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NEW - Background and Fingerprint check policy #1.085 is effective February 1, 2006.  Frequently Asked Questions

Northern Arizona University is taking steps to further ensure a safe working and learning environment for all employees, students, and visitors.

NAU requires a minimum of a criminal county conviction investigation and an employment investigation of ten years history for all regular full-time and part-time positions.  Additionally, an Education Credentials Investigation is required on all regular Faculty positions.  Also, a fingerprint check will be required for all individuals hired into a Safety/Security Sensitive position and/or in the event of disclosure of a prior criminal conviction by a candidate for employment during the hiring process.

The Hiring Official has the responsibility for insuring that a background investigation is completed before a job offer is made.

Current regular employees are exempt from this process with the following exceptions:  1) when an employee terminates employment with the University for any amount of time and is being rehired into a regular position, a background investigation, and may also require a fingerprint check, must be completed regardless of whether an investigation was done previously.  2)  current employees transferred into a Safety/Security Sensitive position or that have disclosed a conviction may be required to complete a background check and/or fingerprint check if the check(s) had not been completed in a previous role.  A background investigation is not necessary when hiring temporary employees, graduate assistants or student workers.

All postings and recruitments must include a statement alerting prospective candidates of the mandatory background investigation requirement.

Background Investigation/Fingerprint Scheduler Links:

For further information on the background investigation process, please contact the Onboarding/Offboarding team

        

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 September 2009 )
 
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