2025-09-16 CC Agenda Packet - ITEM D18 - Administrative Series Classification StudyCITY OF
ELSE GUNDO
Administrative Series
Classification Study
Presentation to the City Council
Rebecca Redyk, Human Resources & Risk Management Director
September 16, 2025
CITY OF
ELSE GUNDO
Overview
• Administrative Classification Series Study
• Classifications Included
• Study Process
• Recommendations
• Salary Ranges
• Reclassifications
• FLSA Designations
• Fiscal Impact
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CITY OF
ELSE GUNDO
Administrative Classification Series Study
• Bargaining unit request to revisit 2023 study
• 12 employees: 10 City Employees Association and 2 Management &
Confidential
• Ensure that employees are properly classified
• Descriptions accurately reflect duties & responsibilities
• Align job titles
• Provide clear career development path
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Classifications Included
• Office Specialist 1-II
• Administrative Specialist
• Senior Administrative Specialist
• Administrative Technical Specialist
• Executive Assistant
• Senior Executive Assistant*
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Study Process
• Virtual orientation meeting for employees and supervisors
• Employees completed a Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ)
• PDQ reviewed by supervisors for comments
• Consultant conducted employee interviews &developed updated
classification specifications and recommendations
• Employee review of their updated classification specification
• Meeting with bargaining unit regarding recommendations
• City Council consideration
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1 year of
office/administrative
1 year of
office/administrative
2 years of customer
service or office
assistant experience
2 years of customer
service or office
assistant experience
Merge Office Specialist I
with Office Specialist II
with minimum experience
level at 2 years including
customer service;
change to Office
Administrative
3 years increasingly
responsible
secretarial/office
administrative
increasingly
responsible office
support experience
No change to title;
type of experience
updated to office
support; same
minimum years of
experience
requirements
Senior
Administrative
Specialist II (1)
4 years increasingly responsible
secretarial/office administrative
4 years increasingly responsible
administrative support and financial
experience and completion of 30
units in accounting or finance
2 years of increasingly
responsible administrative
and technical support
experience
3 years of increasingly
responsible office and
administrative and technical
support experience
Establish Senior Administrative
Specialist 1-11; retitle to Senior
Administrative Specialist I;
include technical experience and
reduce the minimum level of
experience required from 4 years
to 2 years
Establish Senior Administrative
Specialist 1-II; retitle to Senior
Administrative Specialist 11;
change "financial' experience to
"technical" experience, reduce
the minimum level of experience
required from 4 years to 3 years;
remove requirement of 30 units in
accounting or finance
5 years progressively
responsible
secretarial/office
administrative experience
providing assistance to an
administrative official or
senior management
4 years progressively
responsible
administrative and
technical support
experience, including 1
year of providing support
to senior/executive
management
the Executive
Assistant was the highest -
level classification included
in the study. Experience
updated to include technical
support. Recommend
reducing experience to 4
years to align with higher
level Senior Executive
Senior Executive
5 years progressively
responsible
secretarial/office
administrative experience
providing assistance to an
administrative official or
senior management, 1
year experience
disseminating information
5 years progressively
responsible
administrative and
technical support
experience, including 2
years of providing
support to
senior/executive
management. Previous
lead or supervisory
experience is desirable.
Experience updated to
include technical support
with 2 years supporting
senior/executive
management with lead or
supervisory experience as
FLSA Non -Exempt Designation
• Executive Assistant & Senior Executive Assistant
• Covered under Administrative Code for Management &
Confidential unrepresented employees
• Will earn overtime at 1.5 for all hours worked
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Fiscal Impact
• Reclassification of 4 incumbents
• $21,613 for FY 2025-26
• No additional appropriation needed
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Questions
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