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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.2 Senior executive service appointments: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.2, Senior executive service appointments: State service. A senior executive service appointment may be made to any position allocated to the senior executive service by the Civil Service Commission. (b) Permanent Full text with 2 recorded amendments.

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

A senior executive service appointment may be made to any position the Civil Service Commission has allocated to the senior executive service. Two groups are eligible, and the second is the surprising one: permanent career service employees, and qualified people with no permanent status at all. So the SES is a route in from outside the career service as well as a step up within it. What the section does not do is describe what SES status means for tenure or removal, which is governed by the SES subchapter in Chapter 3. A career employee considering an SES appointment should read that before accepting one, because moving into the SES changes the protections attached to the job.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.2. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) A senior executive service appointment may be made to any position allocated to the senior executive service by the Civil Service Commission. #

(b) Permanent career service employees and qualified persons without permanent status are eligible for senior executive service appointments. See N.J.A.C. 4A:3-2. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  2. AmendedR.1993 d.270
    25 N.J.R. 1085(b); 25 N.J.R. 2509(a)

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