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Faculty of Health Sciences

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Hiring and Recruitment Policies & Procedures

After an extensive consultative process which included many one-on-one meetings with department members for whom recruitment and hiring is part of their leadership role, as well as consultation with, Saroo Sharda, Associate Dean, Equity & Inclusion for the Faculty of Health Sciences, we are proud to share the latest policies and procedures related to recruitment and hiring with all members of our department.

Please review the latest version of our Standard Operating Procedures/Policies for Recruitment of Faculty and Leadership Roles (PDF).

This document sets out the process that should be followed for any hiring/recruitment for any faculty position within our department, including for any leadership positions. It should be noted that as our department is attempting to make changes to our hiring and recruitment processes, McMaster University, as a whole, and the Faculty of Health Sciences specifically, are also committed to a specific equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy. Therefore, all internal practices and policies with respect to hiring and recruitment will need to fall into alignment. The search process for faculty recruitment should comply with the McMaster University’s hiring guidelines and policies and procedures for the recruitment and selection of faculty. Visit the Human Resources Services website and Faculty of Health Sciences Human Resources website to learn more.

Searches will be initiated by the heads of service (division heads) for new faculty recruitment and the associate chairs or chairs (or their delegates) for department leadership roles. They will identify the search chair (themselves or delegated). Search committee members will bring together a diverse mix of faculty, administrative staff and sometimes trainees to generate multiple perspectives. It is highly recommended that at least one member of each search committee have completed the Employment Equity Facilitator Training through McMaster University Human Resources Services.

A standardized list of interview questions, including at least one or two specifically related to EDI, will be developed by the chair of each search committee in collaboration with search committee members and this will formulate an interview rubric. Search committee chairs can reach out for support from the associate dhair, equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigenous reconciliation (IR) to accomplish this task. Please review a sample interview rubric (.docx). If you would like access to the Departmental Interview Question Bank, please contact me and I would be happy to provide you with this document that can be used to create individualized interview rubrics.

If you have any questions or concerns about any of these documents or the latest hiring/recruitment policies/procedures, please email me at veltmaa@mcmaster.ca or aveltman@stjoes.ca and I would be happy to discuss these further.

Albina Veltman
Associate Chair, Equity Diversity Inclusion & Indigenous Reconciliation