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What is Career Tracks

Career Tracks is the job classification structure that aligns jobs at the University to their respective labor market by occupation and supports the development of possible career paths designed to enhance career mobility. Levels for individual contributor, supervisory and management roles within each distinct functional area are defined consistently across occupations and with the labor market for comparable jobs.

Job Descriptions

As part of the Career Tracks implementation, Human Resources generated individual job descriptions based on the relevant job standard for each position which transitioned to Career Tracks. All UC staff who are not represented by unions and are not part of the Senior Management Group (SMG) are mapped to the Career Tracks structure. Academic and represented positions are not mapped to the Career Tracks structure.

Job Description Tip Sheet
Human Resources is please to provide you with a Job Description Tip Sheet.  This resource will guide you through on how to seamlessly complete a job description and includes tips on how to get started, effective job writing, common action verbs and more.
Continued Application of Consistent Methodology

With the collaborative work between HR and each of the organizational units, Career Tracks ensures a high degree of consistency across the campus and across the system. This continues to be critically important to the integrity of the systemwide initiative, all campuses agreed to abide by a set of procedures to ensure consistency, and to actively engage in leveling our positions to reflect a single set of standards.

As we reviewed hundreds of job descriptions, comparator positions, and the leveling of positions, we applied that consistent methodology in reviewing the system-wide job standards.

With Career Tracks, we have a classification structure that reflects the external job market and makes it easy to identify relevant benchmarks and comparators. Our structure, based on specific job families and functions, allows us to map paths for career progression and individual employee development so that we can manage our careers at UCR. As other UC locations transition to the common Career Tracks structure, career planning can encompass positions across the UC system.

Career Tracks Structure
The Career Tracks structure organizes jobs into families, functions, categories and levels which corresponds to specific job codes and salary grades. Job categories and career levels are used as needed within each family and function. Each staff member will receive a new job description, or job standard, based on this structure which will be further customized to the position.
Career Tracks Salary Structure
UC Riverside Career Tracks Salary Structure