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Job Architecture
Create clear roles, levels and career pathways across the organisation.
Job architecture creates a common framework for organising roles, levels, job families and career progression.
Reward Associates helps organisations design practical job architectures that support reward, careers, workforce planning, HR technology and organisation change.
Our support
- Job families and sub-families
- Career streams
- Levels and levelling criteria
- Role profiles
- Job titles
- Career frameworks
- Professional and management pathways
- Global architecture
- Role mapping
- Governance
- HR system alignment
- Implementation and communication
A job architecture should make clear
- How roles are grouped
- What distinguishes one level from another
- How management and professional careers relate
- How employees can progress
- How titles are governed
- How the architecture connects to grading and pay
- Where global consistency and local flexibility are needed
Our approach
Understand
Clarify business strategy, workforce priorities, current arrangements and the case for change.
Analyse
Review evidence, data, market practice, employee outcomes, cost and risk.
Design
Develop practical options and test their impact with key stakeholders.
Implement
Translate the agreed approach into clear frameworks, governance, communication and action.
Typical outcomes
- Clearer career paths
- Consistent levels and titles
- A foundation for grading and salary structures
- Improved workforce data
- Better internal mobility
- Stronger pay equity analysis
- A common language for HR and the business
Related expertise
Discuss job architecture
Reward Associates can provide independent, senior-led support from initial diagnosis through design and implementation.