Job listing page iteration

We recently redesigned how hiring staff create job listings.

As a result, we redesigned the job listing page to reflect the new structure and make other improvements.

# User needs

Validated

As a jobseeker
I need to easily understand a job listing
So that I know whether it’s suitable

Validated

As a jobseeker
I need to know what a school offers its employees
So that I can decide if the school is right for me

We removed styles that do not follow the GOV.UK Design System.

For example:

we changed ‘Get job alert for similar jobs’ and ‘Save this job for later’ into standard buttons
we removed the grey bottom borders used on h2 headings
we removed the timeline styles for the publish, closing and job start date

We removed the ‘Similar jobs nearby’ section because it does not show relevant suggestions.

In future, we’ll add this functionality back in when we can reliably show relevant suggestions.

Previously, on job listings at multiple schools within a trust, we showed details about each school within an accordion.

But to save space and make the page easier to read, we’ve changed this into a list of links to the individual school profile pages.

Previously, the call to action to apply for the job was in the middle of the page.

This makes it hard to spot, so we added an ‘Apply for job’ button to the top of the page.

Clicking the button works differently depending on how hiring staff have set up the application process.

How applications are made	What the ‘Apply for job’ button does
Through the onlone application form	Takes the user to the first step of application form
Downloading an application form	Scrolls the user down to the section to download the application form
Clicking a link to an external website	Scrolls the user down to the section with a link to the external website