What is it?

This resource provides:

1. A crowdsourced database of job descriptions which have been published by councils, together with their salary information. There’s also a form through which councils can upload their own recent JDs to add to the library.
2. A library of exemplar job descriptions, which you can use as templates for your own.

Why did we create it?

Councils spend a huge amount of time writing role profiles to attract talent to their organisations. But with this database, there’s no need for them to have to start from scratch! The language in each of the role profiles in the Exemplar library has been checked by the LOTI team and reviewed for gender and other unconscious bias. (Did you know you can check your JDs for gendered language by using tools such as Gender Decoder, The Total jobs Gender Bias Decoder, or Applied’s Job Description?)

For the crowdsourced library, we check your jobs pages on a weekly basis and add any newly advertised vacancies to our jobs board and this automatically uploads the role profile to the library along with the salary details. Councils can also upload their own job descriptions via our form. This library now provides several alternative versions of each role profile so hiring managers have a selection of examples to inspire their own. It also helps us to build up more detailed information about the salaries offered for each role.

For more advice on how to write the perfect JD and improve your recruitment practices, see LOTI’s Guide to Recruiting for Hard to Fill Roles.

Who should use it?

We hope these databases will be of interest to all hiring managers in councils who look after recruitment for digital, technology and data roles. When viewing the list of job descriptions, use the search link in the top right-hand corner of the screen to search for specific job roles.

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