Career Banding at UNCA
Our changing HR system that affects the way we:
- classify
- hire
- pay
- promote
- evaluate
- provide career development opportunities
Why change to Career Banding?
Benefits of Career Banding
New Pay Bands
Job Families
Hiring
Salary Changes
The Office of State
Personnel initiated this new Career Banding system throughout state government
for a number of reasons:
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Current system is
outdated and fewer job classes and titles in state government would be easier
to manage.
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In Career
Banding, pay is based on current market rates to help us retain qualified
employees.
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Career Banding
will give directors more flexibility to set pay rates for qualified employees.
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Career Banding
creates more emphasis on career development.
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Expected benefits of
Career Banding:
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Directors will
have more flexibility than they do under the current system to grant pay
increases for eligible employees (if budget money is available).
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Employees may be
able to move up through the pay band by acquiring and demonstrating
higher-level job related competencies.
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UNC Asheville will
be able to attract and keep talented employees with more potential for career
development.
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A pay band is a range
of pay set for each major Job Family. As current jobs are moved into the Career
Banding structure, they will fall under one of the new pay bands. Human
Resources representatives will research current average pay rates for similar
employees who work in government and private industry to establish fair pay
bands for Career Paths under each Job Family.
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In Career Banding,
similar jobs are grouped together into the "Job Families" listed in the chart below:
Examples:
All UNC Asheville SPA
positions will eventually fall under a job family, career branch, and banded
class series as pictured below for an "Office Assistant" Job:
The "Office
Assistant" will fall under a pay band established for the Office Support Banded
Class Series. Within that band, pay rates will be set for Contributing, Journey,
and Advanced levels. Office Assistants hired at a Contributing level, for
example, may increase their demonstrated competencies to be eligible for
advancement to Journey or Advanced levels in the office Support or other banded
class series.
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The manager will decide
whether to fill the position at the Contributing, Journey, or Advanced levels
depending on the work unit's needs. They will then hire applicants who have the
required competencies for that level.
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Banding Positions:
As we begin to move
our UNC Asheville positions into the Career Banding structure, new pay bands will be
established. To establish these pay bands, Human Resources representatives
will compare UNC Asheville & OSP pay rates to the current "market rates" for other
similar government and private jobs. If any of our newly banded positions are
being underpaid, recommendations will be made to increase salary levels. Pay
increases will only be made to eligible employees when budget money is available
and cannot be guaranteed.
Acquiring Higher
Level Skills:
As jobs are "banded,"
each position will be labeled as one of the following:
If employees move
from one level to another by increasing their "competencies" (skills, knowledge,
abilities, and key behaviors) and by demonstrating these new competencies on the
job, they may be eligible for a pay increase. Pay raises can only be granted
when budget funds are available and cannot be guaranteed.
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