Overview
In the new architecture, the job family, job function, job category, and job level come together to create a job. The information below outlines how official job titles and descriptive job titles will be used in the new architecture.
Job Titles
Job titles are formal naming conventions that reflect the content of the actual responsibilities performed by the position and serve as the title of record in the University’s systems.
In our new job architecture, job titles will change for most staff and conform to the new architecture titling conventions. The new structure provides more clarity and consistency, which will provide managers and employees with a more visible career path. The new titling structure will:
- Align with market-relevant position titles
- Be ultimately informed by job families, job functions, and levels
- Include Roman numeral suffixes to tie to a job level in a job category, which reflects increasing scope of work and not extended tenure (e.g., Accountant I, Accountant II, Accountant III, Accountant IV)
- Include “Manager” in all job titles in the Manager/Leader job category (e.g., Student Support Manager III, Student Support Manager IV)
Descriptive Titles
Descriptive titles clearly describe the responsibilities and scope of an individual position. In the new architecture, descriptive titles may be used when needed to describe work more accurately. Descriptive titles may do the following:
- Communicate and differentiate between similar roles and/or define a specialty
- Follow established guidelines and not misrepresent a position’s authority or inflate role expectations
- Be approved and tracked by Talent and Culture
- Be used on email signature, in job postings, and in a public-facing context, such as on websites and in press releases
Examples of Job Title Changes
Job titles and descriptive titles may be similar in some cases and vary in others. The examples below show how some WVU job titles may change within the new architecture and show the descriptive titles that may be used to accompany them.
Example scenario 1: Joe Smith’s current job title is Accounting Assistant II, which may remain similar and not see changes within the new architecture as outlined in the Finance example below.
Example scenario 2: Jane Smith is currently in a Program Coordinator NC job title and moves to the job title of a Student Support Specialist II in the new architecture. Jane may use Student Success Coordinator as her descriptive title to help describe her job more accurately.
Finance Job Family and Accounting Job Function
Operational Contributor
| Current Job Title | Potential New Title | Potential Descriptive Title |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting Assistant II | Accounting Assistant II | Accounting Assistant |
| Assistant Accountant | Accounting Assistant III | Accounting Assistant Lead |
Professional Contributor
| Current Job Title | Potential New Title | Potential Descriptive Title |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Accountant Senior | Accountant III | Senior Grants Accountant |
| Corporate Accountant Lead | Accountant IV | Lead Grants Accountant |
Manager / Leader
| Current Job Title | Potential New Title | Potential Descriptive Title |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Director | Accounting Manager III | Assistant Director, Institutional Accounting and Reporting |
| Director | Accounting Manager IV | Director, Institutional Accounting and Reporting |
Academic and Student Services Job Family and Student Services Job Function
Professional Contributor
| Current Job Title | Potential New Title | Potential Descriptive Title |
|---|---|---|
| Program Coordinator NC | Student Support Specialist II | Student Success Coordinator |
| Program Coordinator Senior NC | Student Support Specialist III | Senior Student Success Coordinator |
Manager / Leader
| Current Job Title | Potential New Title | Potential Descriptive Title |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Director | Student Support Manager III | Assistant Director, Student Success |
| Director | Student Support Manager IV | Director, Student Success |