About Virginia Tech
What is Virginia Tech?
Virginia Tech is a public land-grant university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Its facts page calls it "the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and a leading research institution" with "Nearly 39,000 on and off campus" students, and its FY2022 financial report counts 8,541 faculty and support staff and dates the university to "since its founding in 1872". This profile covers the regular university staff and regular administrative and professional (A/P) faculty adverts, not teaching and research faculty, research faculty, hourly wage or grant-funded restricted ones, whose leave terms differ.
Where will I work?
The careers site listed 311 adverts on 2026-10-20, 89 of them regular staff or A/P ones, and this page lists the 70 with a white-collar title. Titles include "Fiscal Technician Senior", "Senior Auditor", "Director of Title IX Compliance/Title IX Coordinator", "Payroll Accountant" and "Academic Advisor", and an advert states its pay, such as "$51,000 - $55,000" for the Fiscal Technician Senior (Pay Band 3) or "Salary range of $75,000 - $85,000" for the Senior Auditor. Most are in Blacksburg; others are in Roanoke, Hampton, Yorktown, Harrisonburg and the Washington, D.C. area, and six are marked Hybrid. The facts page lists "a significant presence across the commonwealth, including the Institute for Advanced Computing in Northern Virginia, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, and sites in Newport News and Richmond".
What is the Virginia Tech team like?
The Flexible Work Options page says "Flexible work options are alternatives to the traditional "8-to-5" workday, the standard workweek, or the traditional workplace", and lists telework and alternative work schedules, which a supervisor and employee agree. "All employees have free unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning", and employees and their families can borrow from the university libraries on a Hokie Passport card. The Employee Assistance Program says "A mental health professional is available 24/7 by phone to talk if needed."
Work-Life Balance
"Employees begin earning annual leave after they work their first full pay period." University staff earn 6 hours a pay period in their first four years of service, 144 hours (18 days) a year, and A/P faculty on a regular appointment earn "Per pay period accrual rate: 8 hours", 192 hours (24 days) over a full year (academic-year faculty earn it from August to May); pay periods fall on the 24th and the 9th of each month. The policy on holidays lists New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, and says "the four days comprising winter break are treated as holidays": 13 weekdays in 2026, the closure running from Friday 25 to Thursday 31 December. New university staff therefore have 18 days and 13 holidays, 31 total days (37 for A/P faculty), before sick leave: "Effective Jan. 10 of each year, employees participating in the VSDP are credited with 64 to 80 hours of sick leave". Alternate scheduling includes "two full-time work weeks compressed into nine days", when "Alternate schedules should be discussed and agreed upon by both supervisor and employee".
Perks and Benefits
"Virginia Tech offers eligible employees a variety of health insurance plans to choose from to meet their unique needs." "Regular and restricted full-time and part-time salaried staff are covered by the Virginia Retirement System." "Virginia Tech provides life insurance for all eligible employees at no cost." "Salaried employees who have been with the university for at least 90 days are eligible to apply for tuition assistance." Paid parental leave is "up to eight (8) weeks (320 hours)" at "100 percent of the eligible employee’s regular salary". "Free mental health counseling (up to 4 sessions) is included in EAP services."