How to Write a Job Description
Writing a job description is a way of attracting a new member of staff. It also acts as a way of making sure that you can have an employee who will do what you need to be done. It will also act as a safeguard, so that if your employee doesn’t do what is specified in the job description, then you can take action against them.
So the job description needs to be very carefully drafted. It must contain all the tasks and responsibilities that the job entails, as well as some kind of statement about how you would expect the employee to ‘carry out any other duties commensurate with the post’. This means that you can ask the employee to do things that are not expressly mentioned in the job description (within reason).
However, the job description also needs to make the job look appealing, so that a potential employee will actually want to apply for the job. So it should be written in a style which is fairly formal, yet slightly upbeat to make people more willing to apply.
One important point to bear in mind is that the job description needs to be well written. This will ensure that it is clear, so that if any disputes arise with the employee in the future, then there can be no arguments that the job description is unclear. Ensure that you use a spellchecker as well as a grammar checker, so that you can be certain that it is free from grammatical errors.
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