Position Descriptions for Web Staff

What It Is

A position description is defined by the Office of Personnel Management as:

a statement or set of duties and responsibilities that represents a job that must be performed to meet the agency's mission needs. A position or job description has an official series, title, and grade based on the results of a classification determination.

Why It's Important

Accurate position descriptions clearly define expectations for the job. They are a key tool to help you hire people with the skills you need for your Web team.

How to Implement

The sample position descriptions for Web staff on this page are actual position descriptions for specific Web team roles at federal agencies. Use these samples as templates when writing your Web team’s position descriptions, and modify them according to your team’s needs.

Federal Examples

• EPA: National Web Content Manager
• EPA Content Coordinator
• HHS: Usability Specialist (GS 13/14)
• DHS
  • Process Improvement Specialist (Metrics)
    Position Description
    (PDF, 555 KB, 8 pages, September 2011)
  • Job Analysis
    (PDF, 88 KB, 2 pages, September 2011)
  • Factor Questions
    (MS Word, 15 KB, 3 pages, September 2011)
  • Job Announcement
    (MS Word, 35 KB, 12 pages, September 2011)

State Agency Samples

Here are sample job descriptions from state agencies that show the types of skills on various Web teams.

• Minnesota
  • Web Content Manager
    (MS Word, 86 KB, 9 pages, January 2007)
  • Web Projects Coordinator
    (MS Word, 84 KB, 8 pages, June 2003)
  • Web Designer
    (MS Word, 67.5 KB, 5 pages, October 2005)

Resources

• Introduction to the Position Classification Standards (OPM) (PDF, 438.81, 73 pages, September 2009)
• OPM Hiring Reform