Classification Services
Our Mission
Classification Services provides consultation and expertise in job analysis while administering fair and equitable job classification and pay structures to support the State of Alaska’s civil service.
Our Values
- Accountability
- Approachability
- Empowerment
- Continuous Learning
- Integrity
- Professionalism
What We Do
Classification Services Teams (Operations, Individual Allocations, and Class Studies) work in concert to maintain the State of Alaska’s Classification and Pay Plans in accordance with the State Personnel Act for all Classified and Partially Exempt positions in the Executive Branch.
If you have questions regarding our program or services, please email us at doa.dop.classification@alaska.gov or contact us directly: Classification Services.
Individual Allocations
- Reviews and processes requests for updating and reclassifying individual positions in the Online Position Description (OPD) system.
- Determines the appropriate job class for positions based on updated position descriptions and current class specifications.
- Completes Union requests for individual position review.
Operations
- Oversees the technical aspects of OPD and IRIS to ensure the consistency and accuracy of information between the databases. Manually enters data into IRIS.
- Processes incoming OPD submissions and closes out approved OPD submissions.
- Processes nonpermanent positions in OPD.
Class Studies
- Receives and processes requests for Classification Studies.
- Reviews classification specifications for updating, expanding, and correcting.
- Creates, modifies, or abolishes job classes based on study results. Assigns pay grades to job classes.