Making our job roles on the service more specific 2

We recently made our job roles more specific on our profiles feature.

We have now launched these more specific job roles across the service.

Research indicated that splitting out the 2 job role filters:

• Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher
• Head of year, department, curriculum or phase

To more specific filters:

• Head of year or phase
• Head of department or curriculum
• Assistant headteacher
• Deputy headteacher
• Headteacher

Would provide a much better experience for users as the variation between the roles is significant.

Users can now search for jobs and set up job alerts with these more specific job roles. It also allows schools to be clearer on the job role when listing jobs on the service. Existing subscriptions of job alerts and jobs posted on the service will be mapped accordingly with these more specific roles.

We will be monitoring how this impacts the job search journey.

# User needs

Need HN001

Validated

As a hiring staff user
I need to be able to create a job listing
So that jobseekers can find jobs at my school

Need JN001

Validated

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

# Allowing jobseekers to be more specific about the roles they are interested in when searching for a job

# Allowing jobseekers to be more specific about the roles they are interested in when setting up a job alert

# Extending the job roles schools can select when posting a job