The IT Jobs Classification team is meeting weekly to analyze results of IT placement recommendations, develop policy recommendations to support the model and analyze industry and competitive compensation.

Members of the committee:

Sandi Glass, Judy James, Brad Hunt, Christine Miller, Greg Topp, Greg Ashley, Matt Blankenship, Bill Clayton, Lynn Burt, Duane Ritter, Cletus Stripling, Jeff Teasley

News:

The date for the IT Jobs classification implementation is January 1, 2005. The committee has asked that we be given the time to continue to improve the model and to develop policy that will contribute to the success of the implementation. You will be notified with information about the final IT model and steps for the January implementation through Human Resources, ITMF, UGANet and the IT Jobs website (http://www.coe.uga.edu/itjobs.)

Our new CIO, Dr. Barbara White, will meet with the IT Jobs Committee on October 19, 2004. We will seek her suggestions and guidance on the final presentation of our work to the Executive Management Team.

Our focus: Recruit, Retain, Develop and Reward IT Professionals

• Align IT with business functions of the university
• Present current UGA compensation and mean salary of all job classifications. Provide comparative data for BOR, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, Region and Nation.
• Provide cost analysis of losing valued employees
• Continue policy work
• Provide recommendations for training and development

Report from the Training and Development Committee
Judy James - jjames@uga.edu

In order to address issues related to IT training, the committee thought it vital to support the new IT Job Matrix/Model. The committee worked on the following during their first meeting:

• The team initiated the development of a correlation to the matrix that includes resources and suggested training for each of the job families. Committee members took 3-4 job families in order to begin a list. The data will be compiled on a website. The target for submission of the resource list is Monday, Oct. 18.
• The committee will begin the development of core competencies for each job family and align training to acquire competencies for each level on the IT Matrix.
• The committee discussed concerns or barriers to effective IT training
  • Lack of standards
  • Lack of centralized budgets for training
  • A need for more collaborative training by experienced UGA IT staff -- supervisors would need to allow IT staff to train as well as see the benefit of collaboration.
• The committee planned a communication strategy.
  • Information will be shared through ITMF, UGANet, DWEEBS and others to foster ownership, receive the best information to include in the model.

The next meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 18 @ 1pm at the Training Center to review compilation lists and begin other action items. Please contact Judy James, jjames@uga.edu if you would like to work with this team or contribute information.