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CAREER-BANDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT

CAREER-BANDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay Career-banding Definition Collapsing of classes into more generic titles Wider pay ranges and career paths developed

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CAREER-BANDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT

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  1. CAREER-BANDING FOR EMPLOYEESINNORTH CAROLINASTATE GOVERNMENT

  2. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay Career-banding Definition • Collapsing of classes into more generic titles • Wider pay ranges and career paths developed • Pay movement is based on the development of competencies (knowledge, skills and behaviors)

  3. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay • SYSTEM GOALS: • To recruit, retain and develop qualified, motivated and diverse workforce • To base employee pay on level of contribution and labor market information to promote proven successful work behaviors • To encourage employees to develop those skillsnecessary for the organization to succeed • To simplify the administrative process

  4. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay • Class Structure: • Employees will be classified into banded classes and assigned to Job Families where career paths are identified and career development is emphasized • All banded classes within the Job Family will have a unique journey market rate • Organizations may vary from the journey market rate within limits based on their unique labor market

  5. Job Family Band Structure (Ten Families) • Administrative and Managerial • Information Technology • Law Enforcement and Public Safety • Information and Education • Human Services • Medical and Health • Institutional Services • Operations and Skilled Trades • Engineering and Architecture • Natural Resources and Scientific

  6. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay Features of the career-banded system: • Introduces new concepts of pay: above market, at market, and below market • Eliminates restrictive salary rules and promotes appropriate pay based on contribution and market • Pay is managed to the Journey Market Rate versus the Salary Grade Maximum

  7. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay • Pay Factors: • Organizational Business Need (Budget) • Journey Market Rate (Market Reference Rate) • Knowledge, Skills and Competencies • Market dynamics • Work experience and education • Training and certification • Internal pay alignment • Duties and responsibilities • Current salary and total compensation • Minimum qualifications for the class

  8. Job Family Structure Job Family Branch Branch Path Path Path Path Banded Classes Banded Classes Banded Classes Banded Classes

  9. Conversion From Narrow Classes to Broad Classes Current Class TitleBanded Title University Admin. Mgr I - V Business Officer I - IV Admin. Officer I - III Administrative Manager Housekeeping Supv. I - III Mail Center Supv. I - III Printing Unit Supv. I - II Warehouse Manager I - II Services Manager

  10. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System A fiscally responsible approach to pay • PAY PHILOSOPHY Key Principles: • Salaries shall be at or about the journey market rate for employees who regularly exhibit successful work behaviors at the journey level determined for the class • Salaries may exceed the journey market rate only for employees who regularly exhibit successful work behaviors beyond those identified at the journey level

  11. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System Administrative and Managerial Job Family Journey Market Rate Administrative Manager $80,000 $34,000 $55,000 Services Mgr. Journey Market Rate $25,000 $34,000 $45,000 $25,000 Administrative and Managerial Job Family Pay Band $99,000

  12. Competencies • Competencies are a set of behaviors which encompass skills, knowledges and attributes • The attainment of competencies increases the level of contribution or work of an employee • An increase in competencies can be used as a basis for an increase in pay • Person-based pay rather than job-based pay

  13. North Carolina’s Career-banding Compensation System Contributing Competencies: knowledge, skills and successful work behaviors, minimally necessary to perform a job from entry up to journey Journey Competencies: fully applied body of knowledge, skills, and successful work behavior required Advanced Competencies: the highest or broadest scope of knowledge, skills, and work behavior required in the banded class

  14. Employee’s Role • Take responsibility for career self-management • Develop competencies and skills that are valued by the organization • Contribute to the accomplishment of the organization’s mission through continued demonstration of competencies and skills

  15. Management’s Role • Develop competencies and skills that are valued by the the organization • Competency assessment • Use the Pay Factors in determining and managing employees’ pay • Document pay recommendations based on business needs of the organization • Advise employees on career development • Recruitment & Selection

  16. Agency/University Human Resource Role • Orient employees • Implement Career-banding (Competencies) • Evaluate the need for Market Reference Rates • Train and consult with managers on compensation issues • Monitor the management of pay

  17. Dispute Resolution Agency/University Process/Procedures Decisions which are eligible for reconsideration under this plan must be based on one of the following: • Amount of salary adjustment is different from expected based on application of the pay factors. • No salary adjustment has been granted when application of pay factors would support an adjustment. • Assignment within the band is different than expected Salary decisions that are restricted solely because of limited funding are eligible for dispute consideration only if the university salary plan is not followed.

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