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Approved Job Title – are approved by the Administrator and cannot be changed by a Department
Director. The Human Resources Director may recommend a job title change approval at anytime to
the Administrator.

Working Job Title- may be changed by a Department Director upon written notice to the Human
Resources Department. Prior to changing the Working Job Title, a Department Director must consult
with Human Resources Compensation Administration unit. The Human Resources Department
shall update records to reflect any job tile changes.

Augusta, Georgia Human Resources Compensation Administration unit shall administer a job title system
that groups non-represented jobs into related and logical progressions. Jobs are organized by field, which
is a broad occupational grouping (for example, Information Technology would be a job field). Within each
field is a group of job families, which are more specific, such as the Database Administration family. Within
each family are categories of jobs, which describe the nature of work performed, such as Professional or
Supervisory & Managerial. Lastly, within each category there are different levels of jobs. For example, for
professionals within the Database Administration family there is a Database Administrator 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Not all families have every category or level – only those that are required to represent current jobs.

By developing organization-wide career progressions, job families can serve as a starting point for our
discussions around career development. Jobs in the new structure shall be assigned new, standardized titles.
The new titles are based on industry-standard job titles, which are commonly found in government
organizations nation-wide and in professional salary surveys.

The intent is that all employees who perform the same type of work at the same level of expertise will be
assigned the same organization-wide job title and pay grade. For example, all entry-level Accountants
across the organization will have the title of “Accountant 1” and will have the same pay grade.

The Approved Job Title, indicative of the work of the class, shall be used on all personnel, accounting,
budget and related official records. No person shall be appointed to a position that is not a job title approved
by the Administrator.

Written job descriptions for each job classification containing the nature of work and relative
responsibilities of the class, typical illustrative tasks found in the class, requirements of the class setting
forth the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required for adequate performance of the work, and the
desirable experience and training needed for recruiting to the class will be drafted and maintained by the
Human Resources Department.

D. Adoption of the Classification Plan

The Plan shall be prepared by the Human Resources Director with such assistance as necessary and shall
be presented to the Administrator for approval.

E. Changes in the Classification Plan

The addition of new classes or deletion of existing classes shall be accomplished in the same manner as the
original adoption of the Plan.

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