To complete these steps, it is important to consult job profiles, where available. If no job profile is available, for example, job vacancy texts describing the duties can be consulted.
This reflects the role as it appears on paper. It is then important to check whether this corresponds to the reality in practice. This can be done by speaking to several people in the department and gaining insight into the internal relationships between roles, and the external relationships with stakeholders outside the organisation. This creates a picture of what an employee is expected to do and what the role actually involves. This is an important starting point for determining whether the organisation’s interests are sufficiently protected and whether the employer is also protecting the employee sufficiently from the perspective of good employment practices.
