Vacancy / Job Posting Clause Samples

The Vacancy & Job Posting clause outlines the procedures an organization follows when a job position becomes vacant. Typically, it requires that open positions be formally announced within the company, often through internal communications or job boards, and may specify timelines for posting and application processes. This clause ensures transparency in hiring, provides equal opportunity for current employees to apply for new roles, and helps the organization efficiently fill vacancies by standardizing the notification and application process.
Vacancy / Job Posting. A. Definition A vacancy is defined as a newly created position or a position that becomes vacant due to an employee leaving the position.
Vacancy / Job Posting. Section 9.1 When a vacancy exists, the employee with the highest seniority and who is qualified shall be appointed from the promotion list established through departmental training programs and established testing procedures or the bid list. The training and testing programs must have the written approval of the Director of Personnel and Labor Relations. Section 9.2 Job posting will only occur when the promotion list is exhausted or if the candidate put forward fails to qualify for the position or when there is no approved training program or if the Union and City mutually agree that it is in their best interest not to post the job. Posting shall be in the following manner: A. All vacancies and new positions shall be posted within five (5) days if funds are available. Copies of the job bid and a list of the persons bidding for the job and the appointment of the person to the job shall be sent to the Union's President promptly at the end of the job posting period. B. Effective upon the issuance of an award for the 2009-2012 agreement, the filling of Telecommunicator positions in Combined Dispatch shall be exempted from the promotional or bid processes. C. Job bids will be posted simultaneously in all divisions and departments of the bargaining unit for a period of five (5) workdays. Persons employed in the sections listed in Section 6.1 from which the job bid originates shall have preference over other bargaining unit employees if they have at least one (1) year of service in the section from which the job bid originates. If no employee in the section from which the job bid originates has at least one year of service, the City and the Union may agree to accept the senior qualified employee in the section with less than one year of service prior to consideration of employees from other sections assuming successful completion of the probationary period. If there are no bids, the City may fill the position in any way it wishes. Section 9.3 All jobs not filled from promotional lists in the bargaining unit shall be posted and open to bid with the exception of Telecommunicator. Horizontal bidding or bidding from one grade to another vacancy at the same grade will be allowed provided that the employee presents good reason for his transfer and that he is qualified in the reasonable judgment of the Department Heads affected. Section 9.4 No new employee shall be hired to fill a vacancy unless it is mutually agreed between the City and the Union that no present employ...
Vacancy / Job Posting. 8. 1000 VACANCY