Job Analysis & Workforce Design
A practical professional development programme focused on job analysis & workforce design, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Job Analysis & Workforce Design develops the capability to define roles clearly and design workforce structures that support organisational strategy, accountability and efficient execution.
The programme examines job analysis, responsibilities, outputs, competencies, reporting relationships, spans of control and alternative workforce-design options.
Participants learn how accurate role design supports recruitment, performance, grading, development, workforce planning and organisational effectiveness.
Objectives
Understand the principles of job analysis and workforce design.
Develop clear role responsibilities and outputs.
Identify knowledge, skills and competency requirements.
Evaluate reporting relationships and workload design.
Use job information to support wider HR and organisational processes.
Learning outcomes
Conduct a structured job analysis.
Develop clear and practical job descriptions.
Define role competencies and requirements.
Assess role duplication, gaps and workload issues.
Recommend workforce-design improvements aligned with organisational needs.
Who it is for
HR and workforce-design professionals.
Job analysis and job evaluation specialists.
Organisation design professionals.
HR business partners.
Managers involved in restructuring or role design.
Programme modules
1. Job Analysis Foundations
Purpose of job analysis
Jobs, roles and positions
Sources of job information
Job-analysis methods
2. Responsibilities and Outputs
Role purpose
Key responsibilities
Expected outputs
Decision authority
3. Job Requirements and Competencies
Knowledge and skills
Behavioural competencies
Qualifications and experience
Role-specific requirements
4. Job Descriptions
Job-description structure
Clear and measurable wording
Avoiding duplication
Review and validation
5. Workforce and Organisation Design
Reporting relationships
Spans of control
Workload distribution
Role interfaces and dependencies
6. Using Job Analysis in HR
Recruitment
Performance management
Job evaluation
Workforce planning and development
Methodology
The programme uses job-analysis templates, role-design exercises, organisational scenarios and practical review of job information. Participants develop and evaluate role profiles using structured methods.
Assessment
Assessment includes job-analysis exercises and preparation of a complete role profile together with recommendations for workforce or role-design improvement.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
Institutional needs addressed
Related expertise
Related capabilities
Training & Professional Development
Structured professional learning that develops practical, role-relevant knowledge and capability.
Capacity Building & Institutional Development
Strengthening institutional systems, structures, people and organisational capability for sustainable performance.