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Career
Banding Forms
What
is it?
Career-Banding is a new classification and compensation system for
North Carolina State Government. Jobs performing similar kinds of
work with similar knowledge, skill, and ability (KSA) requirements
-- competencies -- are organized into broad classifications
with wide pay ranges. Pay ranges and rates are based on current
labor market information. Pay is tied to these rates according to
the competency levels that are needed and demonstrated on the job.
Career Banding
Brochure
How is
it different?
Career-Banding cuts down on the number of classifications and widens
pay ranges, making it a more manageable system. It also centers on
Career Development for employees. Employees interested in advancing
their careers can stay in the same banded classification (and often
the same position) without having to move to another classification
through promotion or reclassification. They may seek to increase
their competency levels through Career Development rather
than change jobs. This can be beneficial to both the employee
and the organization. Career-Banding also has a dispute resolution
process for employees who want to have pay decisions reconsidered.
How
is it being developed?
The current system
is outdated and overloaded with classes
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Pay should
be based on current market rates to help retain qualified employees
• Pay should link primarily to
demonstrated
competencies
(job-related skills, knowledge, abilities, and key behaviors)
The competency levels within a pay range are:
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Contributing:
Work requires skills that are not as complex as Journey according to
the class guidelines; or, Entry to Fully-Acquired skills
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Journey: Fully-Acquired skills, and work requires a
variety of different skills, program knowledge, and technical skills
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Advanced: Expert or “senior level” of skills, and
work requires leadership, managing confidential information, and
handling the most complex tasks described in the guidelines
As a result, the following benefits are expected:
Managers will have
more flexibility in position design and pay decisions.
Employees will be
able to move up through the pay range by acquiring and demonstrating
new job-related competencies.
Career Banding puts
more emphasis on recruiting and promoting based on demonstrated
competencies, which should enable FSU to attract and keep more
talented employees.
Salary decisions
shift from job-based to person-based.
Career Banding puts
greater emphasis on Career Development. Supervisors will be asked to
plan career development and training to help you increase your
competencies.
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