This document covers how to complete and review a Job Change Request in JEMS. The JEMS Job Change Request feature is an optional tool that may be utilized by decentralized divisions. Please refer to your division to find out if your division utilizes this tool.

This document lists the steps for how to:

• Enter a Job Change Request
• Propose a Change to Job Data - Change Details
• Review the HR Contact for the person who may be contacted about the appointment
• Review Comments associated with an individual change request

The JEMS Main Menu

Find Person/Job Tab

When you click the Job Change Request button, the below screen will appear. The first step is to find the employee you are submitting the JEMS Job Change request for. Use the steps below.

Completing the Job Change Request

The next step is to enter in the job or position data change request. Use the steps below.

Steps (cont)

Step	Description
5	Enter in the effective date of when you would like the change to go into effect.
6	Enter in the appropriate justification (explanation) for the change into the justification field. These justifications are created by staff that are authorized for the department or division (only users with the proper UDDS authorization are able to view the justification section).
7	Select the action reason by clicking on the magnifying glass button
8	Enter in the proposed change
9	Click save/close

*The Add Change feature is used if you are adding more than one change in a JEMS job change request. 

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Add/Modify Change(s) Tab

If multiple changes have been requested, change details will need to entered for each change type. Click on each line to highlight it before following the below steps.

Steps (cont)

Step	Description
10	Click the Change Details button to bring up the "Propose Change to Job Data" screen.
11	On the Propose Change to Job Data screen, click the magnifying glass button on the action reason link and select the appropriate reason (some changes will not have a reason available - leave these blank).
12	Complete the change detail section by clicking on the magnifying glass button and choosing the appropriate option.
13	Click the save/close button

*The changes that are requested will automatically populate onto the Position and Job Tabs. These tabs are not modifiable; if a correction needs to be made before submitting the Job Change request, these changes must be made on the Add/Modify Change(s) tab.

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  HR Contact Tab

This tab stores information about one or more people who may be contacted about the appointment (multiple additional contacts can be added).

Steps to Add HR Contact Information

Step	Description
1	Click the add contact button to modify the detail for selected contact section. Select whether the contact is the primary or additional contact.  Primary Contact- The primary person to be contacted regarding the appointment is required.  Additional Contact- Name of an additional contact (optional). Examples of people you could add as additional contact include a funding or benefit contact (changes may affect funding or benefits).
2	Enter in the information for the contact and click the done button. Last Name - Contact last name First Name- Contact first name Address- Address is not a required field Phone- Area code defaults to 608. Manually enter the phone number, including a dash between the third and the fourth number e.g. 263–2511. Email Address- email address of the primary contact is required.
3	Click the add contact button to add another contact.

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  Comments Tab

This tab is for comments associated with the individual change request. These comments are created by staff who are authorized for hire. Only users with the proper UDDS authorization are able to access this tab. Those who have access to the tab can view all comments.

• Also listed on this tab are reports from the HRS Processing Log.
• Existing comments are displayed in order by create date with the most recent comment on top.

Directions to add/update/delete comments

Button	Description
Create a Comment	Click the add comment button and type the comment into the detail box
Update a Comment	Place a cursor on the comment record you wish to change in the first half of the screen (the background color of the record will be dark red) and click the edit/view button.
Delete a Comment	Place a cursor on the comment record you wish to delete in the first half of the screen (the background color of the record will be dark red) and click the delete button.

*Only the person who created the comment may update or delete that comment. 

Status History Tab

The data on this tab is not modifiable. It displays the history of statuses that a particular change has had. Anyone with update or view access can view the status history of the appointment. The statuses are displayed with the most recent status on the top line by status effective date.

Possible Statuses:

• Draft
• Entered
• Department Approved
• Division Approved – Sent to HRS
• Finished – Entered In HRS

Related Policies/Job Aids

• JEMS Homepage

• Changes to job, person, and position data PowerPoint training material