How to write a good Job Description

 

Obviously a job description describes a job. A good personal job description has a standardized format within the organization and is written in simple, clear language. It contains at least the following:

1. Name of organization
2. Name of employee
3. Position title and description
4. Date it starts
5. Date it comes up for review (it needs to be reviewed often enough to be useful and up to date.)
6. Name of the person or position to whom the employee is accountable.
7. List of KPIs
8. Signatures and date

Some job descriptions also contain wage or salary details and any special scheduling arrangements.

It can be more complex. For some jobs, you will have to take union regulations into account. (For example, some tasks might be delineated in specific ways.) Other jobs might have sets of professional standards or statutory regulations with which you must comply. For example, some jobs need licensing. If you work in government, the regulations also pre-determine many requirements of staff and the staff management system.

If the job description is too long, everyone will probably ignore it. On the other hand, if it’s too brief, it can it miss important things (presumed and possibly misunderstood)