Job Classification and Career Pathway Study
Fall 2024
The new job architecture is now being finalized. This updated structure articulates potential career pathways and opportunities for growth at Georgetown University.
As this initial phase of the project closes, we will move into the next phase, which will consist of a GMS reconfiguration to accommodate the new job architecture. This phase is expected to take 8-12 months to complete.
For more information on what this project means for you, please see below.
OVERVIEW
Georgetown University is committed to fostering a diverse and engaging community where staff feel valued, supported and motivated to excel in their roles. We continue to focus on improving career opportunities, providing support and making strategic investments in our employees. We have launched a new job classification and career pathway study, which will be a critical element of the next phase of this important work.
The goals of this study are to create a more consistent job structure across the University that provides better clarity on career development opportunities and to review our total rewards structure to ensure we are competing effectively for top talent.
We have engaged Mercer, a national expert in job architecture development, classification evaluation, and total rewards benchmarking in higher education, to conduct this study. We are working with Mercer to examine our current staff job architecture, benchmark against peer and competing organizations and evaluate benefits as part of the total rewards structure for employees.
Scope of Work
- Review Georgetown’s current staff and AAP job structure
- Conduct an analysis of Georgetown’s total rewards package for employees
- Benchmark with similar organizations to determine where we stand in the marketplace
- Provide recommendations to help improve job structure and to allow for better clarity on career development opportunities for staff and AAP employees
What’s New
For the past several months, the Job Classification and Career Pathway project team has worked to develop the future of Georgetown University’s job architecture.
What is a Job Architecture?
A Job Architecture is a framework that organizes and defines positions and career paths for Georgetown University. It helps standardize job responsibilities and provides a consistent staff and AAP position framework. By design, job architecture is a tool to define positions and align jobs based on the type of work performed.
Current Job GU Architecture
Job Families + Grades
Future Job GU Architecture
Job Family + Sub-Family + Career Stream + Career Level = Job
Georgetown is moving from a two-dimensional structure with 14 job families and 13 pay grades, to a more comprehensive structure. The new structure consists of expanded job families and new job subfamilies that further define the nature and specialty of the jobs at Georgetown. It includes career streams and career ladders to further clarify and define our staff and AAP positions. Collectively these components create a career path that employees can use to navigate their career aspirations at Georgetown.
Job Architecture Components
Job Family
A Job Family is a grouping of jobs that have a similar nature of work and skill set. Examples include Academic Affairs, Research, Student Services and Finance.
Job Subfamily
A Job Subfamily is a series of jobs within a Job Family that further define the role and share a common set of competencies and functions. Within the Student Services job family, examples of subfamilies include: Residential Life, Campus Recreation and Careers Services.
Career Stream
A Career Stream is a career type characterized by unique responsibilities. This new dimension at Georgetown will give staff and AAPs the opportunity to develop a career as an individual contributor or as a manager.
Career Level
A Career Level is the position the job holds within the career stream. Exact levels within a career stream are determined by factors required by the position, such as unique competencies, skill set and knowledge.
Together these attributes create a career pathway structure that is consistent and clear with standardized position language and information. It provides a practical tool employees can use to navigate and explore the many ways they can grow at the university based on their interests, skills and qualifications.
How Will This New Job Architecture Affect Me?
Staff and AAP positions will be mapped into this new job architecture to provide a clear and consistent career pathway structure. By creating a more consistent job structure across the University, we will offer better career development opportunities for our employees to move and grow within the institution.