What do career bands mean in HRM Pay Equity Compass?
A career band is a way for you to divide all the organisation’s roles into different levels. The division is based on responsibility, complexity, and authority. It is a central part of your job architecture as it creates a clear structure for how you view different roles in the organisation. Here, we explain how it works and how it is being used in the HRM Pay Equity Compass module.
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Please note that career bands in this context are used to define levels in your job architecture. They are not used to group roles considered equal or equivalent in the actual pay equity navigator.
What does a career band contain?
The career band outlines the general requirements for a group of roles. Instead of looking at specific duties, we focus on the nature of the job. Common divisions include:
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Leadership roles: Managers with personnel responsibility or strategic responsibility.
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Tactical roles: Employees with deep expertise within a specific location.
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Operational roles: Employees who carry out the daily work within the organisation.
In Flex HRM, you have the following options for career bands
| Karriärband | Förklaring |
| Employee - Operational |
Focus on the implementation of defined tasks within given frameworks and processes. |
| Employee - Tactical |
Develop, structure and improve the business. Complex issues, analysis or project management without personnel responsibility. Examples: Specialist, Project Manager, Business Partner, Analyst. |
| Manager with personnel responsibility | The role has formal leadership responsibility for personnel. The focus is on achieving goals by leading, coaching and distributing work in a team or department. |
| Management | The highest level of management with strategic responsibility for the direction, growth and long-term results of the entire organization or business area. |
Why do we use career bands?
Career bands help you to:
- Create a coherent structure: This enables you to see how a job profile in IT relates to a job profile in finance based on responsibility and complexity.
- Show development paths: It becomes clear to employees what is required to take the next step in their careers, for example by moving from an operational to a tactical role.
How do job family and career band work together?
To complete your job architecture, you combine profession group with responsibility level.
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The job family indicates what you do (for example, Finance).
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The career band indicates at which level you are working (for example, operational, tactical, or manager).
When you combine a job family with a career band, you create a clear position level. This helps you keep track of your organisation’s roles and ensures you have a logical structure for your positions in HRM Pay Equity Compass.
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