"job description" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: job descriptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} job description (plural job descriptions)
  1. An outline of the description of the tasks and responsibilities in a post within an organization. Related terms: job title Translations (Translations): 職位描述 (Chinese Mandarin), 职位描述 (zhíwèi miáoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 工作說明 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作说明 (gōngzuò shuōmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), stillingsbeskrivelse [common-gender] (Danish), jobbeskrivelse [common-gender] (Danish), starvslýsing [feminine] (Faroese), työnkuva (Finnish), toimenkuva (Finnish), työnkuvaus (Finnish), toimenkuvaus (Finnish), fiche de poste [feminine] (French), Stellenbeschreibung [feminine] (German), atorfiup imarisai (Greenlandic), starfslýsing [feminine] (Icelandic), descrizione di posizione (Italian), zakres obowiązków [masculine] (Polish), служе́бные обя́занности (služébnyje objázannosti) [feminine, plural] (Russian), должностна́я инстру́кция (dolžnostnája instrúkcija) [feminine] (Russian), arbetsbeskrivning [common-gender] (Swedish), посадо́ва інстру́кція (posadóva instrúkcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-job_description-en-noun-Md~INGOF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

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