Categories of posts of the state civil service of the Russian Federation

The categories of posts of the state civil service determine the basis for the establishment of legislative, judicial and executive bodies. And both at the regional and federal level. The responsibilities for the financing and maintenance of public civil servants lie on the budget.

The situation in modern Russia

The categories of civil service positions are currently defined by the relevant laws and regulations.

They provide the work of federal and regional authorities, as well as officials holding high government posts.

That is, the categories of civil service positions exist in the administration of the head of state, the federal government, federal authorities (they include ministries, agencies, services, including their representation in the regions). Also here are the executive bodies of power on the ground - these are the administrations of the Russian regions and the ministries subordinate to them.

Legal regulation

The categories of civil service positions are defined by the Constitution and federal laws.

At the same time, there is an additional regulatory and legal framework on the ground that covers all aspects of the civil service in detail. It also includes decrees of the head of state, decisions of the federal government, and legal acts adopted by regional authorities.

Number of civil servants

To date, there are a large number of employees in Russia. They are more than 750 thousand people. At the same time, only about 40,000 specialists work in the central apparatus located in the capital.

At the moment, the number of state civil servants exceeds one percent of the country's able-bodied population. This is a very high indicator compared to other countries.

At the same time about one thousand people economically active people account for about 33 officials.

Categories and groups of public positions in the civil service

The positions of the civil service are divided into categories and groups. In doing so, they have a clear structure. Their exclusive feature is that, unlike commercial structures, in any direction of activity the categories of posts of the state civil service are equally named. Examples are obvious. The lead consultant will work both in the department for managing the affairs of the president, and in the infrastructure department of the regional ministry.

At the moment, there are four categories of positions of the state civil service of the Russian Federation. Each of them is divided into several groups.

Leaders

Categories of civil service positions in descending order begin with managers. This category consists of two groups - the highest and the main.

The top group of leaders includes the first deputy federal minister, deputy federal minister, deputy head of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation for a specific federal district, deputy federal ministers or directors of federal agencies, heads or heads of the service of federal ministries, heads of apparatuses of federal ministers, heads or department directors , Deputy heads or chiefs of services of federal ministries, deputies Heads of the apparatus of federal ministers, chiefs of chief departments, deputy directors of departments, deputy heads or directors of departments, first deputy chiefs of chief departments and deputy chiefs of chief departments.

The main group includes the heads of departments, deputy heads of departments, department heads and deputy heads of departments.

Assistants

In the category of civil service positions on the hierarchy, the following are assistants or advisers. These posts are established to assist the heads of state or territorial authorities.

All of them belong to only one group - the highest one. It includes assistants and advisers to federal ministers.

Specialists

The next category is specialists. The specialists in the category of civil service positions consist of three groups. The main, leading and senior. This is the most massive category of civil servants. Their functions include the professional provision of performance of their functions by state authorities.

The main group includes the heads of departments in the department, the heads of departments in the services of the federal ministry, the chiefs of departments in the main departments, the heads of departments in the departments and the referents.

The leading group consists of deputy heads of departments in departments, deputy heads of departments in the service of federal ministries, deputy chiefs of departments in the main departments, deputy heads of departments in departments, assistants to the head or chief of the services of federal ministries, advisers to the head or chief of the services of federal ministries, Advisors, leading consultants and consultants.

The senior group consists of the main experts, experts, leading experts and experts.

Providing specialists

The lowest category of posts in the civil service is providing specialists. These posts are formed to provide information, documentary, financial, economic and economic work of a separate state body. They are divided into three groups.

The first (leading) includes leading specialists of the second level. In the senior - the senior specialists of the first, second and third categories. In the younger - specialists of the first and second categories.

This division exists both at the federal and regional levels. With no exceptions. So, the categories of positions of the state civil service of the city of Moscow do not differ from the categories in the Penza region or Khabarovsk territory.

Class ranks

In accordance with the position held, a civil servant is assigned a certain class rank. He exactly relates to the group in which he works. This is done on the basis of the results of the qualification exam. Each post may correspond to a particular rank in military service.

It should be noted that the class rank is retained for the employee holding this post, until the end of his life. And all the time that he remains an active worker, he is entitled to a corresponding increase in salary, approved by a decree of the head of state.

There are exceptions when it is not necessary to take the exam. Thus, a class rank can be assigned in the event that the head from the highest group of posts, assistant or adviser, is personally appointed by the head of state.

How to enter the civil service?

In order to be in the civil service in a federal or regional agency, it is necessary to be a Russian citizen who has reached the age of 18, fluent in the state language and meets all the requirements for employees of this qualification.

In most cases, a competition is held to replace an employee from any category or group. It consists of two stages.

On the first, the beginning of documents reception is announced. This is done in a popular printed publication, as well as on the official website of the public authority, which requires specialist. All candidates for this position must provide the personnel department with a necessary list of documents and references at a predetermined time.

In the next round of selection, the commission will evaluate the nominations. First of all, the documents submitted confirming the candidate's education, work experience in the civil service, and other work activities are evaluated. Also among the competitive procedures can be used interviews, questionnaires, testing or writing essays.

After the end of the competition, the members of the commission vote for all candidates. The winner is the one who attains the maximum of votes. In case of refusal to be appointed to the post, the candidate can be enrolled in the personnel reserve and return to his resume when the corresponding vacancy is vacated.

This service attracts not only the prestige of the work, but also a sufficiently high salary. In federal ministries and departments, it averages about 100 thousand rubles.

The maximum average income is observed among the staff of the presidential administration. It exceeds 220 thousand rubles. In the government apparatus, the salary almost reaches the mark of 200 thousand rubles.

At the same time, in most federal ministries, agencies and services, the average level of wages earned is about 60 thousand rubles.

In addition to salary, employees are entitled to all kinds of allowances. With the receipt of a certain length of service for long service, as well as for special conditions, for working with information containing state secrets, as well as bonuses.