EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CAREER PATH 01-09-2013.PDF

MARICOPA COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CAREER PATH
Effective Date: January 9, 2013
Initiating Department: Human Resources
Board of Supervisors Approval Date: January 9, 2013
At the discretion of the Appointing Authority, an Executive Assistant may be identified in one of
two ways:
Through the normal recruitment process into an Executive Assistant position.
Assigned into the role via a professional assignment pursuant to the Maricopa County
Employee Compensation Plan.
The assignments described below shall be designated as professional assignments.
Classified employees placed on these professional assignments shall retain their classified
status under the Maricopa County Employee Merit System Rules and Resolutions during the
assignment and also remain in their non-executive assistant position. Employees may not
receive a management or professional assignment at the same time they are receiving a special
work assignment and may not receive more than one management or professional assignment at
any given time.
Executive Assistant
An Elected Official may designate:
1 employee to serve as an Executive Assistant to the Elected Official.
1 employee to serve as an Executive Assistant to the Chief Deputy of an Elected
Official.
A department may designate:
1 employee to serve as an Executive Assistant to the Department Director.
Employees who are assigned into these positions via a professional assignment may receive a
biweekly stipend in addition to their base pay in lieu of being permanently promoted into this
position. The County’s placement in range strategy will be used to determine the biweekly
stipend amount. For an employee whose FTE is less than 1.0, the biweekly stipends
described above will be prorated based on the employee’s FTE. This career path replaces all
previous career path documents applicable to this group of employees.