A. Post classification

B. Classification of posts

Post Reclassifications Headquarters Professional Posts

II Classification of posts and staff .

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

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Benchmark Context Job classification.

(b) The establishment of job classification audit procedures

The Committee expects to receive in the future the same justification for the proposed downward reclassifications as for upward reclassifications.

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.

Post Reclassifications Headquarters General Service Posts

21 and 22). No reclassifications are proposed.

The job classification standards consist of three tiers.

Draft resolution I is entitled quot Reclassification of posts quot .

Additional information was requested concerning the reclassification of posts.

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

Job classification implementation as at 31 December 1991

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.

a The reclassification of the posts was supported in the light of their similar responsibilities.

VII. Functional titles of the proposed posts in the Professional

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

(i) Consider the establishment of a globally harmonized hazard classification system and the elaboration of a harmonized labelling system

International professional posts and the headquarters general service posts were reclassified on the basis of a change in the profiles of the posts.

Streamlining of the classification process will be undertaken as detailed by the Secretary General in his comments on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the post classification system (A 47 168 Add.1).

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.

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

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

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.

It was noted that the reclassifications would be subject to review by the Office of Human Resources Management.

(c) To endorse the procedures for the classification of posts up to the P 5 level (paras. 30 and 31).

They urged UNDP to avoid the upward reclassification of posts save for exceptional circumstances.

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

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

These aspects of job classification could be of particular value in the process of preparing the proposed programme budget.

The Advisory Committee requests that a breakdown of these 700 posts by duty stations be provided to the Fifth Committee.

In addition, the Representative posts in Argentina, Guyana, Panama and Paraguay are upgraded following the classification of these posts.

These proposed reclassifications were inadvertently omitted from the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1994 1995.

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It supported the ACABQ recommendation concerning the re evaluation of the budget, and agreed with its comments on the post vacancy rate of and job reclassification.

38. Notes the need for more justification to substantiate the creation of new posts or the reclassification of existing posts

He recalled that significant progress had been achieved in the development and implementation of job classification standards, which were considered a valid and reliable tool.

In that connection, the Committee took note of the proposal to maintain the post of Assistant Secretary General and to reclassify certain posts.

While noting the comments of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) concerning new posts and reclassifications of posts, delegations stated that the increase in posts seemed justifiable for UNFPA to deliver its programme.

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