Human Resources launches Career Compass web site, new staff job structure
(5/21/07) Human Resources has launched a new web site, http://careercompass.berkeley.edu, to inform the campus about Career Compass and to communicate detailed information about the new job classification structure being implemented for staff.
Career Compass is a series of initiatives focused on creating new job standards, improving performance management, and providing greater career development opportunities for staff. These initiatives are sponsored by the Staff Infrastructure Steering Committee (SISC) and are the product of several years of work across the campus. Career Compass offers far-reaching benefits for Berkeley:
-- It will save time by providing standardized job descriptions for use in recruitment and classification. Classification levels will be clearly defined and widely published, demystifying classifications for the campus and external applicants.
-- Staff job titles and salary ranges will be more closely aligned to the external job market, improving recruitment timelines and outcomes.
-- Job expectations will be more consistent across campus, and more clearly connected to performance reviews and development opportunities.
-- Staff career progression and career development opportunities will be enhanced.
New Job Classification Structure Rolls Out, 30-Day Comment Period Per Job Field
This month, Human Resources will begin to publish detailed information about the new job classification structure for staff. The new job structure is a key component of Career Compass, developed over a period of five years in collaboration with campus managers and staff experts in each subject area.Descriptions of jobs in the Finance and Information Technology fields are available at the Career Compass web site. Staff members who serve in these roles, and the managers who supervise them, are encouraged to review this information and provide comments by June 21, 2007 (extended from original memo).
Information on other job fields will be available in the near future, and there will be a 30-day comment period for each field. Managers and staff should send comments to compdesk@berkeley.edu.
Job Mapping Process
Following the 30-day comment period for each field, after the Career Compass team reviews the comments received and makes any appropriate changes, managers will review information on the new job fields and identify the appropriate job description for the positions that report to them. This process is known as "job mapping."The job mapping process for positions covered by Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) is expected to continue through the end of 2007. Mapping work for represented positions will begin in 2008 including bargaining related to the impact of the changes. Salaries will not change as a result of the mapping; new salary ranges will be introduced in mid-2008 to guide future pay decisions.
Academic, senior management and student positions are outside the scope of this project.
For more information about the job mapping process, visit the Career Compass web site.
Communications Plan
As the process moves forward over the next several months, Human Resources will communicate additional information through the Department Human Resources Managers, via the Career Compass web site, and in open information sessions. Details about information sessions are available in the "News and Events" section of the web site at http://careercompass.berkeley.edu/newsevents/events.html.We welcome your comments on this key human resources initiative.
(Note to managers and supervisors: please print a copy of this Campus Memo to share with staff who may not have email accounts or access to
computers.)
Jeannine Raymond, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Human Resources