WestEd Offer Request Form

This form is intended to provide your Recruiting Team with all needed details to extend the verbal offer to your chosen candidate. HR will be responsible for leading any resulting salary negotiation with the candidate in partnership with you (the hiring manager). Expect 1-2 business days before a response from your Recruiting Team. Start dates should be at least 10 business days out from today. The information you provide will also be used once the verbal offer is accepted to prepare the official written offer letter to your chosen candidate.


New Process starting January 2025, Chief/Sr VP of Division and CTO will need to sign off on all hires (please make sure your Operation Directors are informed of your hire to help us obtain approvals).

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Please select your content area / area of work

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Please select your content area / area of work

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Please select your department

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Is this a regular hire, temp/intern, or Temp to Regular conversion request?*

Check to decline.

Type the full name of the candidate you want HR to offer this role to.

This is a 5-letter, 6-digit opportunity ID such as: PROGR002511

Level*

The level should match the original job description level.

Have you completed reference checks?
Is this an internal hire?*

Does this employee currently work at WestEd?

If your hire is internal, please comment whether you've spoken with the employee's current manager if applicable. Also indicate if you need any support around the transition planning.

Do you plan to extend offers to multiple candidates? (If no, this position will be closed when the offer is accepted.)

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In an effort to align Facilities, IT, and HR, we have requested that regular employees be limited in their new hire start and onboarding dates.

Please enter the name of the staff who will servce as the new employee's people manager. This maybe different from the Hiring Manager who has been overseeing the hiring process.

Please enter the names of the staff who should continue to receive notifications about this position (i.e., People Manager, Hiring Manager, other staff?).

Work Location Type*

More on Selecting a Work Location Type for New Hires

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Salary Offer Details

Please enter the amount of the salary offer you would like HR to present to the candidate.

Are you offering above 80% of midpoint?*

The standard protocol is to offer 80% of the midpoint based on the position level's salary range. Please confirm that this is the appropriate verbal offer to make. If the answer is YES, we will ask you for additional justification here. (Anything above 80% of midpoint must be approved by HR.) 2024 salary ranges can be found here



This link will provide the documentation needed for the salary justification above 80% of midpoint.

2024 Salary Ranges can be found here.


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Please provide the name of the senior managing director or department director (as applicable) that you've discussed this 90%+ offer with.

This justification should articulate at least 3 areas in which the candidate exceeds the outlined minimum criteria in the job description. May include intangibles such as connections to institutions or lines of funding/business. May be uploaded as a separate document at the end of this form.

This justification should articulate how the candidate exceeds all or nearly all minimum criteria in the job description.This is expected to include intangibles such as connections to institutions or lines of funding. This candidate would also be expected to be recognized in their field as an expert whether through publications, presentations, or other distinguished recognition. May be uploaded as a separate document at the end of this form.

This is a highly unusual request. Please check the box to indicate understanding that this request will require additional layers of approval and justification.

Please enter the hourly rate for your temp/intern.

Onboarding Plan?*

Please confirm that you have an onboarding plan. For Division hires, please work with your Operations Coordinator to welcome and onboard your new hire.

Client-Facing Bio*

Does your new hire need a client-facing bio on wested.org? Typically, only senior staff need a client-facing bio or if you have staff heavily engaged in the field. Because we don't have the resources to maintain bios on every staff member, WestEd.org only includes bios of staff members who meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • WestEd division leader or a project director
  • a WestEd author or editor of a publication published by WestEd and carried in its online bookstore
  • in a job position rated as Level 13 or above
VDI Access*

If your employee will be performing WestEd work from a personal computer, they will need to do so from within WestEd's secure virtual environment. Your content area coordinator will work with you to request full VDI access. If you would rather only give limited access to your employee, please indicate below. (Limited Access only includes Gmail, timesheets, Inside WestEd, Concur, and Basic Zoom. This option is not advised unless you have reason to do so.)

Below choose what additional business tools the temp will need access. The following applications are provided in the VDI solution. Standard Zoom access is provided, check the Zoom option below if the temp employee will be responsible for HOSTING meetings for your project.

Please provide a business justification, describing the kind of work the employee will be doing and why the VDI solution will meet their needs.

Interviewed Candidates*

Have you appropriately "dispositioned" (moved through the hiring steps) all the candidates that were phone screened and/or interviewed in the UKGPro Recruiting Gateway?

If you conducted phone screens, please list the names of the candidates from the phone screen who were not also interviewed.

Please list candidates you interviewed that may be a good fit for a similar role. Recommendations like these help us leverage good candidates and reduce hiring time overall.

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