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Add Additional Job Process

Add Additional Job Process

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Add Additional Job Process

Job Aid for Managers

Last Updated: Oct 9, 2025 

Contact Information

For questions about faculty and staff employment, contact hrs-employment@uni.edu.

For questions about graduate assistantships, contact grad-assistantships@uni.edu.

For questions about student employment, contact studentemployment@uni.edu.

For more information about this job aid, please contact hris-support@uni.edu.

Overview

This job aid walks through the tasks the managers or their delegates need to complete when adding an additional job.

Quick Links

  1. Key Terminology

  2. Completing the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works

  3. Approving the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works

  4. Period Activity Pay

Related Job Aids

  1. Hire Process

  2. Hire Student

  3. Add Additional Job Student

  4. Correct Worker Start Date

  5. No Show

Related Resources

  1. Faculty and Staff Hiring Resources

  2. Graduate Assistantship Resources

Key Terminology

UNI Works Term 

Definition 

Position

A Position refers to a budgeted headcount available in a Supervisory Organization, thus indicates the ability to submit a requisition and/or hire an individual.

Job Requisition

A Job Requisition allows the posting, recruiting, and hiring for an available position.

Supervisory Organization

A Supervisory Organization is a group of employees reporting to an individual manager. Supervisory organizations together make up a management hierarchy.

Cost Center

A Cost Center is a department; similar to organization in the former eBusiness Suite account structure.

Period Activity Pay

Period Activity Pay is used to pay employees for fixed term activities and payment arrangements.

Completing the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works

Employment Groups

Who Completes the Hire Transaction 

Student

Managers 
View Add Additional Job Student job aid.

Graduate Assistants

Graduate College
Departments should complete the GC10 Electronic Offer Form System for all graduate assistantship requests. For more information, email grad-assistantships@uni.edu. 

Faculty

Human Resource Services Employment Team
Email hrs-employment@uni.edu with the request.

Staff

Human Resource Services Employment Team
Email hrs-employment@uni.edu with the request.

Approving the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works

Once the Add Job transaction has been completed in UNI Works, managers will receive the Add Job task to review and approve.

Step 1: Click the My Tasks icon (1a), then click the Start Additional Job: (name) task (1b).

Approving the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works Step 1a
Step 1a
Approving the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works Step 1b
Step 1b

Step 2: Review the Details to Review section. Click the More Details button to view more information on another page. Then click the back arrow on your browser to return to the task.

Approving the Add Job Transaction within UNI Works Step 2
Step 2

Step 3: Click the Approve button to approve the Add Job transaction. If any information looks incorrect, click the Send Back button.

Support

Whenever sending back a transaction in UNI Works, you must type a Reason.

What Happens Next

The process routes through a series of additional approvals until fully approved, then follows the remaining steps of the add job process. You can view the status of the business process at any time by clicking on My Tasks > Archive > Process.

Period Activity Pay

Managers or their delegates will need to initiate the Period Activity Pay transaction when adding an additional job for adjuncts. Refer to the Period Activity Pay Job Aid for instructions.