text: organizations. TheCommission further notedcriteria foracceptance ofTierII standards. -52-t a d c c t 2 j r i t c 1 1" 2 ha o fr in of ac 22 wi 22 Na De 23 Co de th ap syin lny on Ing or to Q ard hat n byE.Development ofclassification standards fortheGeneralService andrelated categories atVienna 225.TheCommission reviewed areport fromtheVienna-based organizations onprogress indeveloping ajobclassification standard fortheGeneral Service andotherlocally recruited categories atVienna. TheCommission provided guidance fortheproject bytaking anumberofdecisions concerning methods tobeusedandagreedtoareauest fromrepresentatives oforganizations andstaffatViennatodelaythesalarysurveyscheduled in1986inordertoextend thetimeavailable tocomplete theexercise. TheCommission willexamine theprogress madeinthejobclassification exercise atitstwenty-fourth session in1986and,inthelightofthatconsideration, determine theissueoftheGeneral Service salarysurvey. F.Development ofclassification standards fortheGeneralService andrelated categories atAddisAbaba 226.Inreviewing theproposed standards fortheGeneral Service staffatAddisAbaba,theCommission notedthatthemainissuesinvolved weretheadeauacy ofthejObsample, th.appropriateness ofdeveloping apoint-factor standard andthereduction inthenumberofgradelevels. TheCommission concluded thatthoseissues hadbeenresolved inasatisfactory manner, withfullcollaboration betweentheorganizations andthestaffinvolved. Thestandards proposed fullymetthecriteria established bytheCommission foridentifying thecorrect numberofgradelevels andthestandards hadbeendemonstrated tobereliable andvalidwithinthelimitations ofthesample. Viewsoftheorganizations andstaffrepresentatives 227.Therepresentative oftheUnitedNations observed thattheproposed standardshadincreased thenumberofgradelevels fromfivetosevenwhilethedevelopmentofstandards atAddisAbabaenvisaged areduction ofthepresent numberoflevelsfromnine. Theprocedures recommended bytheJointCommittee wereprimarilyintended forthesecretariat oftheEconomic Commission forAfrica (ECA), anumberofotherorganizations hadalready established procedures thathadto.betakeninto account. Herequested theCommission torecommend thestandards forfutureuse. 228.CCAQnotedthatitsSub-Committee hadfoundthatthestandards werecompatiblewiththeworld-wide schemeofstandards forsuchdutystations. 229.TheConvenor ofCCISUAendorsed therecommendations madebytheUnitedNations. Decisions oftheCommission 230.Takingintoaccount thatthestandards wouldbethefirstpromulgated bytheCommission thatwouldreduce anestablished numberofgradelevels, theCommissiondecided to: (a)Promulgate theproposed standards, consisting ofapoint-factor matrix,thepointrangesforgrades, aglossary ofterms, benchmark jobsandguidelines for application, forfullandimmediate co-ordinated implementation byallcommonsystemorganizations atAddisAbaba, (b)Request thatmorebenchmark jObsbedeveloped during implementation for -53-, iI'..··'·... I '1Ii,I1 1addition tothestandard, inordertoillustrate jobsthatmightinclude abroader Ivariety offunctions (aswasoftenthecaseinsmaller organizations) andjobSin highlyvisible specializations occurring inonlyoneagency(e.g.printers), as wellasotherjobsneededtoclarify job-level distinctions ofparticular categories andthatthesebeproposed totheCommission atitstwenty-third session; (c)Informtheorganizations thatthestandard should bethebasisfor identification ofbenchmarks, gradelevels andweights forthenextsalarysurvey, andthatallcovered jobsinallorgani~~tions inAddisAbabashould beclassified priortoinitiation ofthenextsalarysurvey; (d)Reauest organizations atAddisAbabatocreate amechanism toensure co-ordinated implementation ofthestandards, aswellastheiruniform application, andtoinformtheCommission atitstwenty-third session ofthemeasures takenfor managing thetransition fromninetosevengradelevels; (e)Reauest organizations toutilize theimproved management structure provided bythestandards todevelop corresponding careerdevelopment policies; (f)Request organizations tocomplete theoccupational classification ofjobs intheGeneral Service andrelated categories usingtheCCOGpriorto
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