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Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
The Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee is authorized to act for the President of the University regarding all personnel and employment matters concerning academic personnel except the following: new appointments of deans and chancellors, department chairs, and directors of academic units; new appointments to the rank of professor, associate professor, and assistant professor; new appointments to faculty positions with tenure; new appointments of full-time lecturers; new appointments of full-time acting and visiting faculty in professorial ranks; and new appointments to endowed chairs or professorships.
Any negotiated settlement with an employee for a release of claim requires prior consultation with the Vice President for Compliance and Risk Services Office and the UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office. Where there are disputes, the President or the President’s designee will resolve the dispute.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and all Direct Reports to the President and the Provost
Except as otherwise provided in this delegation, the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and all other direct reports to the President and the Provost, are authorized to take all personnel actions concerning any University non-academic personnel within their respective organizations, subject to applicable Washington State Human Resources rules, and University policies, procedures, standards and contracts or employment programs, provided that any action that adversely could impact the reputation of the University as an employer, including but not limited to reorganizations, addressing repeated claims of unfair labor practices or other types of misconduct, and/or termination of non-academic personnel requires advance concurrence by the Vice President of Human Resources (VPHR) or designee. Furthermore, only the VPHR can authorize the placement of an employee on administrative leave during the course of an investigation in response to allegations of misconduct, or as otherwise may be necessary. The VPHR will consult with the President on terminations or placements on leave associated with discriminatory misconduct of substantively similar issues.
The above-named University appointing authorities or their designees may request additional review by the President or designee on termination decisions made by the VPHR or designee.
Consistent with these provisions, the above-named University appointing authorities also may further delegate to designees within their respective organizations the authority to take any or all personnel actions for employees under their supervision, provided that any such delegation to designees must be in writing with notification to the VPHR or designee.
Any negotiated settlement with an employee for a release of claim requires prior consultation by the Vice President for Compliance and Risk Services Office and the UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office. Where there are disputes, the President or the President’s designee will resolve the dispute.
Division Chief, UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office
The Division Chief of the UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office designee is authorized to act for the President of the University regarding the execution and administration of personnel actions concerning non-academic personnel within the UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office at the University.
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
The Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Director) is authorized to act for the President of the University regarding personnel actions concerning all non-academic personnel employed by or volunteering for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (Department); however, all head coach contracts require a signature from both the Director and the President of the University. The Director may further delegate to subordinate officers within the Department the authority to take any or all personnel actions for employees under the Director’s supervision, provided that any such delegation to subordinate officers must be in writing.
Any negotiated settlement with an employee for a release of claim requires prior consultation with the Vice President for Compliance and Risk Services and the UW Division of the Attorney General’s Office.
Vice President for Human Resources
The Vice President for Human Resources or designee is authorized to act for the President in exempting certain non-academic job classifications, positions, and employees from civil service in accordance with the provisions of RCW 41.06.070.
History
June 13, 1988; [Renumbered from Administrative Order No. 20] July 1, 1992; [Temporary order] August 18, 1995-September 22, 1995; March 1, 1996; August 15, 2000; April 22, 2005; October 27, 2005; July 2, 2012; November 28, 2017; [Formerly numbered AO No. 6] January 13, 2026.
For additional delegations of authority, see:
- Board of Regents Governance, Bylaws, Article V, “Officers of the University”
- Board of Regents Governance, Standing Orders, Chapter 1, “Delegation of Authority”
- Board of Regents Governance, Standing Orders, Chapter 8, “Authority for Washington Administrative Code Rule Making”
- Executive Order No. 1, “The Office of the President”
- Executive Order No. 4, “The Provost”
- Executive Order No. 6, “The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UW Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Washington”
- Executive Order No. 12, “The Deans”
- Executive Order No. 71, “University of Washington Bothell”
- Executive Order No. 72, “University of Washington Tacoma”
- Administrative Orders: Delegations of Authority