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Job Family Architecture

Job Family Architecture is a standardized framework of criteria used to organize staff positions relative to responsibilities, scope, and skill/education requirements, but not necessarily relative to the University reporting structure.

Terms and Definitions

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Job Families

A collection of jobs involving similar types of work and requiring similar training, skills, knowledge, and expertise.

Job Families

Job Functions

A sub-set of a job family, usually more specialized in nature.

Job Functions

Job Categories

A progression of job levels attributed to the fundamental nature of work being performed, providing consistency across job families and supporting career.

Job Categories

Job Levels

A categorization of the scope, authority and responsibility required for a job.

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Jobs

The culmination of all job family architecture components. Jobs are named using formal job titles and descriptive titles.

Jobs