What is the Position Management Community of Practice?
A quarterly meeting series hosted by the Berkeley UCPath Operations Team to bring together subject matter experts and decentralized UCPath Position Management Transactors.
Who is this meeting for?
Anyone whose role intersects with UCPath Position Management, especially transactors who manage vacant and filled position data.
This meeting series is intended to bring together transactors who have the following UCPath Access Roles:
- Position Management / Position Control
- Position Administration
- PayPath
Learn more about the mission, objectives, and scope of our UCPath Community of Practice.
Position Management Definition
The oversight of position data from creation to inactivation, ensuring positions remain aligned with funding, job codes, and employment structures.
This includes Vacant and Filled Position Management through:
- Position Control
- Position Administration
- PayPath
Quarterly Meeting Schedule
Upcoming Meetings:
- September 2025
- December 2025
- March 2026
- June 2026
Past Meetings:
Nothing here yet.
Resources
Community Google Drive
In this folder you will find:
- Meeting recordings, slide decks, and notes
- Community-shared resources
Want to join the community?
All transactors with inquiry, initiator, or approver roles for Position Management/Control, Position Administration, and PayPath will automatically be added to this Community of Practice.
Have a topic or question to discuss?
Topics of Interest
Future meeting topics our Community of Practice is interested in discussing:
- Position Lifecycle Workflows - Department & Region Workflow Best Practices
- Updating vs. Creating New Positions Best Practices
- Copying/Initializing from a Position Best Practices
- Overallocation & Multi-Head Count Issues
- Approval vs. Approvers – Who ‘Owns’ Position Management?
- Staff vs. Academic – Adding a Stipend
Last updated 6/26/2025