2.1 Authority/Evaluation System. The Chancellor shall establish a job evaluation system for PAT and Operating Staff positions. The basis of the job evaluation system shall be the content of the position. The USNH Office of Human Resources shall be responsible for the methodology and maintenance of job evaluation standards and is authorized to make adjustments to those methods and standards. Any overall change of job evaluation or purchase of a new system shall be approved by the Chancellor in conjunction with the Administrative Board.
2.2 Job Content and Organizational Structure. Each component institution shall be responsible for organizing its tasks, jobs, and organizational structure. Each shall have the authority to restructure organizations and job content to meet institutional needs and to fulfill the institutional mission. The campus Human Resources Office shall be responsible for monitoring and maintaining job descriptions.
2.3 Administration
2.3.1 The campus Human Resources Office is authorized to classify all Operating Staff positions using the job evaluation system established in USY V.F.2.
2.3.2 The Chancellor shall appoint a System-wide committee to classify all USNH PAT positions using the job evaluation system established in USY V.F.2.
2.3.3 The USNH Office of Human Resources is authorized to classify positions as Academic Administrators based upon campus recommendations.
2.3.4 The University of New Hampshire is authorized to establish the classifications of the Extension Educators ranks.
2.3.5 The USNH Board of Trustees as defined by Trustee policy shall be the sole authority for the classification and establishment of positions as Principal Administrators.
2.4 Designations. The job evaluation method for PAT positions shall include the designation of either AMS (Administrative, Managerial, and Supervisory), or generic PAT.
2.4.1 AMS shall normally include director level positions and will mean that a point-factor process of job evaluations was utilized.
2.4.2 Generic shall normally include specialists and professionals and will mean that a classification and market-based method of job evaluation was utilized.