Assistant Director Family
Career series with 4 positions
Rather than one job, Assistant Director is a rank used across 3 different specializations in New Jersey civil service (4 codes total).
Specializations include Division of Fish and Wildlife, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services, and Division of Fish and Wildlife, Operations. Pay across the family spans $79,246 to $179,046, around the 94th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, CENTRAL SERVICES (03205C) $79,246 - $110,957/year
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, OPERATIONS (03205D) $79,246 - $110,957/year
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (61038) $121,055 - $179,046/year
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, CENTRAL SERVICES (61038C) $121,055 - $179,046/year
What the Assistant Director family covers
Assistant Director is a rank rather than a single job. New Jersey applies it across 3 specializations, which together account for 4 title codes. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Chief, director, manager and supervisor are not single jobs in New Jersey civil service. They are ranks applied across the whole of government, so a single family can hold hundreds of codes covering entirely unrelated bureaus. That structure matters for anyone reading the pay figures: two titles in the same family may share nothing except a level of responsibility. Most of these positions are managerial or unclassified, which means salaries are set individually rather than by stepping through a published ladder, and the managerial schedule itself has been frozen since 2007.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Assistant Director family stacks up as follows.
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services — $121,055 to $179,046 (a bachelor's degree)
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife — $121,055 to $179,046 (a bachelor's degree)
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Operations — $79,246 to $110,957 (frozen schedule) (a bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience)
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services — $79,246 to $110,957 (frozen schedule) (a bachelor's degree)
The distance from the bottom of Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services to the top of Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services is $99,800, an increase of about 126% over the entry minimum. 2 of the 4 titles in the family sit on a schedule whose rates are frozen, so the published figure there is the schedule of record rather than a guide to actual pay.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services: Under the direction of the Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, in the Department of Environmental Protection…
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Operations: Under the direction of the Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, in the Department of Environmental Protection, assists in…
- Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife: Under the direction of the Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, in the Department of Environmental Protection, assists in directing…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 of them. Experience requirements sit at 6 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
How the pay is set
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (M and M-Represented), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. Bargaining is handled by IBEW. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Zoo Director (local jurisdiction)
- Camp Director
- Arts Director (local jurisdiction)
- Medical Director (state jurisdiction)
- Library Director (local jurisdiction)
- Medical Director (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Assistant Director jobs
How many Assistant Director titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Assistant Director family holds 4 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Assistant Director earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $79,246 at the bottom of Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services to $179,046 at the top of Assistant Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Central Services. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Assistant Director?
Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 4 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does an Assistant Director need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 6 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.