What is a job profile?
A job is a collection of tasks and responsibilities that need to be undertaken by one person in your organisation. Many people may perform the same job, with each person holding a position. For example, in a supported residence there are many Residential Support Workers who each have a position but all do basically the same job.
Tasks are the distinct identifiable activities that are undertaken by a person doing a job.
Responsibilities are best described as the personal commitments you make to ensure that tasks are carried out when they are required, and in a safe way.
A Job Profile is a written list of the tasks and responsibilities
that makes up a job.
Sometimes this is called a Job Analysis. You can create a Job Profile combining
the results of interviews with the people you support and with staff who
are currently doing the tasks. This information is then matched up with
the organisation’s expectations of service delivery. In a large Community
Service Organisation a Human Resource professional usually conducts this
lengthy exercise. In smaller Community Service Organisations your line management
would do this.
Further Information
What is a competency job profile
- What is a Job Profile
- What is a Unit of Competency
- What is a Competency Job Profile
