Management Improvement Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
New Jersey classifies Management Improvement Specialist as a 3-level family, 4 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Management Improvement Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Management Improvement Specialist 3. Pay across the family spans $91,628 to $179,046, around the 94th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 29 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Management Improvement Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Hazardous Site Mitigation Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST 2 (10130) $110,276 - $162,870/year
- MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST 1 (50085) $91,628 - $134,900/year
- MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST 2 (50086) $105,267 - $155,359/year
- MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST 3 (50087) $121,055 - $179,046/year
What the Management Improvement Specialist family covers
Management Improvement Specialist covers 4 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Analyst and planner titles are where New Jersey puts the work of deciding rather than delivering: land use, capital programming, rate setting, program evaluation and policy research. Many exist at the local level because municipal and county planning boards were early adopters of civil service, so the family may hold only local codes even when the same work happens at the state under a different name. The qualification pattern is consistent, a bachelor's degree at entry with experience substituting upward, and the ladders are usually clean numbered progressions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Management Improvement Specialist rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Management Improvement Specialist 3 — $121,055 to $179,046 (a master's degree and 5 years of experience)
- Management Improvement Specialist 2 — $110,276 to $162,870 (a master's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Management Improvement Specialist 2 — $105,267 to $155,359 (a master's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Management Improvement Specialist 1 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Management Improvement Specialist 1 to the top of Management Improvement Specialist 3 is $87,418, an increase of about 95% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Management Improvement Specialist 2: Under the general direction of a Management Improvement Specialist 3, or other supervisory official in a state department or agency, leads initiatives…
- Management Improvement Specialist 1: Under the direction of a Management Improvement Specialist 2, or other supervisory official in a state department or agency, identifies opportunities…
- Management Improvement Specialist 3: Under the general direction of a senior executive official in a state department or agency, supervises staff responsible for enhancing management…
Requirements across the family
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 3 years at the lowest rung to 5 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
29 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 9 agencies. Treasury alone accounts for about 24% of them.
- Treasury — 7 employees
- Law and Public Safety — 6 employees
- Environmental Protection — 4 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 3 employees
- Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness — 3 employees
- Transportation — 2 employees
Those are the 6 largest of 9 agencies employing this family.
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $113,615 for Management Improvement Specialist 1 up to $167,388 for Management Improvement Specialist 3. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (A-P-R-S and V-W-Y), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
Hiring for this family runs through state service. Departments, commissions and boards fill these titles from eligible lists built by the Civil Service Commission, so the route in is an announcement and a filing deadline rather than a posting you apply to directly. What state jurisdiction means, and a breakdown of who employs what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Management Improvement Specialist. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Management Specialist (local jurisdiction)
- Project Management Specialist 1 ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction) — in the Project Management Specialist family
- Construction Management Specialist 4 ($69,668 to $101,951, both state and local jurisdiction) — in the Construction Management Specialist family
- Management Information Systems Specialist (local jurisdiction)
- Building Management Services Specialist 1 ($60,876 to $88,743, both state and local jurisdiction) — in the Building Management Services Specialist family
- Property Management Services Specialist 1 ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction) — in the Property Management Services Specialist family
Common questions about Management Improvement Specialist jobs
How many separate Management Improvement Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Management Improvement Specialist family holds 4 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Management Improvement Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $91,628 at the bottom of Management Improvement Specialist 1 to $179,046 at the top of Management Improvement Specialist 3. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Is there a civil service test for Management Improvement Specialist?
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 are the requirements to become a Management Improvement Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 to 5 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Management Improvement Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 29 people in this family across 9 agencies, with Treasury the largest at 7. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.