JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND ROLE PROFILES

A job description or role profile is an outline of the main tasks or responsibilites within a job. This is usually accompanied by a person specification which sets out the knowledge, experience, skills and competencies required for a jobholder to carry out the job to the required standard.

Although there is no legal requirement to provide comprehensive job descriptions or role profiles they are useful for:

1. Planning your staff requirements;
2. Job evaluation;
3. Identifying training and development needs;
4. Re-designing jobs;
5. Managing performance;
6. Conducting reviews of organisation and structure;
7. Providing evidence in relation to employment or contractual issues.

We have many years of experience of writing and reviewing job descriptions for jobs at all levels and in a wide range of organisations: a process generally described as job analysis.