(g) Review of UNICEF job classification system (E ICEF 1992 AB L.16)

Benchmark Context Job classification.

Job classification for peace keeping operations

213. CCISUA would welcome any attempt to increase transparency in the area of job classification. It agreed that training and the dissemination of information could play a major role in optimizing the job classification system.

(b) The establishment of job classification audit procedures

Job classification implementation as at 31 December 1991

The job classification standards consist of three tiers.

Globally Harmonized System of Classification

Job classification was criticized as rigid, but any rigidity resulted from financial constraints, not job classification in the United Nations system as elsewhere, the possibilities of advancement were limited because resources were not unlimited and the organizations were not expanding.

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Unfortunately, job classification was sometimes used to solve remuneration problems.

(d) System wide access to organizational post illustrations (and tier II standards of the old classification system, updated according to the new job description format) through the ICSC website

(c) Development of the proper linkages between job classification and career development.

209. The Commission reviewed, in that connection, documentation providing a status report on the development and implementation of job classification in the common system.

(b) To pursue the development of practical solutions to problems identified in the administration of the job classification system in consultation with the organizations

Source Classification System for Diplomatic Careers July 2004

23. If used appropriately, job classification can be a very useful management tool.

5. The Advisory Committee was informed that the internal reclassification procedures were based on a common job classification system developed by the International Civil Service Commission.

It noted that one of the reasons that had prompted the report was the recent report by the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) entitled quot Advantages and disadvantages of job classification quot , which had highlighted what appeared to be a fairly widespread perception that the job classification system was encountering problems of application.

The problems associated with job classification differed as between the Professional and the General Service categories.

The root causes of certain problems with the application of job classification standards were examined and practical solutions thereto were advanced the secretariat apos s intention would be to pursue those in the CCAQ Subcommittee on Job Classification.

In the case of non headquarters duty stations, however, the selection of survey benchmarks was facilitated by the use of common classification benchmarks, owing to the virtually global application of a job classification system, which did not exist for the headquarters duty stations.

JIU had, inter alia, requested ICSC to study the possibility of introducing linked grades and personal promotions in a way that maintained the integrity of the job classification system.

(c) A better communication and training strategy was required in order to generate greater consensus and support for the job classification function and reduce the strain placed on the system.

Concerning (b), the Commission saw the issue of increased managerial accountability for job classification decisions as paramount.

16. Job classification is a management tool for determining the relative value of jobs within an organization.

The Statute is the basis for the Ministry of Justice's classification system.

25C.42 In the area of classification, approved classification standards will be implemented for the Professional, Field Service and General Service and related categories, classification standards will be developed, existing classification structures will be reviewed and the classification system will be integrated within the overall management process.

26. In order to strengthen the decentralization of classification exercise and integrate classification into the new performance appraisal system, this training, to be delivered in the form of workshops, will provide a general introduction to the theory of job classification and salary survey methodology and its uses as a management tool within the context of overall personnel policy.

This requires a new job description to be submitted to the United Nations Office at Geneva for classification.

Job descriptions, classification and vacancy announcements for Professional and General Service posts were completed by 1 May 2005.

Existing mechanisms, such as underfilling or personal promotions, provided the necessary flexibility in the administration of job classification.

Proposals for new posts and reclassification of existing posts are subject to job classification (see paras. 16 31).

Job classification of 15 posts in P FS GS categories in established missions, subsequent to change of functions

This task force has proposed the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) classification system.

(iv) Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

Amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS)

(a) The systematic capturing and dissemination of job related information was the key to forging effective links between job classification and other components of human resources management

22. The experience of the last 13 years of implementing and administering the job classification system in the United Nations Secretariat reveals a number of shortcomings in the way it is applied.

(l) Financial Support System for Job Seekers

(ii) Monitoring by the Commission of a new master standard and related subsystems for application in the common system workshops on the operation of the post adjustment system (2) training material training courses on job classification and mobility and hardship (8)

New approaches that should be looked into included the implications for job classification of the introduction of performance pay.

221. The Commission concluded that the perceived difficulties of job classification stemmed from its application rather than its conception.

Job classification provides the framework for the identification of the types, levels and numbers of jobs within an organization.