Position Management

All SJSU employees are hired into an 8-digit position number. The position identifies the following information:

  • Classification and Grade/Range
  • Working Title
  • Department
  • Location
  • Funding
  • Reporting Structure (for non-student positions)

Regular employees are in single-incumbent positions while temporary employees (lecturers, students, casual workers, etc.) are in multi-incumbent positions, meaning many people are in the same position.

Position Management Help and FAQs


Procedures

Request a new position
  • Faculty, Student, Casual Worker, and Immediate Pay Positions
    1. Complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign] 
    2. Select Create New Position
    3. Fill in all applicable fields
    4. Staff and Management Positions
      1. As part of a recruitment:
        1. Go to the Request to Recruit page
        2. Click Add a New Value
        3. Enter the DeptID of the department in which the position will reside
        4. Let the Effective Date default to the current date
        5. Select Request a New Position
        6. Complete all fields on all tabs
        7. Attach a Position Description and submit for approval
        8. Once the request has been routed and approved, the position description will be reviewed for classification
        9. Once the classification of the position has been determined, the new position will be created
  • Outside of a recruitment:
    1. Submit a Position Description to classcomp@sjsu.edu with all applicable information
    2. The position description will be reviewed for classification
    3. Once the classification has been determined, the new position will be created
Update an existing position

Complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign]  for the following changes/updates:

Reactivate/Inactivate/Change funding for a position
  1. Position Management Action Form [DocuSign] 
Request changes to permanent funding arrangements

For permanent funding changes, complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign]  and specify the new chartfields and percentages and/or a Position Pool ID.

Request temporary funding arrangements

For temporary funding changes, submit an Employee Profile to FinanceConnect with chartfields, percentages, and beginning and end dates (Please note: appointment-level funding may only be set up for the maximum of one year at a time.) More details available at Temporary Appointment Funding Changes.

Change the department for a position
  1. Complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign] 
    1. Be prepared to upload a new Position Description [docx] if the change is permanent
Change the location of a position
  1. Complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign] 
Change the check sort unit for a position
  1. Complete the Position Management Action Form [DocuSign] 
    1. Please note: To change for the current pay period, please submit at least 7 days prior to Master Payroll cutoff; otherwise the change will be made for the next pay period
Change a position’s working title
Change the classification or grade/range of a position
Run the active position list
  1. Go to the Active Position List page
  2. Select or create a Run Control ID
  3. Enter SetID: SJ000
  4. Enter the DeptID
  5. Check the Dean/AVP Report box if you wish to run the report for the selected department and all departments underneath; leave the box unchecked if you only want the selected department
  6. Choose a sort option
  7. Click Run
  8. Enter Server Name: PSUNX or PSUNX2
  9. Check the Active Position List box
  10. Select Type: Web
  11. Select Format: CSV
  12. Click OK
  13. Click Report Manager to check the progress
  14. Click Refresh until report appears
  15. Click the hyperlinked report number to view the report
See the approval structure for positions
  1. Go to the Position & Job Reporting Structure page
  2. Select or create a Run Control ID
  3. Enter the DeptID
  4. Check the Include Sub Departments box if you wish to run the report for the selected department and all departments underneath; leave the box unchecked if you only want the selected department
  5. Click Run
  6. Enter Server Name: PSUNX or PSUNX2
  7. Select Type: Web
  8. Select Format: PDF
  9. Click OK
  10. Click Report Manager to check the progress
  11. Click Refresh until report appears
  12. Click the hyperlinked report number to view the report
See the funding for positions

Please note, the funding in this report is for filled positions only.

  1. Go to the LCD - Setup Audit page 
  2. Select or create a Run Control ID
  3. Enter the Fiscal Year
  4. Enter the DeptID
  5. Check the Dean/AVP Level box if you wish to run the report for the selected department and all departments underneath; leave the box unchecked if you only want the selected department
  6. Click Run
  7. Enter Server Name: PSUNX or PSUNX2
  8. Select Type: Web
  9. Select Format: PDF
  10. Click OK
  11. Click Report Manager to check the progress
  12. Click Refresh until report appears
  13. Click the hyperlinked report number to view the report