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Career Banding Program for North
Carolina State Government Employees
What Does Career Banding Do?
1. Collapses thousands of job titles and classifications into fewer
and more generic job titles.
2. Creates wider pay ranges where the mid point is pegged to
average market rates developed either locally or statewide
3. Movement in the career bands is based on the
employee’s development of competencies (knowledge's, skills,
and behaviors) which enhance his/her ability to perform the job
more effectively and efficiently.
Career Banding Program for North
Carolina State Government Employees
Why Should We Do Career Banding At UNCG?
1. It has been adopted by the state and therefore all state
agencies will be mandated to convert to this classification system
2. It bases an employee’s pay on two factors:
A. His/her individual level of contribution, based on
departmental needs, to attainment of the mission of the
unit, department, division and University
B. The current labor market rate that is paid for those
particular knowledge's, skills and abilities. These KSA’s
are known as competencies in the Career Banding
methodology
Career Banding Program for North
Carolina State Government Employees
Why Should We Do Career Banding At UNCG (Continued)?
3. To simplify administrative processes
4. To delegate compensation decisions to managers and hold
them accountable by attainment of their goals and contribution to
the overall mission of the division and University.
5. To encourage employees to develop competencies necessary
for the organization to attain its goals and objectives.
6. An employee gains increased compensation as the need for
additional and higher level competencies is required by his/her
manager.
Career Banding Program for North
Carolina State Government Employees
What Is The Pay Philosophy Behind Career Banding?
1. Salaries should be at or about the journey market rate (midpoint of
the salary band) for employees who regularly exhibit successful work
behaviors and show they are fully competent in performing the duties
of their position as defined in the position description.
2. Salaries should be below the journey market rate when the
employee is in the learning stage or still developing his/her
journey level of knowledge's, skills, and behaviors according to the
duties of the position as defined in the position description.
3. Salaries may exceed the journey market rate (midpoint of the
range) only for employees who regularly exhibit competencies
beyond those identified at the journey level as defined in the position
description.
In The Next Three Years The Following
Five Job Families Are Tentatively
Scheduled To Be Career Banded
Estimated Date
Employees
Of Career Banding
Job Family
Involved
Jan – July 2004
Law Enforcement
29
April – Oct 2004
Inf. Technology
142
TBD
Clerical Support
335
TBD
Operations & Skilled Trades
103
TBD
Institutional Services
123
(There are an additional five more job families to be banded)
Participants
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Human Resources
Focus Group
Manager(s)
Employees
Office of State Personnel
HUMAN RESOURCES ROLE
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Lead and Manage the Campus Career Banding
Process
Orient employees
Implement Career Banding (competencies)
Evaluate the need for Market Reference Rates
Compose and submit plan to OSP for approval (for
each Job Family)
Prepare and submit salary administration plan to
OSP for approval
Train and consult with managers on compensation
issues
Monitor the management of pay
FOCUS GROUP’S ROLE
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Assist in identification and definition of core
and functional competencies
Act as liaison between committee and
represented population
Assist in training as needed
MANAGEMENT’S Role
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Communicate career banding to employees
Develop career development plans and
coach employees toward a goal of the
employee contributing to organization’s
success
Apply the Pay Factors appropriately and
equitably in determination of employee pay
EMPLOYEE’S ROLE
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Take responsibility for career selfmanagement
Develop competencies and skills that are
valued by the University
Contribute to the accomplishment of the
organization’s mission through continued
demonstration of competencies and skills
OSP’S ROLE
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Lead and manage the Career Banding Process
Establish job family structure and banded pay
classes
Establish salary guidelines
Assign Job Family Coordinator (Occupational
Specialist)
Provide Labor Market Data as needed
Provide training and consultation
Provide periodic review/advice to HR and Focus
Group
Provide final implementation approval
Monitor and evaluate the system
SETTING STATEWIDE CAREER-BANDING
REFERENCE RATES
JOB FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN CAREER-BANDING:
Market Pricing is conducted at each of the three
benchmarked levels.
• CONTRIBUTING (Minimum)
• JOURNEY (Medium)
• ADVANCED (Maximum)
SETTING STATEWIDE CAREER-BANDING
REFERENCE RATES
MARKET PRICING TO SET STATEWIDE PAY RATES:
• define the appropriate labor market
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local
statewide
regional
national
(specific competitors)
• determine the available data sources (published surveys)
CAREER-BANDED CLASS: OFFICE ASSISTANT
Identified Benchmark Classes (OA II, AS II, EA II)
To set the
Minimum
To set the
Journey
To set the
Maximum
OA II (54)
$17,127
AS II (60)
$26,283
EA II (66)
$41,569
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MIN
$21,179
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CRR
EE’s pay will be
managed between
Minimum and the
Journey Market Rate;
reference the (CRR)
AS I (58)
OA II (54)
OA III (57)
PA III (57)
Pers.Asst. III (57)
Pers Asst. II (55)
PA II (54)
$26,285
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JMR
EE’s pay will be
managed around the
Journey Market Rate –
(JMR)
PA V (61)
Pers. Asst. V (61)
AS II (60)
OA IV (59)
PA IV (59)
Pers. Asst. IV (59)
$33,675
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ARR
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MAX
EE’s pay will be
managed between
the Journey Market
Rate and the
Advanced Market
Rate – ARR
EAII (66)
EA I (64)
ASIII (62)
STUDY PROCESS FOR
EACH JOB FAMILY
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Identify positions to be in banded classifications
Identify and define competencies within bands
Determine levels and corresponding criteria
Develop management tools for evaluating
competencies
Identify need for Market reference Rate(s)
Determine pay within appropriate band and level for
each employee
Train managers in use of Career Banding forms
including Employee Evaluations