{"id":8580,"date":"2011-02-22T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=8580"},"modified":"2011-09-27T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T18:02:54","slug":"postdoctoral-definition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/policies\/postdoctoral-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoctoral Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Academic Research Job  Family<\/h1>\n<div id=\"sidebar\">\n<div id=\"bu-links-5\">\n<h4>Related Document<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/files\/documents\/ARJF_Job_Summaries.pdf\">ARJF  Job Summaries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Academic Research Job Family (ARJF) is a set of 12 generic titles for the  appointment of non-faculty academic researchers at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>This project was launched by the Provost\u2019s Office to address the  long-standing need to more accurately define the duties, education and skill  requirements, employment policies and procedures, and eligibility for accruing  sick and vacation leave for individuals participating in the research and  training programs of the academic units of the University, and to provide a  broader selection of positions to support career advancement for our  researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Hiring into these positions follows the procedures specific to each  individual school or college. The 12 generic titles are described in the  \u201cNon-Faculty Academic Research Job Family Matrix\u201d. This document serves as a  road map for researchers and PIs, schools and departments, and employment  administrators across the university to provide guidance for non-faculty  research positions. Individuals joining BU are now being hired into the new ARJF  position titles.<\/p>\n<p>One major consequence of this change is that the catch-all titles of Research  Associate and Senior Research Associate will no longer be used.<\/p>\n<p>All current academic research positions, compensated or not, are to be mapped  into one of the 12 new job titles.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, that the ARJF Matrix includes guidelines for Post-Doctoral  fellows (trainees) who are paid from training grants. As such, post-doctoral  fellows are not university employees.<\/p>\n<p>As an outcome of this project, you will see the long needed changes in the  way Boston University hires, evaluates, and compensates the Academic Research  Staff.<\/p>\n<p>These will include: clearly described position and job expectations; the same  eligibility for sick, vacation, and maternity leave benefits as for salary  grades 73 and above; transparent, consistent and fair policies for appointment,  annual performance review, career advancement, and notification of  re-appointments; and common employment guidelines that can accommodate the  diverse needs of the university\u2019s research enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Research Job Family Related Document ARJF Job Summaries The Academic Research Job Family (ARJF) is a set of 12 generic titles for the appointment of non-faculty academic researchers at Boston University. This project was launched by the Provost\u2019s Office to address the long-standing need to more accurately define the duties, education and skill requirements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4137,"featured_media":0,"parent":5393,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8580"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13455,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8580\/revisions\/13455"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}