Full-Time Staff Job Catalog

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Penn State’s full-time staff job profiles are designed to reflect the current job market and facilitate Penn State’s goal of attracting and retaining talent.

Job and Career Architecture

All full-time staff job profiles are organized into overarching job family groups, with each group containing several individual job profiles. Each job profile is assigned a specific job level which results in an individual position. 

Our job architecture houses over 500 job profiles, with each profile and level combination numbering over 1,600. This allows for clear distinctions between the type of work being performed at the University and helps differentiate pay for different work. 

Job Family

A macro grouping of jobs doing similar work based on function and primary duties. May include sub-families/functions.

Job Profile

Groups of positions based on common roles, responsibilities, skills, and career progression.

Job Level

Reflects the relative responsibility, scope, complexity, and requirements of the job profile.

Position

Incumbent-specific record of major duties and responsibilities.

Job Levels

Full-time staff job levels fall under four main job level categories: support, professional, supervisor, and manager. Within these four categories are individual levels that are applied to job profiles. Each job profile has one or more possible level associated with it depending on the content of each job. Please note, some job profiles may have a limited number of job levels associated with them.