strategic importance of their recruitment to the unit. In addition, this letter should include information about the partner hire's academic position (e.g., proposed offer, 9mo salary, teaching load, and any other commitments to GRA/TA support, endowments, space, etc.).
- Draft letter for the partner hire prepared for Dean Vanden Bout's signature. This letter should include a brief description of the partner hire's record of excellence and impact in research, teaching, and service, as well as their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It should discuss how the partner hire aligns with the strategic interests of the proposed academic home.
- CV of the partner hire
Only the Partner Hire is in CNS
- Draft letter for the partner hire prepared for Dean Vanden Bout's signature. This letter should include a brief description of the partner hire's record of excellence and impact in research, teaching, and service, as well as their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It should discuss how the partner hire aligns with the strategic interests of the proposed academic home.
- CV of the partner hire
- Parameters of the partner hire's proposed offer. This information will be included in the primary hire's letter. Parameters include the proposed 9mo salary, teaching load, and any other commitments to GRA/TA support, endowments, summer salary, space, etc. made by the partner hire's department.
Only the Primary Hire is in CNS
- Draft letter for the primary hire prepared for Dean Vanden Bout's signature. This letter should include the name of the hiring department, title and rank of the primary hire, a summary of the primary hire's research, teaching, and service excellence and impact of their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It should also include the strategic importance of their recruitment to the unit. In addition, this letter should include information about the partner hire's academic position (e.g., proposed offer, 9mo salary, teaching load, and any other commitments to GRA/TA support, endowments, space, etc.).
Requests for Partners Seeking Non-Academic Employment
Connection to Texas Career Services
If the partner is seeking a non-academic position, the following information should be submitted here by the primary hire's CSU to connect the partner with Texas Career Services:
- Letter from the primary hire’s Dean. This letter should include the name of the hiring department, college/school, title and rank of the primary hire. (Note that if the primary hire’s position is tenured, then they should already have been pre-approved for tenure.)
- Brief description of the type of position being sought by the partner.
- CV of partner hire
Texas Career Services provides the following services in support of partners seeking a non-academic employment:
- Making initial contact with the partner and identifying the type of employment sought
- Communicating with the partner to understand their professional goals and ambitions
- Providing career counseling, coaching, information and advice on job-related topics, such as conducting a job search, resume writing, cover letters, informational interviews, and job interviews
- Identifying suitable employment opportunities for the partner based on their career goals and other employment-related objectives via reviewing job postings at UT Austin and in the local area and leveraging the Career Services specialist’s network
Questions or concerns: Contact CNS Faculty Affairs
