Job Architecture

Education Corner

Job Architecture Components

  • Job Families and Sub Families:
    Jobs that relate to each other and provide career growth paths

    Each job is aligned with a job family and sub family. This allows staff the ability to see what growth opportunities are within their job family and area of expertise.  

    Example: 

     job family example

  • Job Level:
    Designates the stage of the career journey at VU

    Each job will be assigned a specific level within the job architecture, reflecting its position in the overall structure. These levels will range from entry-level roles to the Chancellor.

  • Growth Streams:
    Designates the career growth type

    Growth streams reflect the career type within the institution, characterized by unique responsibilities. Vanderbilt University's Job Architecture includes five Growth Streams (Service & Support, Project / Program Management, Individual Contributor, Management, and Executive), defined below: 

  • Growth Levels:
    Designates the stage of the career growth journey within the growth stream

    Each Growth Level within Vanderbilt University includes the below work dimensions in order to differentiate each level. These dimensions reflect the expectations of jobs within a given level, defined using a common framework across the institution. 

     growth levels

  • Jobs:
    Specific role within the growth stream and growth level

    This is simply the job code and job title

  • Skills:
    A skill is an ability or knowledge possessed by a person, which may be critical to perform a task, assignment, job, or role. Skills are usually developed through experience, practice, training, or education.

    Each job will have a list of skills that are needed to be successful in that role. In addition to the list of skills each skill will include a proficiency level. 

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