Early Promotion Requests

Exceptional candidates with demonstrated performance and merit can be considered for accelerated advancement through the career track. Exceptional cases may be considered but are not commonplace and typically happen if the years in a position are close to the time criteria and the nominee and the letters of support provide ample justification for this extraordinary circumstance. We typically do not recommend promotions beyond one year in advance. If you think a case deserves an exception to that, please reach out.

Applications for early promotion must be approved by the CIRES Associate Director for Science and CIRES HR (ciresHR@colorado.edu), prior to applying. The request must be submitted by the supervisor and include the following information:

1. Employee's name
2. Employee's CV
3. How early is the consideration request? 
4. 3-4 examples of how the employee merits early promotion consideration at the next level of career track. This may include examples of how they are already operating at the next level, or examples of how they would be successful at the next level.
5. Questions: Reach out to CIRES HR cireshr@colorado.edu