Senior Telephone Operator Family
Career series with 1 positions
To land Senior Telephone Operator (all Jurisdictions) in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
The FY2027 range lands between $41,070 and $59,027.
Senior Telephone Operator is a single-title classification family: Senior Telephone Operator (all Jurisdictions) is the only position in it. Senior Telephone Operator supervises titles such as Printing Machine Operator and Computer Operator.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SENIOR TELEPHONE OPERATOR (ALL JURISDICTIONS) (21834) $41,070 - $59,027/year
What the Senior Telephone Operator family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Senior Telephone Operator stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Office support is where New Jersey's classification plan is at its most granular. Typing, transcription, stenography, records, reception and general clerical duties each became their own series, and each series then split into state and local versions, which is why the catalog holds so many near-identical clerical codes. For applicants this granularity is mostly good news: it means a lot of separate eligible lists, most of them asking for a high school diploma and no experience, and it makes clerical work the most common way people enter the system and then transfer sideways.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Senior Telephone Operator (all Jurisdictions): Under direction, takes the lead in the operation of one or more positions on a single or multiple position console in a private branch…
Requirements across the family
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. 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 Senior Telephone Operator. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Telephone Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Telephone Operator ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Telephone Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Telephone Operator Typist ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Telephone Operator ($37,724 to $54,061, state jurisdiction)
- Telephone Operator Typist ($41,070 to $59,027, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Senior Telephone Operator jobs
How many separate Senior Telephone Operator classifications does New Jersey have?
The Senior Telephone Operator family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Senior Telephone Operator paid?
Senior Telephone Operator (all Jurisdictions) is published at $41,070 to $59,027. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Is there a civil service test for Senior Telephone Operator?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title 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 Senior Telephone Operator?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education.