Accountability Best Practices

Position Classification

• Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole
  (Report issued June 2001)
  Contact Person: Karen Kelly, Human Resources Manager
  (225) 342-6613

  To ensure that position descriptions are kept current, supervisors are required by Corrections Services policy to review the job description with each employee at the time of the annual rating and to indicate whether any changes are recommended on the Position Description form.

• Department of Corrections, Rayburn Correctional Institute
  (Report issued May 2001)
  Contact Person: Nannette Alford, Human Resources Manager
  (985) 986-5008

  Position Descriptions are reviewed regularly and updated, if needed, whenever annual Performance Planning and Review ratings are conducted. The Human Resources Department initiates this process by attaching a reminder form and a current version of the employee’s position description to the annual PPR to remind the supervisor to review the position description and update it if needed.

• LSU System, LSU Agricultural Center
  (Report issued September 2002)
  Contact Person: Sharon Salzer, Human Resources Assistant Director
  (225) 578-4643

  The LSU Ag Center HRM Office uses a Job Allocation Analysis Form for Classified Positions to create or make changes to existing positions.  The form goes through a series of questions to assist the preparer in compiling necessary information, analyzing the position, and formulating a recommendation.