New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 4A - CIVIL SERVICE
Chapter 3 - CLASSIFICATION, SERVICES, AND COMPENSATION
Subchapter 2 - SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
Section 4A:3-2.2 - Designation of SES positions: State service

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 4A:3-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) To be allocated to the SES, a position must have substantial managerial, policy influencing or policy executing responsibilities. Allocations to SES shall be determined on the basis of specific positions, not by job titles or category.

1. A substantial managerial or policy executing position is one which has significant control of substantial resources, responsibility for major programmatic outcomes and/or responsibility for a major organizational unit.

2. A policy influencing position is one which has influence on the department's/agency's direction, mission, priorities, major goals or objectives.

(b) An SES position shall only report to a higher level unclassified position or to another SES position.

(c) The Chairperson shall establish procedures for the submission of executive/senior management plans for each department.

1. Each department head shall submit an executive/senior management plan to the Chairperson which shall include the department's SES position requests.

2. A position allocated to the SES shall be part of the executive/senior management cadre of a department.

3. The Chairperson may request information about the position necessary to process the SES position request.

4. If the original major functions and responsibilities of a vacant position allocated to the SES change but are not included in the executive/senior management plan of the department, the new functions of the position shall be reviewed by the Chairperson before posting for or filling the position.

(d) At the discretion of a department head, an appointing authority may move an SES member from one position allocated to the SES to another position allocated to the SES. The appointing authority shall review the compensation of the SES member at that time and may recommend a salary adjustment, if appropriate. An appointing authority so moving an SES member shall notify the Chairperson or designee of this change.

(e) An appointing authority may move an SES member to cover an emergency assignment or other emergent need for six months or less, at the discretion of the department head. The appointing authority need not notify the Chairperson or designee of such movement.

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