Is this template free?

You can preview and fill it in for free (watermarked). A clean download needs a paid plan or pack.

Is it up to date and reliable?

It's a faithful, diff-verified reproduction of the ACAS job description template (a deterministic diff, not a legal review). General information, not legal advice.

What makes a good job description?

A clear job title and purpose, the main duties, and the essential vs desirable skills — kept factual and free of criteria that could unfairly exclude candidates.

England & Walesrecruitment

Job Description Template — England & Wales

This is a static, verified master template. AI never generates the clause text below — it only helps you fill in the variable fields after you sign in.

About this template

A job description sets out a role's purpose, main duties, and the skills and experience needed — the foundation of a fair, consistent and inclusive recruitment process. This template gives you a structured format to fill in, and it sits within Verstia's Recruitment process pack, which covers hiring from job description through to the offer.

When to use it: When creating or advertising a role, or standardising a role for a fair recruitment process.
What's included: Fill-in fields for the job title, purpose, main duties, skills/experience, reporting line and location.

This document's core is based on a template published by ACAS (inferred to be under OGL-3.0, from ACAS's site-wide licensing notice — not a template-specific statement). Verstia does not claim this text is approved by ACAS — its fidelity to the source is verified by a deterministic diff, not a legal review.

Template preview

OUTLINE OF A JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: job title
Department/Section: department

Main purposes of job
main purposes

Key tasks
key tasks

Key results/objectives
key results

Responsible for staff/equipment: responsible for

Reporting to… reports to name and title
(name and title of line manager)

Variables you will fill in

Job titletextrequired
Department/Sectiontextrequired
Main purposes of the jobtextarearequired
Key taskstextarearequired
Key results/objectivestextarearequired
Responsible for staff/equipmenttext
Reporting to (name and title of line manager)textrequired

Part of the Recruitment Process Pack (England & Wales) — see all documents and the step-by-step guide

Frequently asked questions

Is this template free?: You can preview and fill it in for free (watermarked). A clean download needs a paid plan or pack.
Is it up to date and reliable?: It's a faithful, diff-verified reproduction of the ACAS job description template (a deterministic diff, not a legal review). General information, not legal advice.
What makes a good job description?: A clear job title and purpose, the main duties, and the essential vs desirable skills — kept factual and free of criteria that could unfairly exclude candidates.

This information is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For advice on a specific situation, consult a qualified adviser or Acas (acas.org.uk).