The job description is required for promotions occurring in Academic Year 2024-25 and beyond. In preparation for the 2024-2025 review period there is a new screen called “Job Description – Non-Tenure-Line Faculty Only” that can be used. This data will only appear in the Non-Tenure-Line Faculty Promotion Dossier, above the Narrative Statement section and should be no more than 500 words.
A section of the 2023-2024 Non-Tenure-Line Administrative Guidelines state, “The academic unit head, or supervisor if the faculty member is not located in an academic campus/department/division/school, must draft a position description for each faculty member and obtain input on that description from the faculty member no later than the conclusion of the academic year prior to the individual’s promotion review year.”
Please see the Non-Tenure-Line Administrative Guidelines here: https://facultyaffairs.psu.edu/promotion-and-tenure/