Subchapter 4511
Position Classification
Section A - Responsibilities |
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| HRD Director | - Assures that positions are classified by employees with sufficient training and experience to ensure accordance with sound classification principles/OPM classification standards.
- Evaluates the effectiveness with which delegated classification authorities are carried out.
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| Managers and Supervisors | - Assign duties and responsibilities to positions and ensure that subordinates’ position descriptions accurately reflect them.
- Verify the accuracy of a position description by signing and dating the signature block of the AD-332, Position Description Cover Sheet.
- Utilize employee details only for brief changes in assignment, and report to the servicing personnel office all details in excess of 30 days.
- Ensure that each position conforms to position management objectives of USDA.
- Consult with the Servicing Classification Specialist for advice and guidance, and references OPM classification standards applicable to their unit when making changes to work assignments.
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| HRD Servicing Classification Specialists | - Evaluate positions, determine the title, occupational series, and grade level of the work.
- Sign the AD-332 to verify the position was classified in conformance with OPM standards.
- Provide position management and job classification advice.
- Provide guidance and answer questions on classification appeal procedures.
- Determine whether positions are exempt or nonexempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Confirm position sensitivity levels for proper background investigations.
- Determine whether positions meet the criteria for inclusion in bargaining units.
- Determine whether positions require an employee to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450).
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| HRD Policy Specialist | - Develops and maintains MRP classification guidance.
- Responds to classification appeals submitted to mission areas serviced by HRD.
- Maintains liaison with Office of Human Resources Management and responds to inquiries or requests for classification related information.
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