About Position

A position is a sub-level of the Unit which is the lowest level in the structure and contains many features including hiring strategies.

Positions are jobs that reside under units and are required for staffing. Specialties, groups, roster counts, and vacancy strategies are attached to every position allowing granular hiring strategies to take place.

Positions are defined by job title, job function, type of work, or location of work such as a Beat, Post, or Area.

Position examples include:

Captain, Supervisor, Sergeant, Chief, Officer, Firefighter, Deputy, RN, PM, LVN, PSW, 101-67, Springfield Elementary SRO, Training, Event Staffing, Meeting, Extended Leave, Light Duty, Ranger, Foreman, Laborer, Park Worker, Gardener, Electrician, and so on.

Jobs via Dimensions Integration

Customers using Dimensions, use jobs to denote positions in the business structure, when synchronization takes place those jobs display in the Rank menu of the Position screen in this application. This means if a job must be called in the integration and it is not available in the desired Unit then that job must be referenced in the Dimensions Business Structure in the appropriate location so that it is pushed to this application and available as a selectable item.

In Dimensions, jobs are generic, assigned, or scheduled.

A generic job represents the job listing in the Business Structure job table, essentially the jobs that can be attached to locations.
An assigned job represents a job that has been assigned to a location; for example, suppose Job1 is listed in the generic job table, and Job1 is assigned to ten locations then this means ten assigned jobs for Job1.
A scheduled job references a job used to schedule a person and tends to be more generic; for example, four Clerks are scheduled and the job skill level of the clerk such as Clerk I, Clerk II, Clerk III is irrelevant to the scheduled job (position).

To identify which positions are assigned or not assigned to a Dimensions Assigned Job run the Assigned Job Report available in Setup > Organization > Institution; and as of application version 7.1.1. The report returns every position associated to a Dimensions Assigned Job including the job path and location qualifier, the effective date, expiration date, overriding name, and whether or not the position is disabled.

Note:

The report includes positions and assigned jobs for the selected institution, if Institution Focus is turned on.