What are the critical tasks and key result areas of the position?
The question helps to isolate the most critical activities that the position holder is expected to perform. • What are the discrete outcomes of the job for which the person appointed will be held accountable and evaluated on? • What behaviors, skills, knowledge and experience are the most important to the program in achieving the key results and outcomes? This question focuses on the specific personal qualities that are necessary to best meet the job requirements. The content of job descriptions should identify and describe: • Mental Functions • COMPARING – Judging the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things. • COPYING – Transcribing, entering, or posting data. • COMPUTING – Performing arithmetic operations and reporting on and/or carrying out a prescribed action in relation to them. • COMPILING – Gathering, collating, or classifying information about data, people, or
