In-Depth: Job Functions & Job Families
In the job framework, roles (jobs) are organized first by job function and then by job family. These are the building blocks that group similar and/or related roles. A clear organization of roles will help you identify career options.
The graphic below demonstrates the general outline of the job framework:
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Job Functions
The job function (A) is the largest category for the classification of related jobs—it contains related job families. Some examples of job functions include: Information Technology, Finance, or Student Services.
Job Families
Job families (B) are sub-categories inside a job function. These jobs perform similar types of work and may require similar skills, knowledge, and/or expertise. Job families are determined by the job function that contains them. For example, the Finance job function may contain Accounting, Payroll, or Tax job families.
Roles
All roles (C), or jobs, are contained within a job family. The graphic shows two roles listed beneath each family, but there could be many different roles, as well as roles in different career structures and at different career levels. Learn more about the career structures and career levels.
Current Job Functions and Families
Athletic Affairs (AA)
- Athletic Compliance (AC)
- Athletic Operations (AO)
- Athletic Trainers (TN)
- Coaching (CH)
- Recreational Sports (IM)
- Strength & Conditioning (SC)
Development & Advancement (DV)
- Alumni Relations (AL)
- Annual Giving (AG)
- Bus Partner & Corp Relations (BC)
- Donor Relations & Stewardship (ST)
- General Development (GD)
- Institutional Advancement (IV)
- Major, Plan, & Principal Gifts (MG)
Educational Resources & Technology (ER)
- Childcare Services (CD)
- Classroom Planning (CP)
- Educational Resources (ED)
- Fine Arts (FM)
- Library Services (LS)
- Museum Services (MU)
- Outdoor Education (OE)
- Performing Arts (PA)
Engineering, Trades, & Facility Operations (FC)
- Architecture (AH)
- Construction & Planning (PL)
- Custodial (CC)
- Energy & Utilities (EU)
- Engineering (EN)
- Facility Management (FO)
- General Services (GS)
- Groundskeeping (GR)
- Interior Design (ID)
- Licensed & Skilled Trades (LT)
- Sustainability (SU)
- Systems Control & Electronics (SE)
Finance (FN)
- Accounting & Tax (AT)
- Budgeting (BU)
- Bursar (BR)
- Capital Fin, Invest, & Treas (CF)
- Financial Administration (FI)
- Financial Analysis (FY)
- Finanical Controls (FP)
- Payroll (PY)
- Procurement (PC)
General Administration (GA)
- Administrative Generalist (AM)
- Administrative Support (AS)
- Business Analysis (BA)
- Customer Service (CU)
- Diversity Programming (DP)
- Program Management (PM)
- Project Management (PJ)
- Transaction Services (DE)
Health Services (HS)
- Behavioral Health (BH)
- Clinic Operations (CA)
- Clinical Education (CE)
- Clinical Laboratory (CL)
- Clinical Services (CS)
- Dentistry (DS)
- Health & Wellness Services (HW)
- Health Services Administration (HS)
- Health Services Maintenance (HM)
- Nursing (NU)
- Optometry (EY)
- Pharmacy (PH)
- Physical Rehabilitation (PT)
- Public Health (PB)
- Social Work (SW)
- Speech & Hearing Services (SH)
Human Resources (HR)
- Benefits (BE)
- Compensation (CO)
- Employee & Labor Relations (ER)
- HR Generalist/HRBP (HG)
- Organizational Development (OD)
- Talent Acquisition (TA)
Information Technology (IT)
- Business/Systems Analysis (BS)
- Data Analysis & Engineering (DA)
- Database Admin & Development (DB)
- Instructional Technology (IN)
- IT Project Management (PO)
- IT Security & Privacy (SP)
- IT User Support (US)
- Multidisciplinary IT Services (MT)
- Network Admin, Analysis, & Eng (NA)
- Software/App Design, Dev & Eng (SD)
- Software/App, Admin & Analysis (SO)
- Sys Admin, Engineer & Program (SY)
- User Experience (UX)
- Web Admin, Design, & Develop (WA)
Legal, Safety, & Protection (RA)
- Emergency Preparation (EP)
- Environmental Health & Safety (EH)
- Insurance & Loss Control (IL)
- Internal Audit (IA)
- Legal Compliance (LC)
- Legal Counsel (GC)
- Public Safety (PS)
Marketing & Communications (CM)
- Advertising & Sales (AV)
- Brand Management (BM)
- Broadcasting & Production (BP)
- Communications Generalist (CM)
- Digital Marketing (DM)
- Government Relations (GV)
- Journalism (JR)
- Marketing (MA)
- Public Relations (PU)
- Publication & Print Production (PP)
- Social Media (SM)
- Visual Communications (VC)
- Writing & Editing (WE)
Operations (OP)
- Events (EV)
- Food Services (FS)
- Hospitality (HH)
- Mail Services (MS)
- Parking Operations (OT)
- Real Estate (RE)
- Retail (RT)
- Transportation (TR)
Research (RS)
- Animal Research (AN)
- Biorepository (BI)
- Cell and Gene Therapy (GT)
- Clinical Administration (CN)
- Clinical Research (CR)
- Flow Cytometry (FC)
- Genetics (GN)
- Geological Sciences & Survey (GE)
- Histology (HI)
- Innovation & Commercialization (IC)
- Laboratory Research (LR)
- Research Administration (RA)
- Research Analysis (RY)
- Research Compliance (RC)
- Research Data Analysis (RD)
- Research Development (RV)
- Research Innovation Car Track (RI)
- Research Machinists (RM)
- Survey Research (SV)
- Technical Writing (TW)
Student Services (SA)
- Academic Advising (AA)
- Admissions & Recruitment (AR)
- Career Services (SR)
- Enrollment Mgmt & Retention (EM)
- Financial Aid & Scholarships (FA)
- Registrar (ET)
- Residence Life (HO)
- Student Life (SL)
- Student Programming (SF)
- Student Services Generalist (SG)
- Student Support (SB)
