At Stony Brook, positions in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit are evaluated using a point factor plan designed to analyze the knowledge, experience, accountability, internal and external contacts, problem solving, and breadth of organizational impact needed to perform the job. The incumbent s accomplishments are not considered in the position evaluation process - only what is needed to perform the job . What we are concerned with here is what and how much knowledge and skill is required to perform the job duties. Knowledge and experience is defined as the sum total of every kind of skill, however acquired, needed for acceptable job performance. The equivalency of work experience and formal education is considered when evaluating a position s knowledge and experience requirements.
Accountability measures the responsibility for action and for the consequences of action.
It is the measured effect of the job on end results. To what degree is the position free to develop answers to the problems it faces. Some problems are solved by following routine instructions, and there is no room for deviation. Others, however, are solved within the broader confines or organizational policy and sound business judgment. Internal and External Contacts considers the characteristics and extent of the communication between an incumbent and students, staff and the public.